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Sam Lennon

KM Reporter since 1997, for Dover since 2016.

Fire service issue important warning after blaze

14 July 2025
Fire service issue important warning after blaze

Householders are being told to keep their windows shut to stop heavy smoke from a grass fire reaching their homes.

‘Blinded’ driver knocked down former GB athlete – who then ran home with fractured spine

14 July 2025
‘Blinded’ driver knocked down former GB athlete – who then ran home with fractured spine

A former international athlete knocked down by a car while out jogging managed to get up and run more than half a mile home - with a fractured spine.

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‘I flew on Concorde with Phil Collins and dated Kate Bush’

13 July 2025
‘I flew on Concorde with Phil Collins and dated Kate Bush’

A Kent DJ has told of jetting across the Atlantic with Phil Collins for both shows for Live Aid 40 years ago - and his relationship with Kate Bush.

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Kent man grows bananas in garden: ‘I don’t know if it’s global warming or I got lucky!’

13 July 2025
Kent man grows bananas in garden: ‘I don’t know if it’s global warming or I got lucky!’

We’ve seen some high temperatures and heavy rainfall in Kent in recent weeks - and it seems the tropical conditions are having an effect.

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'I was ambushed': Ex-KCC cabinet member says leadership 'focused on soundbite politics'

10 July 2025
'I was ambushed': Ex-KCC cabinet member says leadership 'focused on soundbite politics'

A county councillor claims he was “ambushed” by Reform UK’s top table at County Hall who he says are “focused on soundbite politics”.

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Seagull-killing teen who shot disabled man with catapult sentenced

10 July 2025
Seagull-killing teen who shot disabled man with catapult sentenced

A teenage tearaway who killed a seagull with a catapult and used it to injure a disabled man has been urged to stop doing “stupid and unkind things”.

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Three-mile queues after crash on major route

09 July 2025
Three-mile queues after crash on major route

There were three-mile queues on a major road this morning after a crash.

New TV show to explore life of world-renowned Kent artist

07 July 2025
New TV show to explore life of world-renowned Kent artist

An internationally-famed artist from Kent known for his ‘graffiti spaghetti’ designs is set to appear in a new TV documentary.

‘Time with Digby is precious’: Fresh hope for family of boy with incurable disease

11 June 2025
‘Time with Digby is precious’: Fresh hope for family of boy with incurable disease

The parents of a nine-year-old boy battling a devastating muscle-wasting condition say new research could offer them more time with him.

‘All of my friends who retired are dead – I’ll work till I kick the bucket’

10 June 2025
‘All of my friends who retired are dead – I’ll work till I kick the bucket’

At 92, Derek Ward is one of Kent’s oldest company directors - but he has no intention of retiring.

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KFC in town centre since 1990s replaced

04 June 2025
KFC in town centre since 1990s replaced

A long-running KFC outlet which closed last year has been filled by another fast-food company.

'It's a victory for common sense - this would have caused untold damage'

04 June 2025
'It's a victory for common sense - this would have caused untold damage'

The decision to halt a controversial policy to hike some car parking charges by almost 40% has been declared a “victory for common sense”.

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Police probe after fire evacuee’s home burgled

03 June 2025
Police probe after fire evacuee’s home burgled

One of the evacuees from a block of flats which caught fire has discovered her home was broken into.

Jewellery brand makes bid for ex-phone shop at shopping centre

02 June 2025
Jewellery brand makes bid for ex-phone shop at shopping centre

Plans have been revealed for a jewellery chain to move into a former phone store at a shopping centre.

Aldi branch shut for revamp

01 June 2025
Aldi branch shut for revamp

A store in a budget supermarket chain has been temporarily closed for major refurbishment work.

The Kent restaurant that cricket star with 4.5m followers can’t keep away from

01 June 2025
The Kent restaurant that cricket star with 4.5m followers can’t keep away from

An international cricket star enjoys the food at a Kent restaurant so much that he has visited four times in one week.

Plans revealed for town centre’s first Greggs

01 June 2025
Plans revealed for town centre’s first Greggs

Greggs wants to move into another Kent town centre - with plans lodged to take over a former bank branch.

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Praise for ‘brilliant’ garden centre staff who rushed to aid of ‘horrific’ crash victims

31 May 2025
Praise for ‘brilliant’ garden centre staff who rushed to aid of ‘horrific’ crash victims

Staff and customers at a store have been praised for their swift action after rushing to the aid of four people hurt in a road traffic collision.

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Video shows moment police nab £23k shoe thief

31 May 2025
Video shows moment police nab £23k shoe thief

A police video shows the dramatic moment officers stopped a thief who’d earlier taken £23,000 of shoes from a parked lorry.

River search for missing girl gets back underway

31 May 2025
River search for missing girl gets back underway

The emergency services have resumed a search for a missing girl who entered the River Thames with a young boy.

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