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• Council calls for outside force to probe Kent Police’s handling of fraud case

  07-10-2026 18:54 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  One of the county’s biggest local authorities is calling for an outside force to investigate Kent Police’s handling of a major fraud investigation.
  
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• Three Gillingham sex offenders jailed in a week for breaching court orders

  07-10-2026 17:38 via kentlive.news
  
  One of the offenders was found with a device containing around 5,000 indecent images of children
  
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• Calls for council to reject 300-home development plans on Hythe seafront

  07-10-2026 17:02 via kentlive.news
  
  Campaigners fear the development would sacrifice the 'remarkable openness' of the seafront
  
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• When Kent temperatures will reach nearly 20C again after grey and chilly spell

  07-10-2026 16:53 via kentlive.news
  
  Forecasters predict above average temperatures throughout the rest of the month
  
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• ITV's Claer Barrett warning over £92 document Martin Lewis calls 'more important than will'

  07-10-2026 15:07 via kentlive.news
  
  Martin Lewis describes it as being 'more important than a will' - but one consumer finance expert has highlighted a barrier
  
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• A249 Detling traffic updates as car fire blocks route between Sittingbourne and Maidstone - recap

  07-10-2026 13:53 via kentlive.news
  
  Two fire engines were called to the scene
  
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• Watch as police chase down prolific Tunbridge Wells M&S thief who fled in an Audi

  07-10-2026 12:17 via kentlive.news
  
  The police officer can be seen sprinting along Victoria Road in pursuit of the Audi which is waiting at the traffic lights at Camden Road
  
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• Three sex offenders from same Kent town jailed within space of a week

  07-10-2026 12:12 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Three men who breached three separate Sexual Harm Prevention Orders have all been sent to prison.
  
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• CCTV images released after bus driver 'assaulted' in Tunbridge Wells

  07-10-2026 11:48 via kentlive.news
  
  Officers have released images of a man they want to speak to
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash results in delays on busy route

  07-10-2026 10:45 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Police have blocked part of a busy route after a crash involving multiple vehicles.
  
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• Live A249 Detling traffic updates as crash blocks route between Sittingbourne and Maidstone

  07-10-2026 10:34 via kentlive.news
  
  Drivers have been urged to find alternative routes
  
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• ‘I’m scared to be in my own home’: Mum’s car targeted by balaclava-wearing bikers

  07-10-2026 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Two strangers are said to have thrown laughing gas canisters at a mum-of-two’s car in a fourth attack in two months.
  
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