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Hated contraflow through tunnel to be finally lifted
A controversial contraflow will be lifted as road bosses prepare to reopen a closed-off tunnel after months of delays.
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What’s in a name: & Juliet proves it’s all about the leading lady
We went to the opening night of the smash-hit jukebox musical & Juliet as it visits Kent on its first national tour.
Cathedral to provide shelter for homeless this winter
Homeless people will be allowed to bed down in the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral for the first time this winter.
Police called to concerns for woman on bridge
Police have been called after concerns for a woman’s welfare on a busy bridge over a dual carriageway.
Man, 23, stabbed to death in high street named as pair accused of murder appear in court
Two men have appeared in the dock accused of murder after a man was stabbed to death in a “particularly violent” high street attack.
Two charged with murder after man stabbed to death in high street
Two men are due in court charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in a high street.
Husband ‘can’t wait’ to have wife back despite her plotting to murder him
A terminally-ill man whose wife is behind bars for plotting to kill him says he intends to stay alive long enough so “she can come back home”.
Police release update after man stabbed to death in high street
A duo has been released on bail after a man was stabbed to death in a high street.
Emotional footage of brown bear after UK-first brain operation
Heart-warming footage shows a brown bear recovering with his keepers following a UK-first brain operation.
Road closed due to burst water main
Residents have been left with little or no running water as repairs are carried out to a burst main, which has closed a road.
Four arrested in murder probe after man stabbed to death in high street
Four men have been arrested as part of a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death in a high street, with a large police cordon in place.
‘My husband died next to me - I thought he was having a nightmare’
A devastated newly-wed whose husband died suddenly as they slept says they had their “whole lives” ahead of them.
Prolific thief ‘stole to live’ despite getting £1500 benefits a month
A prolific thief is back behind bars after swiping goods from three stores just weeks after being released from jail.
Former Kent truck stop site has first of 144 homes approved despite 'environmental vandalism' claims
Trees will have to be felled to make way for a new wetland at the site
Joy as Boki the bear’s five-hour brain surgery ‘a success’
A two-year-old bear from Kent is back in his den recovering having undergone surgery in a UK first today.
‘I’m just waiting for what comes’: Kent man prepares for Hurricane Milton
A 46-year-old living in Florida has decided to “ride it out” and wait at home ahead of a huge storm preparing to make landfall tonight.
Drink and drug-fuelled knifeman guilty of murdering dad of three
A drink and drug-fuelled knifeman who stabbed a dad of three to death in a violent confrontation outside a pub has today been convicted of murder.
Kent's Boki the bear takes 'favourite' medicine Calpol as he recovers from surgery
Boki, a brown bear from the Wildwood Trust in Kent, underwent brain surgery after an MRI scan revealed he had a build-up of fluid in the brain
Forgotten and once abandoned Kent church undergoing repairs after 600 year wait
The church remained empty for more than six centuries
Award-winning play brings life-sized puppets to the stage
The National Theatre’s spectacular production of Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling novel, War Horse, is coming to Kent.