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Storm Claudio to batter Kent and coastal areas with 70mph winds – (ID 532443)

Storm Claudio to batter Kent and coastal areas with 70mph winds

Council leaders are warning that further cuts to the already-stretched services supporting Kent’s residents are going to be extremely cha…

Council leaders are warning that further cuts to the already-stretched services supporting Kent’s residents are going to be extremely challenging and hit hard

Quick work by police in east Kent led to two suspected fuel thieves being arrested shortly before an offence was reported

Quick work by police in east Kent led to two suspected fuel thieves being arrested shortly before an offence was reported – (ID 532026)

Quick work by police in east Kent led to two suspected fuel thieves being arrested shortly before an offence was reported

A Kent Police volunteer has been appointed as the county’s new Lord Lieutenant Cadet

People hosting Ukrainians as part of the Kent County Council Homes for Ukraine Scheme are set to receive more money every month as part of a county-wide increase

People hosting Ukrainians as part of the Kent County Council Homes for Ukraine Scheme are set to receive more money every month as part o…

People hosting Ukrainians as part of the Kent County Council Homes for Ukraine Scheme are set to receive more money every month as part of a county-wide increase

Officers from Kent Police Search and Marine Unit used their boat to recover a stolen yacht in the English Channel

Arriva bus strike in Kent called off after renewed pay offer of £14 and hour

Trading Standards officers in Kent have carried out a series of targeted raids and seized thousands of illicit tobacco products

Trading Standards officers in Kent have carried out a series of targeted raids and seized thousands of illicit tobacco products

Trading Standards officers in Kent have carried out a series of targeted raids and seized thousands of illicit tobacco products – (ID 531…

Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will have a clearer picture of their future secondary school education today when they find out their results

Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will have a clearer picture of their future secondary school education today when they find out their results

Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will have a clearer picture of their future secondary school education today when they find out t…

Kent Fire and Rescue Service has been called to reports of a fire involving a number of garden sheds and fences in Archers Court Road, in…

Police attended, along with ambulance and fire crews and two women were declared deceased at the scene following a fatal hard shoulder collision

Police attended, along with ambulance and fire crews and two women were declared deceased at the scene following a fatal hard shoulder co…

Police attended, along with ambulance and fire crews and two women were declared deceased at the scene following a fatal hard shoulder collision

Air ambulance called to serious collision on M20

Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a man with murder following the death of a woman in Peru

Three men have been arrested in the Kent area in connection with the Essex murder investigation

Investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have arrested Jorge Minaya Garay in connection with the murder of a woman in Peru.

Investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have arrested Jorge Minaya Garay in connection with the murder of a woman…

Kent Police has received a Gold award for the way it supports members of the Armed Forces within the workplace

Kent Police has received a Gold award for the way it supports members of the Armed Forces within the workplace – (ID 531482)

Storm Claudio to batter Kent and coastal areas with 70mph winds – (ID 532443)

Storm Claudio to batter Kent and coastal areas with 70mph winds

Council leaders are warning that further cuts to the already-stretched services supporting Kent’s residents are going to be extremely cha…

Council leaders are warning that further cuts to the already-stretched services supporting Kent’s residents are going to be extremely challenging and hit hard

Quick work by police in east Kent led to two suspected fuel thieves being arrested shortly before an offence was reported

Quick work by police in east Kent led to two suspected fuel thieves being arrested shortly before an offence was reported – (ID 532026)

Quick work by police in east Kent led to two suspected fuel thieves being arrested shortly before an offence was reported

A Kent Police volunteer has been appointed as the county’s new Lord Lieutenant Cadet

People hosting Ukrainians as part of the Kent County Council Homes for Ukraine Scheme are set to receive more money every month as part of a county-wide increase

People hosting Ukrainians as part of the Kent County Council Homes for Ukraine Scheme are set to receive more money every month as part o…

People hosting Ukrainians as part of the Kent County Council Homes for Ukraine Scheme are set to receive more money every month as part of a county-wide increase

Officers from Kent Police Search and Marine Unit used their boat to recover a stolen yacht in the English Channel

Arriva bus strike in Kent called off after renewed pay offer of £14 and hour

Trading Standards officers in Kent have carried out a series of targeted raids and seized thousands of illicit tobacco products

Trading Standards officers in Kent have carried out a series of targeted raids and seized thousands of illicit tobacco products

Trading Standards officers in Kent have carried out a series of targeted raids and seized thousands of illicit tobacco products – (ID 531…

Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will have a clearer picture of their future secondary school education today when they find out their results

Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will have a clearer picture of their future secondary school education today when they find out their results

Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will have a clearer picture of their future secondary school education today when they find out t…

Kent Fire and Rescue Service has been called to reports of a fire involving a number of garden sheds and fences in Archers Court Road, in…

Police attended, along with ambulance and fire crews and two women were declared deceased at the scene following a fatal hard shoulder collision

Police attended, along with ambulance and fire crews and two women were declared deceased at the scene following a fatal hard shoulder co…

Police attended, along with ambulance and fire crews and two women were declared deceased at the scene following a fatal hard shoulder collision

Air ambulance called to serious collision on M20

Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a man with murder following the death of a woman in Peru

Three men have been arrested in the Kent area in connection with the Essex murder investigation

Investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have arrested Jorge Minaya Garay in connection with the murder of a woman in Peru.

Investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have arrested Jorge Minaya Garay in connection with the murder of a woman…

Kent Police has received a Gold award for the way it supports members of the Armed Forces within the workplace

Kent Police has received a Gold award for the way it supports members of the Armed Forces within the workplace – (ID 531482)