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Gravity Rocks opens 'biggest climbing walls ever'

Gravity Rocks opens 'biggest climbing walls ever'

A new climbing centre, trampoline zone and dodgeball court is set to open at Bluewater.

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Hapless cricket team wins first game after 29 years

Hapless cricket team wins first game after 29 years

A Kent cricket team has finally broken its winning duck – having gone 29 years without the taste of victory.

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Banksy's honorary professorship to be conferred on empty chair

Banksy's honorary professorship to be conferred on empty chair

A university will bestow one of the world's most famous artists with a distinguished title - despite the fact his identity remains a mystery.

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Underpass cordoned off after sexual assault

Underpass cordoned off after sexual assault

An underpass was cordoned off by police following reports of a sexual assault.

PM drops hint over new grammar schools

PM drops hint over new grammar schools

Boris Johnson has suggest new grammar schools could be built just weeks after a Labour peer suggested scrapping the 11 Plus.

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'I didn't know it would be the last sunrise I'd ever see'

'I didn't know it would be the last sunrise I'd ever see'

One split-second moment would change the life of a heroic 23-year-old forever, but he hasn't let it determine his future.

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Life sentences for child abusers as new law comes into force

Life sentences for child abusers as new law comes into force

A change in the law inspired by the a young boy who suffered life-changing injuries at the hands of his birth parents comes into force today.

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Net gains! Smashing Kent homes with tennis courts

Net gains! Smashing Kent homes with tennis courts

With the return of Wimbledon we've taken a look at the houses on the market with their own tennis court.

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Postie left empty-handed after finding £2k in street

Postie left empty-handed after finding £2k in street

A postwoman who found £2,110 in cash says police told her she could keep it if it wasn't claimed, before changing the rules leaving her with nothing.

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'Radical project' to tackle knife crime in troubled town centre

'Radical project' to tackle knife crime in troubled town centre

A project aiming to reduce knife crime has been launched after a gym owner's bid to host an amnesty bin for weapons was turned down by police.

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'We can't clean up our mess - we're not allowed a broom!'

'We can't clean up our mess - we're not allowed a broom!'

A resident forced to clean up after binmen who left rotten food strewn across the street says they told her: 'We aren't allowed to carry a broom!'

Where have all the workers gone?

Where have all the workers gone?

With a recession looming, many firms in the county could be left high and dry as low unemployment clashes with record numbers of job vacancies.

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Firm speaks out about warehouse blaze

Firm speaks out about warehouse blaze

A recycling firm says the cause of a blaze that destroyed its warehouse remains a mystery.

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Wedding ring lost in heap of rubbish at tip

Wedding ring lost in heap of rubbish at tip

A recycling facility had to partially shut after a man's wedding ring slipped off his finger and became lost in a mound of paper and card.

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The Open drives £19.4m into county's coffers

The Open drives £19.4m into county's coffers

The economic benefit of staging golf's capacity-reduced The Open in Kent last year have been revealed in an independent report.

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Four charged after fight

Four charged after fight

Police have charged four men after a fight involving a group of people last week.

Town's second Greggs opens on retail park

Town's second Greggs opens on retail park

Greggs has opened its second bakery in a town, creating 16 new jobs on a retail park.

Owner of listed building fined £50,000 over alterations

Owner of listed building fined £50,000 over alterations

The owner of a Grade II-listed building has been taken to court by a council for carrying out unauthorised work.

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Paul McCartney's Glastonbury band set to play in Kent

Paul McCartney's Glastonbury band set to play in Kent

A rock band Paul McCartney recommended to play at Glastonbury are heading to the county.

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Teenager killed after trip to McDonald's

Teenager killed after trip to McDonald's

A 13-year-old girl was killed by a car as she ran across the road on the way home from McDonald's with friends.

Blaze at football club pavilion was suspicious

Blaze at football club pavilion was suspicious

Police have said a fire which broke out leaving a football club pavilion completely destroyed, is being treated as suspicious.

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Police hunt driver after runaway truck crashes into driveway

Police hunt driver after runaway truck crashes into driveway

Police are searching for a driver after an out of control pick-up truck smashed through the front garden wall of a house.

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Ambulance response times fall despite many facing long waits

Ambulance response times fall despite many facing long waits

New figures have shown ambulance response times are improving with South East Coast Ambulance Service performance ranked against other trusts.

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Industrial fire across river visible in Kent

Industrial fire across river visible in Kent

A large fire on an industrial estate across The River Thames can be seen from parts of North Kent.

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'You could hear all the kids crying and screaming'

'You could hear all the kids crying and screaming'

Residents have spoken of a "frightening" blaze which destroyed multiple homes, as details of how it started were confirmed.

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Energy exit fees now 10 times higher in further hike to bills

Energy exit fees now 10 times higher in further hike to bills

Customers face further hikes to energy bills with exit fees for leaving fixed-rate deals now up to 10 times higher than they were in 2021.

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Teenage boy suffers head injuries after racial assault

Teenage boy suffers head injuries after racial assault

A CCTV image has been released of two men police wish to speak to in connection with reports a teenage boy was racially abused and assaulted.

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Trials disrupted as barristers walk out

Trials disrupted as barristers walk out

Trials have stalled and cases been adjourned as defence barristers walk out on the first day of a three-week dispute.

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Sinkhole repairs to take up to six weeks

Sinkhole repairs to take up to six weeks

A section of a street will remain shut for more than a month while works take place to fix a huge sinkhole which opened up in the middle of the road.

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Key road remains shut after gas blaze

Key road remains shut after gas blaze

A key artery into the county town remains closed while repairs are carried out to a damaged gas main.

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