All news on the topic: Kent

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Green councillor barred from saying Reform members posed with neo-Nazi
AGreen Party councillor has hit out after being barred from referring to Reform councillors posing with a neo-Nazi.
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Nigel Farage owns four homes as partner buys £885,000 constituency property
He wants to make Number 10 his home, but Nigel Farage already boasts something of a property empire.
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Essex criminal led gang that smuggled Afghan migrants into UK in secret truck compartment
An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using a truck, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
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Farage plans £700,000 beachfront mansion makeover as questions mount over £5m donor gift
Nigel Farage is planning a luxury beach pad makeover costing an estimated £700,000 – after pocketing £5million from his crypto billionaire friend.
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Teen boy found dead in Kent lake as UK open-water death toll hits 10 during record heatwave
A body has been recovered in a major search for a young man who went missing after he entered a lake in the Swanscombe area of Kent on Wednesday. Ten people have died in open water in the UK in the last few days.
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Deal or No Deal star got hooked on cocaine after all-night party during filming
A Deal Or No Deal contestant got hooked on cocaine as he filmed for the ITV game show.
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Health officials investigate meningitis cases among young people in Reading
One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.
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South East Water boss to step down after damning report by MPs
David Hinton will depart after former chairman Chris Train resigned last week following an intense questioning in Parliament.
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Young offenders to serve time as judge warns of price for ‘terrible act’
Alexander Cashford, 49, was brutally attacked by two boys, 15 and 16, and a girl, 16, on the Isle of Sheppey, with the assault filmed and posted to social media.
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Three boys and two men charged over rape of teenage girl in Kent
Three boys and two men have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent, police said.
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Crook found stuffed in garden storage box after high-speed chase ends in hedge smash
This is the moment a crook is caught hiding in a garden box after fleeing cops and crashing into a hedge.
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Woman arrested after viral Facebook claim of gang rape found to be unsupported by evidence
A woman has been arrested after informing her Facebook followers that she was gang raped.
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Decapitated ewe found in Kent field as poachers abandon scene and escape into night
A farmer described the moment poachers abandoned a decapitated sheep and fled into the night after being disturbed.
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Skydiver plunges to death as parachute fails in front of horrified witnesses
A skydiver has died after their parachute apparently failed to open when jumping from a plane on Easter Monday.
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Drunk dad and son who downed 25 beers jailed after killing four-year-old boy in road rage crash
This is the moment a dad and son downed 25 beers in a pub before killing a four-year-old boy in a horror crash by ramming his family off the road.
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Fresh meningitis scare at college as UK outbreak leaves two dead and cases investigated
St John Rigby College, in Orrell, has written to parents and carers about a ’suspected meningococcal case’ affecting one of their students following the deadly outbreak in Kent that claimed two lives.
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Police officer killed in crash while responding to emergency call
"Bradley heroically sacrificed his life in an attempt to save others who were in peril," the force stated.
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Club owner says “something isn’t making sense” as deadly outbreak spreads among staff and students
The owner of a nightclub at the centre of a meningitis outbreak in Kent has voiced her confusion to LBC over the spread of the deadly infection.
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Meningitis outbreak in Kent grows to 29 cases as vaccine chaos leaves students turned away
The count of meningitis cases tied to an outbreak in Kent has increased to 29, health officials have confirmed.
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Two dead and cases rising as ‘super-spreader’ meningitis outbreak grips Kent
The number of meningitis cases being investigated has surged to 20 following the Kent ’super-spreader’ outbreak.
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Two dead and dozens at risk in meningitis outbreak linked to Canterbury nightclub
Thousands of people are being encouraged to obtain antibiotics in an effort to prevent the spread of deadly meningitis beyond Kent, where two students have died and 11 are hospitalized.
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“F****** paedophile, I’m 16, get him,” teenage girl shouted as man was attacked, murder trial hears
The 16-year-old girl is on trial along with two boys, aged 15 and 16, accused of killing 49-year-old Alexander Cashford on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
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Pedestrian killed in Kent hit-and-run as police search for suspects
A police manhunt is underway after a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run on a busy A road in Kent.
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Freezing fog to cause light delays and visibility below 100m across kent and sussex
Residents in four areas have been informed that flights might be canceled due to a weather warning issued by the Met Office.
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Major fire shuts A2 in Kent causing travel chaos
A significant fire has broken out on the eastbound A2 in Kent, causing chaos and necessitating a complete closure between the A227 Gravesend junction and M2 Junction 1 at Rochester.