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Newcomers' stage pulled ahead of Hop Farm Music Festival

Newcomers' stage pulled ahead of Hop Farm Music Festival

Up and coming musicians received a blow after the Hop Farm Music Festival cancelled a stage dedicated to new performers.

Kittens dumped in country lane

Kittens dumped in country lane

A litter of kittens was found dumped in a ditch in a quiet country lane.

Triple amputee becomes first to wing walk for charity

Triple amputee becomes first to wing walk for charity

A former soldier has taken to the skies above Kent to raise £50,000 for other servicemen and women.

Events remember popular schoolgirl who died during a rounders game

Events remember popular schoolgirl who died during a rounders game

School sports hall opened in memory of popular teenager who died during a games lesson.

Beach Boys reunite for Hop Farm Music Festival

Beach Boys reunite for Hop Farm Music Festival

Brian Wilson and Al Jardine will be sending Good Vibrations through crowds in Paddock Wood next month.

Flight club faces eviction after 25 years

Flight club faces eviction after 25 years

Aviation club members are embroiled in a dogfight with aerodrome owners after they were slapped with an eviction notice.

Peaches Geldof: 'I'm going to die like my mother'

Peaches Geldof: 'I'm going to die like my mother'

Tragic Peaches Geldof - found dead at her Kent home - was haunted by predictions she would die from a drugs overdose like her mother, it has emerged.

Home alone boys escape house fire

Home alone boys escape house fire

Two young boys who were home alone escaped a fire which completely destroyed the back of their house.

Police on the hunt for arson suspects

Police on the hunt for arson suspects

Police are searching for arsonists after a hedge was set alight last night.

Go Ape staff literally went bananas for charity event

Go Ape staff literally went bananas for charity event

Staff at Go Ape in Bedgebury literally went bananas at their charity relay.

Death-defying tree surgeon's charity sky-dive

Death-defying tree surgeon's charity sky-dive

A tree surgeon who survived a 40-foot fall from a cherry picker has thrown himself out of a plane in a charity sky-dive for the Air Ambulance.

Lifetime collection of rare classic cars up for auction

Lifetime collection of rare classic cars up for auction

One of Kent's biggest ever auctions of classic cars - worth hundreds of thousands of pounds - goes under the hammer this week.

Man's fractured skull after savage attack at home

Man's fractured skull after savage attack at home

Detectives are trying to work out a motive for a brutal attack on a man in his own home that left him with a fractured skull.

Boy, one, remains in serious condition after crash

Boy, one, remains in serious condition after crash

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a baby was left fighting for his life in a serious crash.

Mum in agony after botched caesarean prescribed tea

Mum in agony after botched caesarean prescribed tea

A mother who almost died when her bowel was perforated during an emergency caesarean was told she had wind - and given peppermint tea.

Multi-million pound water project in the pipeline

Multi-million pound water project in the pipeline

Water users across Kent are set to benefit from multi-million pound cash injection into state-of-the-art water pipes.

Top award for 18-year-old scout

Top award for 18-year-old scout

An 18-year-old girl has gained the Queen's Scout award, the highest award possible in scouting.

Sites of huge oil reserves revealed in Kent

Sites of huge oil reserves revealed in Kent

The prospect of an energy rush in Kent has been raised today with new research revealing sites of extensive supplies of shale oil in the county.

Grief at death of dad who drowned rescuing son

Grief at death of dad who drowned rescuing son

Friends of a heroic father who drowned after saving his young son on a family holiday have paid tribute to him.

Motor parade to celebrate Surtees' 80th birthday

Motor parade to celebrate Surtees' 80th birthday

Racing fans will be flocking to Edenbridge this Bank Holiday to view some championship-winning machines - and drivers.

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