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Firefighters at scene of car blaze near motorway junction
Crews were called to a vehicle fire close to a motorway junction.
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The safari park where you can sleep next to leopards and see rhinos from your room
Our reporter spent the night in a giant wigwam and made friends with a slobbery giraffe as part of an early Valentine’s getaway.
‘We need a proper boardwalk, not a pound shop version’
Plans for a new seafront boardwalk have been branded a “pound shop version” of the popular one in Folkestone.
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‘Asda made me feel like a criminal – it was humiliating’
A mum shopping with her young child says she was made to feel “like a criminal” after being “detained” by an Asda security guard.
M20 Kent vehicle fire: Firefighters use 'breathing apparatus' after blaze near Cheriton
One lane was temporarily closed due to the fire
Delays easing at Eurotunnel terminal
Heavy demand is seeing delays on both sides of the Channel Tunnel this afternoon.
Dad-of-one to lose job after drink-driving in BMW at twice legal limit
A dad-of-one has been banned from driving and will lose his job after being caught at the wheel of his BMW while twice the legal limit.
Popular restaurant’s future secured as council ends months of uncertainty
A popular restaurant’s future has been secured after a long period of uncertainty.
Storm-damaged beach huts to be ready for summer - as two swept into sea
Several beach huts severely damaged by Storm Goretti will be repaired or replaced by the summer, council bosses have confirmed.
‘I bought double-decker London bus on eBay and turned it into restaurant’
A converted double-decker London bus serving kebabs, wraps and burgers is proving just the ticket with hungry customers.
Army experts deployed after ‘explosives’ found at property
Explosives were reportedly found at a Kent home after police arrived to arrest a man.
Man arrested after explosives experts called to property in Folkestone
The man remains in custody
Blooming brilliant: New Kent gardens opening for 2026
Discover stunning gardens opening this year for charity, with teas, cake and free entry for children.
Thousands back battle to stop closure of ‘top-performing’ hospital stroke unit
Health campaigners are calling on hospital bosses in east Kent to urgently reconsider closing a “top-performing” stroke unit.
'I've blisters the size of Jaffa cakes but I will fulfil deathbed promise to my fiancée’
A widower who lost his “beautiful fiancée” to colon cancer is 1,135 miles into his journey to Ghana to fulfil a promise he made to “return her home”.
Reopening landslip-hit road shut for two years will cost £5 million
Plans to reopen a landslip-hit road shut for two years will cost £5 million, new council documents reveal.
Reopening of 'iconic' Kent route 'matters deeply to residents and businesses'
The landslide-hit road has been shut for two years
Passenger journeys double at £44m station branded ‘white elephant’
The success of Thanet Parkway station near Ramsgate has defied doomsters who claimed it would be a £40 million flop.
Approval of massive Romney Marsh solar farm slammed as 'unforgivable'
The facility is expected to power 10,000 homes
NHS bosses back bid to turn former town centre Debenhams into medical centre
Plans to transform part of a former Debenhams into a new medical centre have been backed by NHS bosses.