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'Time to drop Stack park' - councillor

'Time to drop Stack park' - councillor

25 May 2017

Plans for a huge lorry park off the M20 to ease delays during Operation Stack should be reviewed or even dropped, a councillor has claimed.

Travellers move... to nearby field

Travellers move... to nearby field

25 May 2017

A group of travellers have upped and left private land - and set up again on a field five minutes away.

Three Peaks Challenge to help young boy

Three Peaks Challenge to help young boy

25 May 2017

A team of friends are taking on the National Three Peaks Challenge to help raise money for a young boy with a rare degenerative disease.

A quiet spring day... then bombs fell

A quiet spring day... then bombs fell

24 May 2017

Civilians were caught up in the First World War when the first aeroplane bombing raid on Britain claimed 97 lives - as Kent remembers 100 years on.

Spitting out gum could lead to sticky situation

Spitting out gum could lead to sticky situation

24 May 2017

It takes street cleaners days to mop up ground-in chewing gum from the streets - and now a council's warned that fines will be handed to those caught.

A festival to feed your brain

A festival to feed your brain

24 May 2017

Worry less and be more creative with the help of the third Normal? Festival of the Brain with science, art, performance and mindfulness events.

Motorway car fire

Motorway car fire

24 May 2017

Firefighters raced up the M20 to extinguish flames coming from a car on the hard shoulder.

Lighting up our cruises

Lighting up our cruises

24 May 2017

A fireworks display marked a 20th anniversary sailing for Saga Cruises.

Bees cause buzz in high street

Bees cause buzz in high street

23 May 2017

A swarm of bees have been causing quite a buzz in a village High Street today after latching onto a fence.

Campaigning on hold after terror attack

Campaigning on hold after terror attack

23 May 2017

Campaigning for next month's general election could remain suspended tomorrow with hustings events planned in next two days.

Time is ticking for travellers

Time is ticking for travellers

23 May 2017

An order has today been granted by the courts giving travellers 24 hours to leave private development land or face the bailiffs.

Residents ‘left out’ over bus changes

Residents ‘left out’ over bus changes

23 May 2017

More than 1,000 residents have backed a petition to get a vital “lifeline” bus service back after changes to its route were made.

Gang assault man on harbour bench

Gang assault man on harbour bench

22 May 2017

A man sat on a bench overlooking a harbour was assaulted by four men in a late night attack.

Camper van goes up in flames

Camper van goes up in flames

22 May 2017

Smoke from a camper van fire could be seen from a neighbouring village as it burst into flames in a rural area.

Vulnerable people kept behind bars

Vulnerable people kept behind bars

22 May 2017

People who suffer a mental health breakdown should never be locked up in a police cell, says a top official pressing for change.

Motorway reopen following crash

Motorway reopen following crash

20 May 2017

A motorway was closed following a three-car crash, and police and ambulance crews were at the scene

Roadworks delays on dual carriageway

Roadworks delays on dual carriageway

20 May 2017

Motorists face delays and diversions while roadworks are carried out on a coastbound dual carriageway

Petition for safer road after car crash into house

Petition for safer road after car crash into house

20 May 2017

Two neighbours have joined forces by creating a petition to make a road safer after a car flipped over and crashed into the front of a house.

Nostalgic sailing for cruise birthday

Nostalgic sailing for cruise birthday

19 May 2017

The first cruise in a service that began 20 years ago will be retraced.

Road closure for giant load

Road closure for giant load

19 May 2017

A key road will be temporarily shut as a huge electricity transformer is moved.

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