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Emergency services called to crash on A-road
Emergency services have been called to a crash on an A-road.
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Police and five fire engines called to blaze in Canterbury city centre car park
The cause of the fire is unknown
Reform UK branch apologises over AI picture of Kent village clean-up
A Reform UK social media post about a village clean-up by members has been branded “a lesson in how not to use AI”.
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Kent hospital first in NHS to trial 'life-saving' AI tool
A Kent hospital has become the first in the country to use artificial intelligence as a way to diagnose infections and potentially save lives.
Jailed brothel owners ordered to pay back £600k
Three brothel owners who ran sites across the county have been ordered to pay back more than £600,000 while they serve time for sexual exploitation.
Hundreds of Kent corner shops and takeaways can hire overseas ‘skilled workers’
Analysis of Home Office data found more than 2,000 businesses and organisations across the county hold visa sponsor licences
Brothel owners behind sex sites in Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Canterbury, Dartford, Chatham and Gillingham have £650,000 confiscated
Brothel owners had sex houses in Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Canterbury, Dartford, Chatham and Gillingham
Thousands back fight to stop council evicting businesses to build homes
Thousands have signed a petition urging a council to rethink plans to evict six businesses from an industrial estate to make way for new homes.
Chapel, car showroom and 22 acres of land among plots at auction
Land and property auctioneers have revealed the sites set to go under the hammer at the end of the month.
Former teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupils at Canterbury school in 1970s and 1980s
The former teacher had a flat next to the boy’s dormitories
Convicted double killer pins hopes on new DNA testing
A man convicted after a woman and child were killed 30 years ago hopes new tests will prove his innocence.
‘His difficult start didn’t define him’: Lion rescued from circus dies after 14 years at animal park
A ‘strong and resilient’ lion rescued from a circus and given a new lease of life in Kent has sadly died aged 18.
Kent boy, 5, faces Parkinson's and dementia after 'not laughing or sitting up'
Bertie Napier Roberts was diagnosed with a rare condition
£20m retail units left empty for five years could finally get tenant
Two retail units at a £20 million redevelopment of a hotel could finally be taken over after sitting empty for five years.
Work to start this year on council bungalow development on former social club site
Work to build new council homes on a former social club is to begin this autumn - despite concerns over the size of the gardens.
‘Totally devastating’: Shock as council to evict traders to make way for new homes
Traders have been left stunned after being told by council bosses to leave an industrial estate that has been earmarked for housing.
Former teacher at prestigious private school jailed over historic sexual abuse
An ex teacher and boarding master at a prestigious private school has been jailed for sexually abusing a school pupil more than 40 years ago.
Woman taken to hospital after Mercedes flips onto side in A-road crash
A woman was taken to hospital after a Mercedes flipped onto its side on an A-road.
Hundreds of old landline phones dumped in Kent country lane
Fly-tippers have stepped way out of line by dumping hundreds of office phones down a country lane.
‘This feel-good musical sent audiences home with a smile - and an earworm’
Review: Annie delivers nostalgia, humour and enough catchy tunes to last long after the final curtain.