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Donor leaves £100k for paddle steamer

Donor leaves £100k for paddle steamer

A mysterious donor has left £100,000 in his will to help restore the Medway Queen.

Walking with dinosaurs... in Folkestone

Walking with dinosaurs... in Folkestone

Footprints made by dinosaurs more than 100 million years ago have been discovered on a Folkestone beach.

£50k trip scrapped as company goes bust

£50k trip scrapped as company goes bust

School pupils who raised thousands of pounds to fund a trip to Alaska have been left disappointed after the travel company went into administration.

Bitter race row over Kent beer ad

Bitter race row over Kent beer ad

Kent brewery Shepherd Neame has been banned from airing a TV ad in which comic duo Armstrong and Miller refer to "Poles" and "Paddies" laying patios.

Review of Pleasurama site future as plans stall

Review of Pleasurama site future as plans stall

Thanet District Council has ordered a review into the future of Ramsgate's former Pleasurama amusement park after developers failed to meet a deadline

Police car caught in disabled bay

Police car caught in disabled bay

Kent Police is to take action against an officer who parked her patrol car in a disabled bay outside a shop - before running inside to buy drinks.

Bearing the brunt of homeless crisis

Bearing the brunt of homeless crisis

More homeless people are being shunted into Dartford by London boroughs than anywhere else in the UK, it's been revealed.

Kent's buzzard population 'could be wiped out': Bird group

Kent's buzzard population 'could be wiped out': Bird group

The county's buzzards could become extinct if a cull is allowed to protect pheasant shooting, a campaigning bird group fears.

Deputy PM visits nursery

Deputy PM visits nursery

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has visited a nursery in Gravesend today to promote the government’s free childcare offer for two-year-olds.

Attempted murder charge after hammer attack on teen

Attempted murder charge after hammer attack on teen

A young man is due in court today accused of trying to murder an 18-year-old seriously injured in a hammer attack.

Drunk's racist tirade at cabbie

Drunk's racist tirade at cabbie

A drug-taking drunk who launched a vile tirade of racial abuse against a cabbie claims he isn't racist - because he has a Pakistani half-brother.

Pair bailed over father's murder

Pair bailed over father's murder

Two more people arrested in connection with the street shooting murder of a father-of-two have been released on police bail.

Man killed in bridge crash

Man killed in bridge crash

A driver has died after coming off the road and smashing into a bridge in Ashford early today.

Hollywood actor surprises dying mum

Hollywood actor surprises dying mum

Batman star Tom Hardy surprised a terminally-ill mum by wining and dining her and buying her a diamond necklace.

Fight Club culture at prison

Fight Club culture at prison

Inspectors have uncovered a catalogue of failings at a Kent prison - including a Fight Club culture, drug use... and a mouse infestation.

Teenager punched as thousands descend on dog show

Teenager punched as thousands descend on dog show

Fur flew when a popular dog show erupted into violence... with one teenager punched in the face.

Elderly woman airlifted after bike smash

Elderly woman airlifted after bike smash

A 74-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after being hit by a motorbike in Canterbury this afternoon.

Pictured: Man feared dead in ferry plunge

Pictured: Man feared dead in ferry plunge

A man thought to have fallen into the sea while having a cigarette during a cross-Channel crossing has today been named as Richard Fearnside.

Mayhem on the dancefloor

Mayhem on the dancefloor

A drunk cafe owner left five revellers nursing injuries after lashing out when he was rebuffed on a nightclub dancefloor by two girls.

Steam railway all fired up over Russian coal

Steam railway all fired up over Russian coal

A railway has been forced to travel further afield to source its supplies of coal... from Russia, with love.

Guilty: Driver who killed pensioner by leaving handbrake off car

Guilty: Driver who killed pensioner by leaving handbrake off car

A motorist who ran over a pedestrian by leaving the handbrake off her car at Bluewater has been found guilty of causing her death by careless driving.

Impaled victim: 'I'm going to die'

Impaled victim: 'I'm going to die'

A witness has described how a woman who impaled herself on a metal spike screamed 'I’m going to die' as she desperately tried to free her arm.

Horse takes unexpected swim

Horse takes unexpected swim

A horse that mistook a swimming pool cover for grass ended up in 5ft of water.

'Sex attack' on jogger at lake

'Sex attack' on jogger at lake

A man has been charged with sexual assault after a woman claimed she had been attacked while jogging by an Ashford lake.

M2 celebrates golden anniversary of motoring

M2 celebrates golden anniversary of motoring

It may have caused gridlock, jams and roadworks... but the M2 is marking a special birthday

Passengers stranded on platform after train blunder

Passengers stranded on platform after train blunder

Hundreds of passengers were forced to get off a train... after it drove off without the conductor.

Cyclists break through the pain barrier in 357-mile trek

Cyclists break through the pain barrier in 357-mile trek

Two bike riders are relaxing weary muscles after cycling hundreds of miles from Lands End in under 24 hours... on a tandem!

Dad's child snatch knife terror

Dad's child snatch knife terror

A drunk father turned up at his young son's school with two knives after telling his ex-lover he would snatch the boy in a campaign of harassment.

Family's health fears as sewage leaks into kitchen six times

Family's health fears as sewage leaks into kitchen six times

A grandmother is fearing for the health of her family after sewage has flooded her kitchen six times in just weeks.

Trio accused of dozens of terrifying drive-by catapult shootings

Trio accused of dozens of terrifying drive-by catapult shootings

Three young men were behind a spate of random catapult shootings on cars, homes and shops that caused thousands of pounds of damage, a court heard.

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