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• Tree falls on RSPCA facility during Storm Austen

  24-10-2026 11:19 via BBC News
  
  RSPCA Canterbury and District Animal Centre is looking to rehome its small animals with 'urgency'.
  
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• Leaders welcome plan for elected mayor for Kent

  28-10-2026 19:36 via BBC News
  
  The announcement is released immediately after the Chancellor delivers the government's Budget.
  
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• Man in 50s dies in motorway crash

  28-10-2026 18:38 via BBC News
  
  Kent Police says the pedestrian, in his 50s, was struck by multiple vehicles.
  
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• Record breaking kite surfer finds 'magic gust'

  28-10-2026 16:41 via BBC News
  
  Lewis Crathern reached 42.6m (139.76 ft) during a stormy session at Bracklesham Bay last Friday.
  
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• 'I crashed my car after I was dazzled by headlights'

  28-10-2026 14:21 via BBC News
  
  Research suggests a quarter of drivers are cutting back night time driving.
  
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• Woman in 70s dies weeks after crash into parked cars

  28-10-2026 11:34 via BBC News
  
  Kent Police says the woman, in her 70s, died in hospital after the crash in Sturry in September.
  
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• Fire crews tackle house blaze in village

  28-10-2026 10:22 via BBC News
  
  West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service says it has extinguished the fire in The Sands, Ashington.
  
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• Family of couple held in Iran meet with Ed Miliband

  28-10-2026 09:20 via BBC News
  
  The family of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, from East Sussex, met the foreign secretary on Tuesday.
  
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• Railway line closes for five days after landslip

  28-10-2026 07:22 via BBC News
  
  The line between Redhill and Tonbridge is closed until 1 November for repair works.
  
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• Theatre reopening date confirmed after £10m refurb

  28-10-2026 07:08 via BBC News
  
  The theatre will reopen on 29 November with a showing of pantomime, Dick Whittington.
  
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• Food store and drive-thru plans considered

  28-10-2026 07:07 via BBC News
  
  Landlink says the store would reduce the number of journeys shoppers currently make to Chichester.
  
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• Cash grants for groups helping with money and debt

  28-10-2026 07:06 via BBC News
  
  Grants are offered to groups helping people with cost-of-living financial pressures.
  
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• M25 at 40: Keeping UK's busiest motorway moving

  28-10-2026 07:05 via BBC News
  
  Highway workers recall some of the unexpected incidents they have encountered over the years.
  
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• Woman eyes up next challenge after Ironman success

  27-10-2026 18:05 via BBC News
  
  The 57-year-old completed the long-distance triathlon in Hawaii in under 12 hours.
  
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• Harry Kane's former Millwall teammate 'so pleased'

  27-10-2026 16:47 via BBC News
  
  Tonbridge Angels manager Alan Dunne played with Ballon d'Or winner Harry Kane at Millwall in 2012.
  
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• Female runners forced to change habits, stats show

  27-10-2026 14:38 via BBC News
  
  A campaign wants to end a "hidden curfew" that makes women feel unsafe exercising in the evenings.
  
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• Boy injured in police car and e-bike crash

  27-10-2026 13:25 via BBC News
  
  Kent Police says it has referred itself to the IOPC after the crash in Lodge Oak Lane on Monday.
  
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• Appeal after reports of catapults being used in park

  27-10-2026 12:52 via BBC News
  
  Sussex Police said incidents of catapult use in Egerton Park, Bexhill-on-Sea, had been reported.
  
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• Beer dating back to 1890 revived after journal find

  27-10-2026 12:25 via BBC News
  
  Harvey's Brewery in Lewes has launched the beer based on an Victorian recipe unearthed in 2019.
  
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• Paramedics to video link to cardiac emergencies

  27-10-2026 11:41 via BBC News
  
  South East Coast Ambulance Service is providing help to those giving CPR at home or on the street.
  
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• Budget 2026: Calls to reduce fuel costs and help the high street

  27-10-2026 09:06 via BBC News
  
  As the Chancellor prepares to deliver the Budget, what do people in East Grinstead think would help?
  
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• Parents whose baby died at five days old suing NHS

  27-10-2026 07:11 via BBC News
  
  Olivia's parents say they remain determined to get answers, following an inquest into her death.
  
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• Ex-homeless man backs Burnham rough sleeping pledge

  27-10-2026 07:08 via BBC News
  
  Rough sleeping is a central part of Andy Burnham's early pledges as Prime Minister.
  
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• Taylor Drift and Salter Claus among gritter names

  27-10-2026 07:07 via BBC News
  
  Children helped to choose names for Kent County Council's 62 gritters ahead of the winter season.
  
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• Woman on chemotherapy ineligible for cancer drug

  26-10-2026 20:06 via BBC News
  
  Laura Stanford is told she cannot have Enhertu as she is on her third round of chemotherapy.
  
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• Ainsworth questions standard of players after loss

  26-10-2026 18:59 via BBC News
  
  Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth asks if some of his players are up to League Two standard after a 4-1 defeat by Grimsby.
  
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• Man found not guilty of sex offences on beach

  26-10-2026 18:44 via BBC News
  
  The man, from Kent, is cleared of assaulting a woman in August 2025 at Camber Sands, East Sussex.
  
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• Student accommodation plans denied by council

  26-10-2026 18:32 via BBC News
  
  The plans for 402 rooms, first out forward in 2023, are rejected and branded "overbearing".
  
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• Brighton changes traditional blue paint to save cash

  26-10-2026 16:37 via BBC News
  
  The colour of the city's seafront railings - known as 'Brighton Blue' - is changing to save cash.
  
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• Parkrun event cancelled over planters on route

  26-10-2026 15:37 via BBC News
  
  Organisers say they aim to bring the Cyclopark Parkrun back to Gravesend with a new route.
  
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