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• AD FEATURE: Secure your unforgettable 2026 Polar Express Train Ride at Spa Valley Railway

  24-10-2026 10:00 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Climb aboard Kent's magical Polar Express Train Ride this festive season for a Christmas adventure towards the North Pole, departing from Tunbridge Wells West
  
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• Kent couple share how they enjoyed 'affordable luxury' dream wedding for less than £9000

  24-10-2026 06:48 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Symone said the wedding was 'simple, smaller scale, with the people we knew and loved'
  
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• ‘I know you want this’: Police officer allegedly kissed colleague as she slept in hospital

  24-10-2026 06:00 via Medway News
  
  A police officer has been struck off after a misconduct panel determined he sexually touched a “vulnerable” colleague in a car without her consent.
  
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• Callous thief stole blind pensioner’s handbag after posing as neighbour to enter home

  23-10-2026 21:10 via Medway News
  
  A burglar who tricked a legally blind woman in her 90s into letting her inside before stealing her handbag has been jailed alongside her accomplice.
  
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• Police and paramedics called to four-vehicle crash on M2

  23-10-2026 16:04 via Medway News
  
  Drivers are facing delays due to a crash on a sliproad of the M2 motorway.
  
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• Police and paramedics called to serious crash on M2

  23-10-2026 15:00 via Medway News
  
  Drivers are facing delays due to a crash on a sliproad of the M2 motorway.
  
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• Man injured after reported hit-and-run

  23-10-2026 14:22 via Medway News
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a car reportedly hit a person before driving away.
  
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• Auction house Gorringe's relocates its premises within Tunbridge Wells

  23-10-2026 14:03 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The auction house is at Grosvenor Park but has moved a short distance away to to Mount Ephraim
  
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• ‘We’re completely cut off’: Lidl roadworks leave residents feeling trapped

  23-10-2026 11:56 via Medway News
  
  Temporary traffic lights for roadworks connected to a new Lidl store have caused huge delays and left residents feeling isolated.
  
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• Gravesend mum leaves Kent for Malaysia with 5-bed house, pool and 'saves £25k a year'

  23-10-2026 09:49 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Saira Hayati, 50, relocated after years of financial uncertainty – she says her monthly costs halved and she now enjoys a cleaner, weekly massages and a pool
  
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• Kent M26 fire closed carrigeway from M25 - recap

  23-10-2026 09:28 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  A vehicle fire blocked part of the motorway throughout the day
  
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• Kent street evacuated as bomb squad blows up ‘suspicious items’ found after house fire

  23-10-2026 09:15 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The fire service says they believe the fire was started on purpose
  
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• Kent mum had Wetherspoon wedding reception for £20 and even got a meal deal

  23-10-2026 08:53 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Michelle and Brad hosted their wedding reception at a Wetherspoons and managed to keep costs very low
  
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• Man in his 40s found dead near rugby club

  23-10-2026 08:38 via Medway News
  
  Police have confirmed that a man in his 40s has been found dead near a rugby club.
  
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• North Kent trader conned vulnerable victims out of more than £40,000

  23-10-2026 08:00 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Medway and Swale rogue trader took their money but didn't do the work or leave it in a worse condition.
  
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• 22 people arrested as part of crackdown on organised immigration crime in Kent

  22-10-2026 17:30 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Vehicles were stopped travelling into and out of the county in a joint operation with Metropolitan and Essex Police
  
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• Rogue trader jailed for conning women out of £40k

  22-10-2026 14:14 via Medway News
  
  A conman who charged his victims more than £40,000 for unnecessary building work has been jailed.
  
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• Kent hit with yellow weather warnings as Storm Austen approaches

  22-10-2026 12:59 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Heavy rain and strong winds are expected throughout the end of the week
  
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• Yellow weather alert issued for all of Kent as county braces for Storm Austen

  22-10-2026 12:04 via Medway News
  
  The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning of wind for all of Kent, with possible gusts of around 55mph.
  
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• Call 999 if you see missing Chatham man as officers 'concerned'

  22-10-2026 09:25 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Police officers are searching for him and are concerned about his welfare
  
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• Live Kent M26 fire updates as carriageway closed from M25

  22-10-2026 09:20 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  A vehicle fire has blocked traffic in both directions
  
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• ‘I can’t afford Christmas’: The ‘horrendous’ mortgage hikes hitting thousands of Kent families

  22-10-2026 06:00 via Medway News
  
  More than 22,000 households across Kent and Medway are bracing for “horrendous” mortgage hikes over the next six months.
  
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• ‘I came home from gym to find front door looking like scene from The Shining’

  22-10-2026 06:00 via Medway News
  
  A dad was stunned to come home from the gym and discover his front door had been left looking “like something from The Shining”.
  
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• ‘It’s concerning’: Allotment shed torched days after mattress and cones set ablaze

  21-10-2026 20:56 via Medway News
  
  A shed has been torched and others were damaged when broken into just days after a mattress and road cones were set ablaze in the neighbouring field.
  
