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Pensioners heading to France for summer holiday brand Dover travel chaos 'a disaster'

Pensioners Paul and Wendy Nicholas, from Brockenhurst, Hants, were heading to Cologne, France, to join a Saga river cruise. They said 150 people were due to join the seven-night cruise

Daily Mirror

Ancient mummified head found stashed in UK attic leaves experts baffled

Very little was known about the mummified head, which was found in an attic in Ramsgate, Kent, and was then given to Canterbury Museums and Galleries

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Dover: Warning 6-hour queues 'just the start' as woeful weekend follows frantic Friday

Saturday could be even busier for travellers after the Port of Dover declared a critical incident and the RAC estimated a whopping 18.8 million leisure trips are planned in the UK between Friday and Monday

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‘Immensely frustrating’ that French let us down – Port of Dover boss amid queues

A ‘critical incident’ has been declared by the Kent port due to six-hour waits, with tourists urged to consider staying away.

The Independent UK

Travellers say Dover delays ‘worst experienced’ as lorry drivers queue overnight

A ‘critical incident’ has been declared by the Kent port.

The Independent UK

Queues in Dover as holidaymakers head to France

France has been accused by the Port of Dover of “woefully inadequate” border control staffing which is ruining the summer getaway for thousands of families.Holidaymakers booked on sailings from the Kent port reported being stuck in five-hour queues to complete border checks before they can check in for their ferry.The…

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I’ve fought wildfires for decades. None of it prepared me for the UK infernos this week

The fire service is at the frontline of the climate crisis – yet with 11,500 frontline staff cut we are simply not equipped for it, says the Fire Brigades Union’s Tim Green

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Warning Dover port chaos could spill into weekend as queues last six hours

Kent port apologises for delays and blames French border control as summer getaway kicks off

The Guardian - UK

Port of Dover attacks ‘woefully inadequate’ French border staffing

A ‘critical incident’ has been declared by the Kent port due to six-hour queues, with tourists urged to consider staying away.

The Independent UK

Summer getaway halted by ‘woefully inadequate’ French border staffing at Dover

Holidaymakers booked on sailings from the Kent port reported being stuck in five-hour queues to complete border checks.

The Independent UK

Man hailed 'legend' for sitting on top of his car to block police speed check van

Motorist Dennis Richardson filmed the man casually sitting on the roof of a grey Nissan and waving at passing cars as he blocked the camera in Maidstone, Kent on Sunday

Daily Mirror

‘Damning’ report slams ‘poor’ Home Office response to Channel crossings

Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration David Neal looked at how the Government processes migrants when they arrive in Kent.

The Independent UK

Dog finally reunited with family who fled war-torn Ukraine and found new life in UK

Liliya, 45, and her children, Artur, 21, Karolina, 19 and Lev, 15, arrived in the UK on April 29 after fleeing Ukraine. They left their dog Khabib in France and then he was taken to Canterbury, Kent

Daily Mirror

Wild BISON released into UK countryside to roam free for first time in 30,000 years

The wild bison have been released in two locations near Canterbury in Kent where further animals will follow including Exmoor ponies, Longhorn cattle and Iron Age pigs

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Bison set for release into ancient Kent woodland to help nature and climate crises

The move forms part of a £1.12 million project to manage woods near Canterbury

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Wild bison return to UK for first time in thousands of years

The gentle giants released in Kent should transform a commercial pine forest into a vibrant natural woodland

Daily Mirror

Ed Sheeran spends £650,000 on converted railway carriage beach getaway in Kent

Ed Sheeran has spent a number of years creating and expanding his Suffolk estate and has now turned to the south coast for his next venture - a converted 1880s railway carriage

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Headmistress smuggled her pupils from Nazi Germany school to new start in Kent

In extracts from her book, The School That Escaped The Nazis, author Deborah Cadbury tells of the exodus and the tales of survival of some of the pupils who escaped Nazi Germany

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The Independent UK

Kent safari park first in Europe where visitors can meet three species of rhino

Port Lympne Reserve, near Hythe, has recently taken in an Indian rhino.

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UK heatwave: Schoolboy put in ‘prison-like’ isolation room for wearing shorts as temperatures soared

Temperatures rose to over 30C for Kent and other southern parts of England

Daily Mirror

Boy, 13, forced to sit in 'prison' isolation room for wearing shorts during heatwave

Harrison Utting, 13, was sent to a special room as punishment for turning up to Westlands School in Sittingbourne, Kent, in shorts on Monday morning and the following day

Daily Mirror

Tory MP slammed as 'cruel' and 'irresponsible' for walking dog in heatwave

Fellow dog owners slammed the MP for going on the walk from Ramsgate to Broadstairs, Kent, when temperatures rocketed to 28C - but he insists it wasn't that hot where they walked

The Independent UK

More migrants arrive in Kent as crossings resume

Last week the Ministry of Defence recorded 607 people arriving in the UK in 15 boats over five days.

Daily Mirror

Pensioners fume at Aldi after being left with trolley in garden for seven weeks

Betty and Pat Burke, from Deal in Kent, were left raging after a discarded supermarket trolley found in an alleyway near their house wasn't picked up for seven weeks - despite cleaning it up

The Independent UK

Callum Wheeler: The ‘angry, violent’ killer who murdered PCSO and threatened to attack again if freed

‘Highly sexualised’ 22-year-old exposed himself to female officers after his arrest

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