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Kent Miners' Festival
21 August 2013Revellers at the Kent Miners’ Festival on Bank Holiday Monday can learn all about the history of coal at Tilmanstone.
Family's grief after woman, 23, dies when car overturns
20 August 2013The family of a young woman killed when a car she was in overturned in a field have today described her as "always laughing and joking".
Police pull out of Remembrance Sunday parades
20 August 2013War veterans will have to arrange for roads to be closed at Remembrance Sunday parades after Kent Police pulled out of marshalling dozens of events.
Safety warning to dog walkers
19 August 2013Keep dogs on leads. That is the renewed warning from Dover lifeboat after another dog has died falling from the cliffs near Kingsdown.
Fine A-level results for east Kent
16 August 2013Schools and students from around the Dover-Deal-Sandwich district are celebrating excellent A-level results.
Mum's tearful plea after teenage son dies in crash
16 August 2013A mother fought back tears as she urged others to wear seatbelts... after her 17-year-old son lost his life in a crash.
Hospital development delayed by WWII bunker
15 August 2013A bunker dating back to the Second World War has held back work on a new hospital.
Community interest company will submit fresh bid, says former Mayor
15 August 2013Former mayor Sue Jones and her business partner Ross Miller say they will not give up hope of running the toilets at East Cliff.
This week's Dover Mercury
14 August 2013Some of the top stories in this week's Dover Mercury.
More shops join fight to halt drink problem
14 August 2013More off-licences are joining in the crackdown on the problems caused by street drinkers and their anti-social behaviour.
Litter campaigner calls for street recycling bins
14 August 2013The removal of recycling facilities in Dover came as a surprise to a man who collects discarded cans from the town's streets for recycling.
Help protect wildlife site from criminal damage
14 August 2013One of Britain’s most important wildlife sites – the Warren between Dover and Folkestone – is being damaged by crime and anti-social behaviour.
Fake washing powder "could cause pain"
14 August 2013A 20-tonne load of counterfeit washing powder which could cause a painful reaction has been found at Dover docks.
Questions left unanswered after man's body found floating in sea
13 August 2013The final hours of a gardener - whose body was found floating in the sea just days after he bought a car - will remain a mystery.
Appeal for stranger who grabbed driver's hair and rammed head into wheel
13 August 2013A stranger flagged down a woman driver before pushing her head into the steering wheel.
Fire engulfs field and combine harvester
11 August 2013A combine harvester was damaged by fire when a blaze broke out in a field between Dover and Folkestone yesterday.
Lifeboat tows stranded yacht back to Dover
10 August 2013Dover Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht becalmed in the busy shipping lanes in the Channel.
Animal rights protestors march through London
10 August 2013Protestors are marching in London today calling for an end to the live export of farm animals.
Man found dead at Walmer home
10 August 2013Police are investigating the death of a man at an address in Walmer, Deal.
Man stabbed in back in 'racist' attack
09 August 2013A man who stabbed a Polish stranger in the back in a "cowardly and racist" attack in a row over a cigarette has been jailed.
