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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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.