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Three more beaches rated 'excellent' for water quality
19 January 2022Southern Water has achieved the highest ever ratings for beach bathing water quality.
Policy to age assess asylum seekers after arrival ruled unlawful
19 January 2022A policy to age assess young asylum seekers immediately after they arrive in Kent has been deemed unlawful.
Man's body found following search
19 January 2022The body of a man has been found following a search for a missing person by the coast.
Disaster averted as asylum seekers drift towards ferries
18 January 2022Disaster was averted after a dinghy drifted perilously close to departing ferries.
Pie and mash shop to open this week
18 January 2022A family-run pie and mash shop serving traditional London delicacies will welcome its first customers through the doors this week.
Using Navy to patrol Channel a 'gimmick'
17 January 2022Government plans to bring in Navy patrols in the English Channel have been branded "a gimmick" by Labour.
'I was banned from Facebook for hating peas'
17 January 2022A businessman was banned from Facebook for nearly a week for 'inciting hatred' - over a post about his dislike of peas.
Navy to 'police Channel and intercept asylum seekers'
17 January 2022The Navy would patrol the Channel for asylum seekers while those reaching the UK could be sent to Africa, under reported plans by Number 10.
Family treated for smoke inhalation after chip pan fire
17 January 2022Two adults and two children had a lucky escape after a chip pan is thought to have overheated sparking a kitchen fire.
Brexit developments bringing hundreds of jobs
16 January 2022A recruitment bonanza has opened up as a key Brexit change will see more checks needed on goods and food.
'We will get to bottom of one star rating'
16 January 2022A low hygiene rating has seen online delivery companies suspend working with a takeaway whose owner pledges he'll find out what went wrong.
Profits surge for firm behind controversial asylum accommodation
16 January 2022A contractor which operates Napier Barracks has paid a £7m dividend after securing Home Office contracts worth £1bn.
Man charged with attempted murder after stabbing
15 January 2022A suspect has appeared in court after a man was found wounded in his car in a Kent high street.
Three charged after £2k shoplifting spree
14 January 2022Three have appeared in court accused of carrying out a spate of thefts from shops and petrol stations.
A year of disruption as M20 Op Brock barrier to move
13 January 2022The moveable barrier currently stored on the hard shoulder of the M20 will be shifted to the central reservation – sparking a year of disruption.
Toddlers among those brought Kent after sea rescue
12 January 2022Two very small children were among those seen brought to a Kent port in the latest saving of asylum seekers from the sea. .
Nurse retires after 44 years in the community
12 January 2022A hospice nurse who fell into the profession while 'loafing around' after leaving school has been praised for years of caring and compassion.
Mums reveal stark reality of emergency housing hell
12 January 2022Two mums are among 80 families from one district put in homes outside the area – with demand soaring during the pandemic.
Refugee charity to receive human rights award
11 January 2022An organisation which helps support young refugees and asylum seekers as they settle in the county is to be honoured next month.
Tributes to driver killed after car hit tree
11 January 2022Flowers and candles have been left at the spot where a 34-year-old motorist was killed when his car left the road and struck a tree.
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