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Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
A homeless man's been left with a number of facial injuries after being attacked and robbed by a group of teenagers in Maidstone town centre.
He was assaulted by three boys and a girl after refusing to give them his alcohol and cigarettes in Week Street.
They stole his alcohol, mobile phone and cash.
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Police have released footage of the moment a man tried to stab an officer in Ashford.
Sean Higgins had called 999 to report an intruder in his garden after taking cocaine in June last year.
He was caught on bodycam trying to attack the officer with a knife.
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
The Brexit secretary has been in Dover to check up on preparations for a no-deal departure from the EU.
Stephen Barclay has confirmed the steel barrier and 50mph speed limit on the London bound carriageway of the M20 will stay in place until an agreement is reached.
Thursday May 30, 2019
Thursday May 30, 2019
The number of race hate crimes against children in Kent has reached a three-year high.
Police in the county recorded 302 offences in 2017-2018 - that's an average of almost six a week.
The number's nearly trebled from 103 the previous year and includes crimes against babies and toddlers.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
A baby found abandoned outside a Kent hospital is a little boy who was just a few hours old at the time.
He was found near the main entrance of Dartford's Darent Valley in the early hours of Friday.
Police are now looking for the driver of a dark coloured saloon car that was spotted in the area at the time and want to hear from anyone with dash cam footage.
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
Theresa May's fought back tears after confirming she's stepping down as Conservative leader on Friday the 7th of June.
Thursday May 23, 2019
Thursday May 23, 2019
The detective superintendent who led the investigation into road rage killer Kenneth Noye says a mistake has been made in allowing him to go free.
The 71 year-old stabbed Stephen Cameron to death on the M25 slip road at Swanley in 1996 and was jailed for life four years later.
A parole board panel have now said he's 'suitable for return to the community'.
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
The mum of a Kent teenager with a rare disease says the decision to make a potentially life-extending drug available on the NHS is a dream come true.
Mel Bolt from Minister has been campaigning for Spinraza to be made accessible to help her daughter Abbie, who has spinal muscular atrophy.
The 15-year-old has battled with the incurable muscle-weakening condition since she was just two and is wheel-chair bound.
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Kent county councillors have decided not to refer plans create three specialist stroke units back to the Secretary of State.
Campaigners gathered outside County Hall earlier, urging them to change their minds.
They're concerned patients living in Thanet and Medway will have to travel further for urgent care at the centres in Ashford, Dartford and Maidstone.
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
A Kent teenager who suffers from a liver condition that affects only one in a million people says she still hopes to go to university...
Hannah Bullard can only walk with aids and needs a powered wheelchair to be completely independent.
But the 18 year-old from Sandwich doesn't qualify for funding on the NHS.
She's now trying to raise £10,000 for the equipment.