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Amazing life story of Homes Under the Hammer auctioneer
25 April 2022The boss of one of Britain's biggest auctioneers has told of his humble beginnings and how they led to being a mainstay of a popular daytime TV show.
The ups and downs of the final HMS Maidstone's 40 years at sea
24 April 2022From supplying submarines with re-supplying submarines to a prison for members of the IRA - we look at the eventful like of HMS Maidstone.
Innovative railway engineer used a converted truck to pull his trains
23 April 2022Railway engineer Holman Stephens invented the Railmotor - a train pulled by a one-ton Ford lorry.
The day a Kent village became the wild west
21 April 2022A look at the bloody Battle of Goudhurst, when threatened villagers took on the Hawkhurst Gang of smugglers - and won!
One month on: How Kent paid high price for P&O's fight for survival
17 April 2022Exactly one month ago, P&O Ferries sacked almost 800 staff - a move which has had enormous ramifications for the county ever since.
Birthday wishlist for Cold War submarine
16 April 2022A video recorder, cassette tapes and tupperware from the 1980s are on a birthday wishlist for a historic warship celebrating its 60th year.
'As we rowed away the shrieks of the dying could be heard’
15 April 2022The sinking of Titanic was a tragedy which shocked the world, now local passengers' letters shed new light on a night of horror.
'I'll have to sell 150,000 99s to get my money back...'
12 April 2022He'll need to sell 150,000 99s to break even on his van, but cabbie Steve Hawkins is determined to make it in the ice cream business.
In search of the online romance fraudsters
11 April 2022Last year, 248 lonely souls were seduced out of £2.9 million in Kent alone – we went on a mission to join them.
'This is the best place to live; we just need to keep it that way'
10 April 2022We asked our reporter if the town which topped the Sunday Times list of best places to live really deserved the accolade.
'I said I'd drive anywhere - and have done 10k miles across Europe in a month'
09 April 2022A man has spent a month driving around Europe, transporting refugees from war-torn Ukraine to places of safety. Here, he tells of his experience...
How town lost world-class oyster industry
03 April 2022In just a few hundred years one Kent town went from having a thriving oyster industry to being known instead for its rotten stench.
'I was seven months pregnant and my abuser continued to kick me'
31 March 2022A domestic abuse survivor who is now advisor to others tells of her 10 years of torment at the hands of her abusive former partner.
Victims of restaurant blaze remembered
27 March 2022A fire at a Kent restaurant in 1977 killed seven people, including three children.
Whatever happened to 'the Kentish Grocers?'
24 March 2022Vye and Son was a popular shop on the county's high streets for more than 150 years, here we take a look back at its history.
Looting, pillaging and plundering: A history of Kent's smugglers' pubs
21 March 2022Isolated estuaries and islands, a wealth of skilled boat-builders and fishermen and the short Channel crossing made Kent a hotbed for illicit trade.
'People were glaring as if I was some sort of scooter hooligan'
20 March 2022As Kent's police chief calls for an end to e scooter trials, we look back at when a reporter took one of the controversial two-wheelers for a spin...
'Being called a DFL is an insult'
17 March 2022As one man claims to have been personally accused of pushing up house prices, we ask if Londoners moving to Kent are being unfairly maligned.
Everything you need to know if you are thinking hosting Ukrainian refugee
16 March 2022More than 122,000 people already preparing to open their homes to Ukrainian families, so here is handy guide to how the new scheme works.
The glory days of Kent's piers and what they look like now
12 March 2022We take you through the tales of death, visiting presidents, financial strife and destruction that litter the histories of the county's piers.
