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How Kent's London overspill estate was rebuilt
27 May 2021A whole suburb of one of the county's largest towns was demolished at the start of the century, but 20 years on has the revamp had the desired effect?
Is there still racial inequality in Kent?
25 May 2021One year after George Floyd was murdered and the beginning of the Black Lives Matter protests, we find how much has really changed.
Remember war dead from your street
25 May 2021People can find out about the war heroes who lived on their street thanks to a new database.
'Rude' stars and iconic acts at 90s music festival
25 May 2021"The biggest all-day open-air concert on the south coast" came to Kent in 1991.
The village which believed pubs were banned
25 May 2021For decades, locals believed they lived in a 'dry village' where booze was banned - but just what is the truth?
What's it like to live in Kent's only desert?
24 May 2021Dungeness has become a tourist hotspot in the past decade - but thoughtless visitors are ruining the tranquillity for some locals.
The Gurkhas - World's most fierce fighters
23 May 2021Their motto 'Better to die than live a coward' haunts their enemies - but why are Gurkha soldiers so tough?
When 'John Major' and 'The Queen' attended Festival of Europe
22 May 2021We recall the time thousands attended Kent's Festival of Europe, complete with celebs and lookalike politicians.
The changing face of Lydd Airport
20 May 2021We take a dive into the archives to look back at the changing face of a Kent airport, and what's in store for its future.
Kent's unsolved crimes and how science could finally unravel them
19 May 2021The man behind the UK's cold case review strategy explains how unsolved crimes are investigated, what police look for and if they'll ever be cracked.
Could cryptocurrency still make you a fortune?
18 May 2021Find out what happens when we invest in cryptocurrency and why it may not be too late to win big...or lose it all.
How Kent could have had major royal role
17 May 2021In the fourth of our alternate history features, a historian predicts how the county would have played a major royal role if Anne Boleyn had lived.
'Don't be surprised if you see my restaurant blown up'
15 May 2021Shocking video footage shows how a restaurant engulfed by flames after its owner drove a car into it collapsed as firefighters ran for their lives.
Glenda's killer never brought to justice
14 May 2021The brutal murder of a woman whose body was dumped in a churchyard remains a mystery more than 30 years later.
Is this the most remarkable PoW escape story ever?
13 May 2021From China to the US and then Kent, we look back at one airman's remarkable effort to return home during the First World War.
Five ways Kent is changing the world
12 May 2021From life-saving drug discovery to 6G technology, our county has its fair share of people striving to make the planet a better place.
Kent's biggest news stories of the 1980s
11 May 2021From IRA bombs to ferry disasters, a Papal visit and shots fired at the Queen, Kent was at the heart of some of the 1980s' biggest stories.
The explosions that hit Kent homes
11 May 2021A blast that destroyed a house brought back memories of previous explosions across Kent, including one in the same town in 2015.
Oh for another year of National Service!
10 May 2021A former soldier recalls 'taxi dancers', spicy food and nights out while serving his country in Singapore in the 1950s.
What if the Romans hadn't done for us?
10 May 2021In the latest of our What If series of articles, a historian has imagined a very different Britain if the Roman invasion of Kent had never happened.
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