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An emotionally-charged performance by paralympian Will Bayley saw him secure the viewers' votes on BBC's Strictly.
2 Suspects and convicted rapists are being allowed to self-define themselves as women, it has been revealed.
43 The next in a series of summer fireworks displays has been cancelled following a mass disturbance at the first event.
11 The 80s styling may be redundant, but the music of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith is still very much in demand.
Top quality, comfort and service awaits in Europe's first 'Grand Hotel' which is still pulling in the star ratings and reviews.
Three people were rescued when their broken down motorboat drifted under a jetty at the docks.
A strict school principal is to leave, claiming dysfunctional parents are 'dooming their children to failure'.
47 A cook soon realised the smell of burning wasn't down to her cooking, but a fire in the house.
1 Southeastern has been forced to cancel one service and reduce another this morning.
The A2 is shut in both directions as the emergency services respond to a road traffic incident.
1 Former Strictly Come Dancing professional James Jordan suffers another injury setback
3 A rubbish tip has put old Christmas decorations to good use by covering the site in thrown-away tinsel and baubles.
5 Firefighters extinguished a laptop which caught alight at an apartment this afternoon.
A popular epilepsy sufferer had a seizure shortly before falling to his death on train tracks.
8 Less than a quarter of all rape cases brought to court in Kent ends in conviction.
Two MPs visited recruitment staff to thank them for befriending a man who was looking for work before his death.
One of Britain's oldest surviving punk bands, The Damned, give fans a rebel-rousing performance in Kent.
Forget about the last train home after a spectacular night out in London - enjoy it to the max, just for One Night Only!
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