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Two men arrested in people smuggling investigation
Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into a criminal network suspected of smuggling people into the UK on boats.
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Kent’s largest college group receives more than £3 million government funding
Kent’s largest college group is set to receive more than £3 million in government investment to revamp its facilities.
Folkestone 24-hour bingo hall and arcade gets green light despite warnings it could become 'recipe for disaster'
It will transform an 'eyesore' in the town centre
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Pair charged after alleged 3am building site theft
Two men have been charged following an alleged theft at a building site in the early hours of the morning.
‘He was a strong, outgoing character’: Keepers pay tribute after giraffe’s death
A beloved giraffe described as a “strong and outgoing character” has died at the age of 22 at a Kent animal park.
'It's a recipe for disaster and will cheapen town': New ‘casino’ approved
Plans for a 24-hour ‘casino’ have been approved despite councillors' concerns it will be a “recipe for disaster” and “cheapen” the town centre.
Kent to be hotter than Benidorm as Met Office reveals how long hot spell will last
Temperatures in the county are set to be even hotter than a holiday hotspot in Spain
Plans to turn Folkestone’s Victorian-era toilets into war memorial dubbed 'insulting'
The former toilet block was uncovered after a landslide in 2024
M20 reopens after overturned vehicle blocked traffic
Traffic was held on the M20 after a car overturned on the carriageway.
‘The fight for a safe birth cannot be a fight for women alone’
Tony Vaughan says it is time failures in maternity care are addressed amid calls for a new maternity commissioner to help improve the ‘broken system’.
Kent school with highest truancy rates sees pupils miss nearly 10% of sessions
Pupils at state-funded secondaries in Kent missed the equivalent of around one in 33 days through unauthorised absences
‘Insulting’ war memorial plans for toilet block refused by council
A proposed war memorial inside a Victorian latrine was described as “insulting”, just moments before the plans were refused.
How Kent shaped two of Britain's most popular children's shows as 50-year mystery solved
A handcrafted figure has at long last been returned to its family at a Kent museum
Mystery surrounds crash death of man who drove wrong way along M20 for five miles
A driver’s motives for travelling five miles the wrong way down the M20 before a fatal head-on crash “will never be known”, a coroner has concluded.
Town’s new library to open in former Poundstretcher as old site to be auctioned
An opening date has been revealed for a town’s new library - with its former one set to be sold at auction despite local uproar.
Man, 19, charged more than two years after girl, 16, killed in crash
A young man is due to appear in court more than two years after a 16-year-old girl died in a crash.
Work to begin on £750k revamp of huge children’s play area
Work is finally set to begin on the £750,000 refurbishment of one of Kent’s most popular adventure play areas.
Opening date announced for new Folkestone library
The temporary library will shut in early May
Kent hospital boss was suspended while trust claimed she was on ‘unplanned leave’
The boss of a troubled Kent hospital trust was suspended for more than two months - despite KentOnline being told she was on “unplanned leave”.
Where Kent trains will not run and stations will shut for weekend works
Services via Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover will be affected all weekend