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Funding for 108 new beach huts is approved

Funding for 108 new beach huts is approved

Plans to instal more than 100 colourful beach huts along the coast are one step closer to becoming a reality after funding was approved.

Police 'prepared' for massive beach cookout

Police 'prepared' for massive beach cookout

Police say they are prepared amid fears of a repeat of a cookout that ended in violence last year.

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Funding boost for £40m flood defences

Funding boost for £40m flood defences

A flood defence scheme to protect almost 2,000 homes for the next 25 years has received a major funding boost as work gets under way.

Covid jab apathy sees clinics cancelled

Covid jab apathy sees clinics cancelled

An appeal has been launched for people to get vaccinated after poor uptake left some clinics having to be cancelled.

More than 350 asylum seekers cross Channel

More than 350 asylum seekers cross Channel

Border Force dealt with 12 incidents yesterday involving 378 asylum seekers crossing the English Channel.

Children among pedestrians seriously injured in crash

Children among pedestrians seriously injured in crash

A man and two children have been seriously injured after a two-car crash resulted in pedestrians and a parked car being struck.

Record number of people cross channel to reach UK

Record number of people cross channel to reach UK

Hundreds of people made the dangerous journey across the English Channel in small boats to reach Kent.

Foxes trapped and killed at power station

Foxes trapped and killed at power station

Bosses at a Kent power station have confirmed that foxes are being caught in traps and killed after concerns were raised on social media.

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Powerful history of Dungeness nuclear power station

Powerful history of Dungeness nuclear power station

The curtain is slowly being drawn on Kent's only nuclear reactors - we look back to when the site was first commissioned.

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Late-night helicopter training to cause 'disturbance' for two weeks

Late-night helicopter training to cause 'disturbance' for two weeks

Residents could be awoken by the thrumming noise of a helicopter at 2.30am as Coastguard crews carry out training exercises.

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Pervert tried to meet children through the internet

Pervert tried to meet children through the internet

A man is behind bars after police discovered indecent images on his laptop, as well as plans to try and meet children in person.

Beach huts and cafe planned for seafront

Beach huts and cafe planned for seafront

Plans have been unveiled to create a new 'coastal destination' by adding more than 100 beach huts, a cafe and toilet block at a beach.

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Paramedic 'submerged in sea' for 10 seconds in order to save girl, 12

Paramedic 'submerged in sea' for 10 seconds in order to save girl, 12

A search and rescue crewman who helped save the lift of a young girl struggling in the sea has received an award for bravery.

People 'unlawfully restrained' and locked out of kitchen at care home

People 'unlawfully restrained' and locked out of kitchen at care home

Two care homes have been rated inadequate after people were unlawfully restrained, given no access to toilet paper and locked out of a kitchen.

Loss of Dungeness B 'will have no bearing on energy supplies'

Loss of Dungeness B 'will have no bearing on energy supplies'

The government has confirmed the start of the defuelling phase at a Kent power station "will have no bearing on Britain’s energy supplies".

Photographed beach boat is gutted by fire

Photographed beach boat is gutted by fire

People are upset after a picturesque boat on the beach which has been photographed hundreds of times, was destroyed by fire.

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Plans to turn secret war building into artist's lodge

Plans to turn secret war building into artist's lodge

A former, covert pump station used during the war to send fuel to the allied forces could be converted into an artist's studio and gallery.

Power station to move into defuelling phase with immediate effect

Power station to move into defuelling phase with immediate effect

EDF has taken the decision not to restart the Dungeness B nuclear power station, but to move it into the defuelling stage right away.

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Inside the cinema too small for social distancing

Inside the cinema too small for social distancing

A yet-to-be-used cinema, which has been ready for over a year, is hoping to welcome film fans once social distancing is over.

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Warning issued after lifeboat tasked to rescue pink inflatable flamingo

Warning issued after lifeboat tasked to rescue pink inflatable flamingo

An emergency call was made to the lifeboat and coastguard after a 'pink object' was seen drifting across the sea.

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