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Hundreds of people flocked to a seaside town as they enjoyed a week-long festival which culminated in a carnival parade and fireworks display.
A woman posing as a Big Issue seller had been shoplifting from stores nearby, say police.
A community plagued by bank closures has been told it is not in line for a new initiative designed to make up for the loss of services.
A teenager was rescued after he was blown out to sea on an inflatable kayak described as an “unsuitable beach toy” by a lifeboat coxswain.
A blaze at a derelict former library is being treated as “suspicious” just over a year after a suspected arson attack on the same building.
A man has been arrested after a 24-hour stand-off in a residential street with police.
A grieving couple whose unborn son died after they were told to stay home and not to worry have started a charity to support bereaved parents.
Police have confirmed a man in his 30s was found dead at a house while a woman at the same property was taken to hospital.
Fortune favoured the brave as 10-man Sheppey made a winning start to the Isthmian South East season.
Customers say a supermarket cafe has “shot themselves in the foot” following changes which mean people can’t pay with cash.
Emergency services have been called to a part of a coastal town in the county.
Quick-thinking campers rushed to put out a fire when part of an undergrowth caught alight at a Kent coast.
An historic church which survived a Viking raid and Henry VIII's destruction of monasteries has undergone a series of repairs.
A heroin addict who said she was getting clean after being caught shoplifting for the first time has been back in the dock over another theft.
The RNLI was called after two people were left “shaken and wet” after a run-in with some jet skiers.
Bickley Park moved off the foot of the Kent League Premier Division table as they earned a three-wicket win over frontrunners Minster.
A heartless carer who teamed up with a colleague to steal more than £12,000 from an elderly couple with dementia has been spared jail.
A prison guard who smuggled mobile phones and related paraphernalia into a jail hidden inside a DVD player has been warned he faces being locked up.
A probe is set to find out where a new waste contract, which has seen more than 36,000 reports of missed collections, went so wrong.
Claims of loud and offensive music being blasted from a children’s amusement park have been dismissed by the owner.
Water has been spotted erupting onto a residential street following a “four-day” leak.
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