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Reform UK-led council claims it has saved millions in first 100 days

On Saturday, it will be 100 days since Reform UK won Kent County Council and began its administration labelled ‘clickbait and chaos’ by opposition.

Evening Standard

New all-electric town in Kent strikes deal to supply power back to the grid

Otterpool Park’s 8,500 homes will run on solar power and batteries – with enough renewable energy to help keep lights on elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Breakthrough in efforts to reintroduce rare bird to Kent

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Rare bird returning to county after 200 years of extinction

The red-billed chough vanished from Kent as a result of habitat loss and persecution

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Wild-born chough fledges and thrives in Kent for first time in 200 years

Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.

Evening Standard

US vice president JD Vance to stay with David Lammy as he holidays in Britain

Mr Vance and his family will begin their summer holiday this Friday with a stay at Chevening, the Foreign Secretary’s Grade I-listed mansion in Kent.

Evening Standard

Napier barracks to continue housing asylum seekers after small boat influx

Mass accommodation site in Kent, marred by controversy since opening, had been due to close in September

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Original 90s Changing Rooms designer Graham Wynne's Kent home for sale for £1.25m

Graham Wynne bought his Georgian house in Hythe in 2015 and spent three years turning it into a classic country house

Evening Standard

‘No discussion’ on how to prevent future incidents after prisoner death, coroner says

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, was an inmate at HMP Elmley, Kent, when he died in November 2021

The Independent UK

‘No discussion’ on how to prevent future incidents after inmate death – coroner

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from Romford, east London, was an inmate at HMP Elmley, Kent, when he died in November 2021.

Evening Standard

Heavy and thundery showers to hit parts of UK as thunderstorm warning activated

The alert is active from 10am to 9pm on Thursday, covering areas including Bristol, Oxford, Southampton, London, Kent and Ipswich.

Evening Standard

18th century shipwreck among ‘best preserved’ of its time, experts say

Latest diving surveys have revealed a ‘remarkable’ completeness of the Northumberland off the Kent coast.

Evening Standard

Long-serving ex-Tory MP Adam Holloway joins Reform

Adam Holloway, who represented Gravesham in Kent between 2005 and 2024, said he had become the latest ex-MP to join Nigel Farage’s party.

Evening Standard

Nothing has been done to tackle violence against women – son of murdered artist

Claire Knights, a 54-year-old artist from Kent, was ambushed and murdered by a stranger in August 2023 as she walked her dog back from a beach.

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Queues of lorries and holidaymakers at Port of Dover

Vehicles are moving very slowly through Dover from the A20, and down Jubilee Way towards the port in Kent.

Evening Standard

Last of rare cats rescued from shut down sanctuary permanently rehomed

Blob the Bobcat was facing the possibility of euthanasia if a permanent home was not found after his rescue from the now closed Cat Survival Trust.

Evening Standard

Prison officers filmed laughing moments before restrained inmate’s death

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from east London, was an inmate at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, when he died

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Footage shows prison officers laughing moments before restrained inmate’s death

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from east London, was an inmate at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, when he died.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Gangster granny’ jailed for leading family gang dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason, 65, who had moniker ‘Queen Bee’, and seven members of her network sentenced to total of 106.5 years

The Independent UK

Ringleader ‘gangster granny’ jailed for dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason and seven other members of the gang were sentenced to a total of 106.5 years

Evening Standard

Crime gang headed by ‘gangster granny’ jailed for dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason and seven other members of the gang were sentenced to a total of 106 and a half years at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday.

The National (Scotland)

Legal complaint filed after armed police threaten woman for holding Palestine flag

Lawyers have filed a legal complaint after armed police threatened a peaceful protester for holding a Palestinian flag and displaying signs saying…

Autosport

The remarkable 90-year-old who's still racing

Most people would understandably be thinking of slowing down as they approach their 90th birthday. But not veteran club racer Tony Skelton, instead he is going faster than ever. The remarkable Kentishman turns 90 today (18 July) and, alongside still cycling an incredible 35 miles per week on average and…

The Guardian - UK

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag

Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation

The Guardian - UK

Reform council leader urges Labour to reconsider curbs on care worker visas

Kent’s Linden Kemkaran writes to government to express ‘grave concern’ about possible exodus of overseas care staff

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