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Eurostar rivals could get £50m boost to run trains
Eurostar could face new rivals after Eurotunnel said it was prepared to offer £50m to help other operators run trains across Channel.
Fire crews tackle yard blaze involving multiple vehicles
Four fire engines were called to reports of at least six vehicles alight in the early hours.
Shopping centre to get £370k revamp to create ‘digitally connected’ workspace
Operators are being sought for a new flexible workspace for creative and digital businesses fashioned out of former retail units at a shopping centre.
Town centre restaurant bosses call it quits after 40 years
The owners of a Chinese restaurant have decided to close the business as they begin completely new careers.
At long last! Full investigation to finally start on collapsed road
Investigators have been granted permission to access the entire site of a crumbled cliff road after a year of legal wrangling.
Bluewater thief knocked Apple worker to the ground in £1.6k phone swipe
A robber who was captured on camera robbing an Apple store of a phone worth thousands of pounds has been jailed.
Men accused of stealing car in knifepoint robbery
A car was reportedly stolen after a man, who had been standing next to his vehicle, was threatened with a knife and assaulted.
Body found in search for missing man, 66
A body has been found in the search for a man who was reported missing at the weekend.
‘People feel horrible but they understand’: How virtual reality is helping people with dementia
To mark Dementia Action Week, KentOnline has visited a home care agency to see how it’s using virtual reality to help people living with dementia.
First look inside Bluewater’s £3m football dome backed by footballing legends
Famous footballing faces have graced the turf of a brand new multi-million-pound football dome just days before it launches to the public.
‘Bring back the stats’: Protest over scrapping of ‘inspirational’ Parkrun records
Runners are staging a protest in a call to organisers of a free weekly running event to reinstate controversially deleted data.
Man charged over alleged rape of teenage girl
A suspect has appeared in court after being charged over an alleged attack on a 17-year-old.
‘Explosions’ heard as dramatic footage shows yard blaze
Residents reported hearing “small explosions and bangs” as a fire involving at least six vehicles broke out in the early hours.
Prolific Co-op ‘meat and laundry’ thieves jailed
Brazen shoplifters who continued to target multiple branches of the same convenience store chain while banned have been put behind bars.
Fears over housing plan for century-old pub once the ‘heart of the community’
Almost 150 objections have been lodged against plans to covert a now-closed rural pub into a house.
Three sheep killed in dog attack
Three ewes suffered fatal injuries after being attacked by a dog and police are appealing for help to find the owner.
Fears ‘appalling’ plans for battery farm will ruin green belt for ‘future generations’
Villagers are up in arms over controversial proposals to build a 10-acre energy storage plant which they claim will “destroy” the landscape.
‘The need is so urgent’: Long-awaited ‘super surgery’ plans approved
Plans for a new medical centre serving more than 13,000 patients have been approved several years after they were first proposed.
Delays on A2 due to overturned car
Motorists headed home were facing lengthy waits on a busy stretch of A-road following due to a three-car collision.
Rubbish removal company owner fined £8k
A businessman has been fined after items linked to his company were discovered at a large-scale illegal dump.