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Songs of Praise in Kent

11 January 2019
Songs of Praise in Kent

A Welsh singer and TV presenter were singing the praise of locals during filming for a show.

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Prison defends using goats to help inmates

10 January 2019
Prison defends using goats to help inmates

Men are being encouraged to feed and care for pygmy goats to teach them responsibility for others.

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Third generation Kent wrestler clinches championship at first attempt

02 January 2019
Third generation Kent wrestler clinches championship at first attempt

Both his dad and grandad carved out careers as grunt and groan men. Now Syd Manelli is following in their footsteps, as John Nurden discovers...

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Raise a glass to the January sales

02 January 2019
Raise a glass to the January sales

A pub chain with drinking holes across Kent is holding a beer sale with cut-price brews on offer from today.

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Dad creates an advent HOUSE for Christmas

30 December 2018
Dad creates an advent HOUSE for Christmas

Father-of-four Richard Jeferies created an advent calendar with a difference when he built a mini room a day to put in his front window.

Bingo continues after cinema catches fire

29 December 2018
Bingo continues after cinema catches fire

A fire broke out at a former cinema after trespassers broke into the building - but bingo players returned to carry on playing just 90 minutes later.

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'Nightmare' for police as horse escapes from field

29 December 2018
'Nightmare' for police as horse escapes from field

Police ended up playing the role of cowboys in a late-night chase for a runaway horse.

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Three men sought after attack outside pub

29 December 2018
Three men sought after attack outside pub

A man in his 50s was taken to hospital with head injuries after being attacked near a pub.

Emergency services descend on street

29 December 2018
Emergency services descend on street

The air ambulance landed on a beach and four ambulances have descended on a residential street.

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Wrestling Syd follows in his dad and grandfather's footsteps

27 December 2018
Wrestling Syd follows in his dad and grandfather's footsteps

The grandson of famous wrestler The Phantom steps into the ring in Kent today in his first championship battle.

Air purifier and car charging terminals part of new housing estate

22 December 2018
Air purifier and car charging terminals part of new housing estate

A pioneering estate of executive eco-homes is being built in Kent.

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Jack wows crowd with his seven-foot unicycle

21 December 2018
Jack wows crowd with his seven-foot unicycle

Juggling Tom Balmont and his unicycle stole the show in Jack and the Beanstalk panto, says John Nurden.

Drug dealers caught red-handed

20 December 2018
Drug dealers caught red-handed

Two drug dealers have both been jailed after police stopped their car and discovered a haul of heroin and crack cocaine.

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Former Miss Sheppey is revealed as mace saviour

19 December 2018
Former Miss Sheppey is revealed as mace saviour

A former Miss Sheppey ended up the centre of a so-called Macegate controversy in the House of Commons.

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Comedy dancers steal the show

18 December 2018
Comedy dancers steal the show

John Nurden tracks down Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to a big tent in a field.

Irish comic Jimmy Cricket still creases up audience

16 December 2018
Irish comic Jimmy Cricket still creases up audience

Veteran Irish comic Jimmy Cricket can still knock 'em for six, as John Nurden discovers.

Volunteers needed to go inside one of Kent's biggest prisons

16 December 2018
Volunteers needed to go inside one of Kent's biggest prisons

Prison bosses are on the look out for people to give up their time to check the conditions in a Kent jail.

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Post Office closes without warning

14 December 2018
Post Office closes without warning

Residents have been left in the lurch after a village Post Office has closed without any warning just days before Christmas.

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Playing his cards right led to £28,000 win

14 December 2018
Playing his cards right led to £28,000 win

A businessman took on some of the world's best players and came out on top in a high stakes poker game.

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Incredible saga of the high street which floods every time it rains

12 December 2018
Incredible saga of the high street which floods every time it rains

Fed-up shoppers have waited more than a year for a drain to be cleared while Kent County Council and Southern Water argue over who is responsible.

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