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• Person airlifted to hospital after medical incident at shopping centre

  21-10-2026 20:05 via Medway News
  
  A person has been flown to a London hospital after a major emergency service response at a popular shopping centre.
  
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• Biker who hit 189mph and blew kisses at police jailed after officers found footage on GoPro

  21-10-2026 18:23 via Medway News
  
  A motorcyclist has been sentenced after he admitted to 22 counts of dangerous driving.
  
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• Biker who ‘blew kisses’ at police hit speeds of almost 200mph

  21-10-2026 18:07 via Medway News
  
  A motorcyclist has been sentenced after he admitted to 22 counts of dangerous driving.
  
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• Plans for 90 homes in Tunbridge Wells near railway station but no affordable housing to be decided

  21-10-2026 17:58 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  No affordable housing would be built, but the report says £225k would be given by the developer towards it
  
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• Plans for new mini roundabout and improvements at Canterbury junction

  21-10-2026 17:36 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  It is hoped changes will make the junction safer and easier to use
  
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• Major emergency response to shopping centre incident

  21-10-2026 17:22 via Medway News
  
  Police, fire and ambulance crews are currently at the scene of an incident at a popular shopping centre.
  
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• Revealed: The parts of Kent where house prices are falling fastest

  21-10-2026 17:11 via Medway News
  
  Almost £2,000 has been wiped off the value of the average Kent home, according to analysis by online estate agents Purplebricks.
  
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• Urgent police appeal after teenage boy goes missing from Faversham

  21-10-2026 17:06 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  He was last seen on Saturday (October 17)
  
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• Ashford Halifax branch shuts after 30 years - with two other Kent sites to follow next week

  21-10-2026 16:21 via Medway News
  
  Ashford’s Halifax branch has closed after almost 30 years, with two other Kent sites set to follow next week.
  
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• ‘He had a gift for conversation': Shopkeeper who ran convenience stores for three decades dies

  21-10-2026 15:31 via Medway News
  
  A much-loved shopkeeper who was a pillar of the community and “not simply the man behind the counter” has died aged 66.
  
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• ‘He had a gift for conversation': Shopkeeper who ran convenience stores for three decades dies

  21-10-2026 15:21 via Medway News
  
  A much-loved shopkeeper who was a pillar of the community and “not simply the man behind the counter” has died aged 66.
  
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• Gillingham sex offender back in jail after deleting messages

  21-10-2026 15:08 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The offender 'wilfully disobeyed restrictions he was fully aware were in place'
  
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• Sittingbourne man who raped two teenagers jailed for 17 years

  21-10-2026 15:04 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  He targeted the girls when they were both 15 years old
  
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• Details of new well-being club opening in Tunbridge Wells revealed

  21-10-2026 14:53 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The public can enjoy this wellness centre which has a hydrotherapy pool, a studio and fitness area, a sanarium and treatment rooms
  
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• Plans emerge for extension of popular Tunbridge Wells garden centre

  21-10-2026 14:18 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The garden centre's restaurant will be expanded along with the entrance
  
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• Two-mile queues on M2 after reports of crash

  21-10-2026 13:33 via Medway News
  
  Drivers are stuck in two-mile queues on the M2 amid reports of a crash.
  
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• Aldi confirms opening date for second Chatham supermarket

  21-10-2026 13:09 via Medway News
  
  Drone pictures show progress on a town’s second Aldi, as the opening date looms.
  
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• Long delays on busy route after shed fire and crash

  21-10-2026 10:43 via Medway News
  
  Drivers are facing long delays on a busy route this morning due to a reported crash and shed fire.
  
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• Police find deleted messages on sex offender’s phone on day of prison release

  21-10-2026 10:20 via Medway News
  
  Police found a sex offender had breached the conditions of a protective order the day he was released from prison.
  
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• 'My daughter lost two children within five weeks - the pain is unimaginable'

  21-10-2026 06:00 via Medway News
  
  A mum who lost her baby just weeks after her five-year-old’s death has raised money for a cot to allow others more time with their stillborn babies.
  
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• Possible tornado activity reported off Kent coast as experts investigate

  20-10-2026 18:41 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) said it had received reports of off the Kent coast on Sunday morning, before fierce winds struck parts of Essex.
  
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• Appeal launched over refused 100-home scheme on orchard

  20-10-2026 15:22 via Medway News
  
  Plans for 100 homes on a commercial orchard, which were refused, are now the subject of an appeal.
  
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• Warning to Brits as Google Cloud outage affects Royal Mail, HSBC and others - thousands affected

  20-10-2026 13:57 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The outage has caused widespread problems across the UK today, Tuesday, October 20
  
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• DWP CMS child maintenance update on new '2 per cent' charge plan for many households

  20-10-2026 12:28 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions has explained major changes it is vowing to make after being urged to set out the 'rationale' behind them
  
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• Police make arrest after man 'exposed himself' in Chatham

  20-10-2026 12:26 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Anyone with information should call Kent Police
  
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• E-fit released after 'threatening' man pulled pushchair from dad in Dover

  20-10-2026 11:14 via Kent Live - frontpage
  
  Anyone who recognises him is urged to get in touch with police
  
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