All news on the topic: Kent

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Inside Patriot Platform, Britain’s new masked anti-migrant movement
Shortly after 7am last Saturday in the English coastal town of Dover, livestreamed footage distributed by Britain’s newest anti-migrant movement showed dozens of men in paramilitary outfits jumping out from the backs of vehicles, their faces covered beneath balaclavas, their hands in black gloves.
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£2m cocaine haul found in Lidl bags inside lorry near Channel Tunnel
More than £2million worth of cocaine was seized from a lorry near the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, Kent.
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Vladimir Putin’s missiles strike British business factory as building engulfed in flames
A Russian strike has hit a British-owned tobacco factory in Ukraine.
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"Tip of the iceberg": Dover far-right protest sparks fears of more mass gatherings
Kent Police have been accused of being caught by surprise by the Far-Right protest in Dover at the weekend and have been warned it could be the ’tip of the iceberg’ with more mass gatherings to come.
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Man killed in horror taxi attack in Ramsgate as 21-year-old suspect arrested
A man has been killed after being attacked inside a taxi at a harbour town.
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Car flips onto roof after motorway collision as three people are taken to hospital
This is the shocking moment a car flips onto its roof after colliding with another driver on a major motorway, leaving three hospitalised.
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Two universities merge to create the UK’s first "super-university"
The universities of Greenwich and Kent have merged into the UK’s first "super-university".
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More than two million people face hosepipe ban as heatwave dries out southern England
More than two million people will be subject to a hosepipe ban as the lingering effects of recent heat waves persist.
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Southern Water fined £7.1m for illegal sewage dumping off Kent coast
Southern Water has been fined more than £7 million at Canterbury Crown Court after dumping sewage illegally off the Kent coast between 2019 and 2021.
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South East Water ordered to pay £30.5m after repeated supply failures left thousands without water
South East Water will have to pay £30.5million after investigations by the water regulator found there had been ‘repeated’ supply failures.
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Reform apologises after AI-generated village clean-up image sparks backlash
A Reform branch has apologised for an ‘administrative oversight’ after an AI-generated picture of road signs was posted on its Facebook page.
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Green councillor barred from saying Reform members posed with neo-Nazi
AGreen Party councillor has hit out after being barred from referring to Reform councillors posing with a neo-Nazi.
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Nigel Farage owns four homes as partner buys £885,000 constituency property
He wants to make Number 10 his home, but Nigel Farage already boasts something of a property empire.
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Essex criminal led gang that smuggled Afghan migrants into UK in secret truck compartment
An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using a truck, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
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Farage plans £700,000 beachfront mansion makeover as questions mount over £5m donor gift
Nigel Farage is planning a luxury beach pad makeover costing an estimated £700,000 – after pocketing £5million from his crypto billionaire friend.
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Teen boy found dead in Kent lake as UK open-water death toll hits 10 during record heatwave
A body has been recovered in a major search for a young man who went missing after he entered a lake in the Swanscombe area of Kent on Wednesday. Ten people have died in open water in the UK in the last few days.
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Deal or No Deal star got hooked on cocaine after all-night party during filming
A Deal Or No Deal contestant got hooked on cocaine as he filmed for the ITV game show.
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Health officials investigate meningitis cases among young people in Reading
One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.
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South East Water boss to step down after damning report by MPs
David Hinton will depart after former chairman Chris Train resigned last week following an intense questioning in Parliament.
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Young offenders to serve time as judge warns of price for ‘terrible act’
Alexander Cashford, 49, was brutally attacked by two boys, 15 and 16, and a girl, 16, on the Isle of Sheppey, with the assault filmed and posted to social media.
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Three boys and two men charged over rape of teenage girl in Kent
Three boys and two men have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent, police said.
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Crook found stuffed in garden storage box after high-speed chase ends in hedge smash
This is the moment a crook is caught hiding in a garden box after fleeing cops and crashing into a hedge.
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Woman arrested after viral Facebook claim of gang rape found to be unsupported by evidence
A woman has been arrested after informing her Facebook followers that she was gang raped.
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Decapitated ewe found in Kent field as poachers abandon scene and escape into night
A farmer described the moment poachers abandoned a decapitated sheep and fled into the night after being disturbed.
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Skydiver plunges to death as parachute fails in front of horrified witnesses
A skydiver has died after their parachute apparently failed to open when jumping from a plane on Easter Monday.