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The Latest Breaking News from Kent

Hosepipe ban announced for Kent and Sussex as heatwave drives up demand for water

Households across parts of the South-East were without water for a fifth day on Friday

Evening Standard

Heatwave sparks hosepipe ban affecting 2 million customers

Kent and Sussex residents hit with ban amid record demand for drinking water

The Independent UK

Inside the once-bustling UK town that now stands 'sad and empty' with derelict station

Ashford in Kent has been described as "sad and empty" by locals furious as its Eurostar terminal has not reopened since it closed during the pandemic three years ago

Daily Mirror

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Hosepipe ban set for Kent and Sussex due to ‘record demand’ for water

Areas of the region have been left with little or no water.

The Independent UK

Kelly Brook sells £1.45million country mansion after years of ‘never-ending’ renovations

Kelly Brook snapped up the charming 15th century home, situated in four acres of Kent countryside, in 2006 for £975,000, and spent almost two decades renovating it before putting it on the market

Daily Mirror

Four schools in East Sussex forced to close due to water shortages

Criticism of South East Water mounts as local people accuse it of failing to invest in infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Go-Ahead wins £110m contract to operate Kent commuter bus service

The Newcastle transport group is aiming to introduce trams to the network

Birmingham Post

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Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again, watchdog says

Chief inspector of immigration says there is ‘real danger’ that inhumane and dangerous conditions will return at Kent facility

The Guardian - UK

Thief left kids in Sainsbury's car park with pram full of stolen goods as he ran from cops

Connor Sharp, 24, left his kids and ran from police in the car park of a Sainsbury's in Kent after he had been spotted with stolen goods that he was hiding in a pushchair

Daily Mirror

'Our town has been destroyed since Eurostar closed its terminal here'

The Eurostar terminal at Ashford, Kent, has been closed since the start of the Covid pandemic and, despite some 23,000 people signing a petition, there are no plans to reopen it

Daily Mirror

County cricket: Lancashire’s Salt peppers Hampshire on way to ton – as it happened

Lancashire have a lead of 232, Derbyshire made a remarkable comeback against Yorkshire and Kent skittled Surrey for 145

The Guardian - UK

Home Office faces legal action over children missing from UK asylum hotels

Charity alleges placing unaccompanied children in hotels is ‘unlawful’ and a national scandal

The Guardian - UK

Man, 21, arrested 250 miles away over murder of Joseph Holland

The man, 21, was arrested 250 miles away in Kent

Liverpool Echo

Police issue appeal for missing teenage girl last seen in St Pancras station

Police have issued an appeal to find a teenager from Kent who officers believe may be in London.

Evening Standard

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Mum forced to cut Spain holiday short and has to wear gloves 'all summer' after horrifying giant hogweed burns

Lucy Jones, from Kent, initially left medics stumped over her condition

Daily Mirror

Drivers' fury at optical illusion speed bumps that are an 'absolute waste of paint'

Virtual speed bumps were painted to slow speeding drivers along a busy road that leads to two different schools in Swanscombe, Kent, but they've been criticised

Birmingham Post

South East firms win national honours at FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards

National winners also won at regional final that honoured SMEs and entrepreneurs

Daily Mirror

Dad who beat baby so badly he needed both legs amputated storms out of victim statement

Tony Hudgell, who has since been adopted, was just 41 days old when he suffered eight fractures to his legs and then developed life-threatening septicaemia in 2014

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Daily Mirror

Woman, 18 and man, 21, killed in road crash involving car and truck

A shocking crash took place near Ashford, Kent, yesterday around 5pm that took the lives of an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man as police launch an appeal for anyone with information of the incident

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak takes helicopter for 74 mile journey to Kent - that would be an hour on train

The PM flew from the capital to Dover where he is desperately try and convince critics his small boats strategy is working

Daily Mirror

Moment disqualified driver rams cop car before 135mph car chase armed with loaded gun

Kane McLeod, 32, was spotted by a police patrol speeding on the M25 near the Darenth Interchange in Dartford, Kent, on the evening of April 10, 2021

Daily Mirror

Home being sold for third time in a year for just £90,000 is 'ticking time-bomb'

The property is on the market for £90,000, less than a quarter of the average house price in the area - Broadstairs, Kent - but neighbours are concerned about it

Evening Standard

Kent bus driver threatened and abused by passenger annoyed by delay

A Kent bus driver was abused and threatened by a passenger local police have said as they appeal for information.

Daily Mirror

Mum killed boyfriend's beloved chihuahua by hurling it 30ft out of third-floor window

Kayleigh Smee, 33, threw her partner's eight-year-old dog Prince out the window of a third storey flat in Rochester, Kent, causing it to break its neck, a court heard

Daily Mirror

'I was sacked over my Facebook post after yobs threatened to murder and rape my family'

Teacher Michael Flynn, from Gillingham, Kent, says he was sacked from his job at Twydall Primary School after posting on social media about yobs who threatened his family

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