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• Hotel evacuated after kitchen blaze

  24-03-2025 13:09 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Staff and guests had to temporarily leave a hotel after a fire broke out in the kitchen.
  
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• Battersea Ironsides 31 Medway 40: Regional 2 South East match report - Kent Online

  24-03-2025 11:43 via news.google.com
  Battersea Ironsides 31 Medway 40: Regional 2 South East match report  Kent Online
  
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• Soul Food Solo Stories heads to GlassBox Theatre, Medway - cene Magazine

  24-03-2025 11:19 via news.google.com
  Soul Food Solo Stories heads to GlassBox Theatre, Medway  cene Magazine
  
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• Medway Superintendent of Schools Armand Pires named tops in the state. What to know - Milford Daily News

  24-03-2025 09:50 via news.google.com
  Medway Superintendent of Schools Armand Pires named tops in the state. What to know  Milford Daily News
  
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• Franklin & Medway Quilters Represented in April Show - Franklin Observer

  24-03-2025 09:46 via news.google.com
  Franklin & Medway Quilters Represented in April Show  Franklin Observer
  
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• Medway Queen Dunkirk Commemoration 2025 - At Sea

  24-03-2025 09:44 via news.google.com
  Medway Queen Dunkirk Commemoration 2025  At Sea
  
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• New venue opening up for pan-disability football - Kent Online

  24-03-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  New venue opening up for pan-disability football  Kent Online
  
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• Medway Area Sunday League round-up (23/03/25) - Kent Online

  24-03-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  Medway Area Sunday League round-up (23/03/25)  Kent Online
  
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• Medway RC Laser Club Winter Series 2025 at Barton's Point Coastal Park - Week 9 - Yachts and Yachting

  23-03-2025 18:14 via news.google.com
  Medway RC Laser Club Winter Series 2025 at Barton's Point Coastal Park - Week 9  Yachts and Yachting
  
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• ‘It’s time to move on’: Upmarket menswear shop to leave town after 26 years

  23-03-2025 15:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A high-end fashion shop in the heart of a town’s multi-million-pound masterplan is relocating to a neighbouring “more of a destination” high street.
  
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• Traffic stopped through tunnel after police incident

  23-03-2025 14:07 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Police and paramedics were called to a busy roundabout.
  
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• Traffic stopped through tunnel after police incident - Kent Online

  23-03-2025 13:57 via news.google.com
  Traffic stopped through tunnel after police incident  Kent Online
  
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• Man in 20s seriously injured in A2 crash

  23-03-2025 11:57 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A man has been flown to a London hospital after a crash on the A2.
  
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• Residents woken by late-night BMW crash

  23-03-2025 11:01 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A late-night crash woke residents as the driver reportedly fled the scene.
  
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• A2 London bound closed after crash

  23-03-2025 10:47 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  The London bound carriageway of the A2 remains closed after a crash.
  
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• A2 closed in both directions after crash

  23-03-2025 08:24 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  The A2 has been closed in both directions following a crash.
  
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• ‘It’s a dreadful way to treat people’: Swim teachers accuse council of ‘fire and rehire’ tactics - Kent Online

  23-03-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  ‘It’s a dreadful way to treat people’: Swim teachers accuse council of ‘fire and rehire’ tactics  Kent Online
  
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• ‘It’s a dreadful way to treat people’: Swim teachers accuse council of ‘fire and rehire’ tactics

  23-03-2025 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Swimming teachers given redundancy notices after seeing their roles advertised online have hit out at a council’s “shambolic” handling of the process.
  
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• Trespasser on line causes rail chaos

  22-03-2025 21:28 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A town lost its train service after someone wandered onto the line.
  
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• Long delays on A2 after four-vehicle crash

  22-03-2025 14:50 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  There are delays on the A2 after a multi-vehicle collision.
  
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• ‘I took my boyfriend to a women-only bar - within minutes they had him doing the conga’

  22-03-2025 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Our reviewer visited a bar with a lively dance floor and an unusual door policy that’s ruffled a few feathers.
  
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• ‘Let us know you’re safe!’: Family’s appeal to man missing for six weeks

  21-03-2025 16:55 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  The worried family of a missing 36-year-old man have asked people to help find locate him as they express concerns he’s “in a bad way”.
  
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• NHS boss temporarily takes on fourth hospital

  21-03-2025 12:31 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  An NHS boss who already looks after three hospitals, has taken on another one for six months to allow closer collaboration between them.
  
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• Medway NHS Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust strengthen collaboration with joint leadership appointment - Medway NHS Foundation Trust

  21-03-2025 10:34 via news.google.com
  Medway NHS Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust strengthen collaboration with joint leadership appointment  Medway NHS Foundation Trust
  
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• Want to feel younger? This pub will transport you back by about 35 years

  21-03-2025 05:54 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Secret Drinker drops in on a pub that’s about as old school as you’re going to get
  
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• Suspected dealers in Medway arrested in proactive enforcement - Hawkinge Gazette

  20-03-2025 17:30 via news.google.com
  Suspected dealers in Medway arrested in proactive enforcement  Hawkinge Gazette
  
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• Search for missing teen with ‘heart and butterfly’ tattoos

  20-03-2025 13:24 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 16-year-old girl last seen in a town.
  
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• Call 999 if you see missing Medway girl with heart tattoo on her finger - Kent Live

  20-03-2025 13:12 via news.google.com
  Call 999 if you see missing Medway girl with heart tattoo on her finger  Kent Live
  
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• Kent & Medway seek clarification over devo rejection - Local Government Chronicle

  20-03-2025 13:03 via news.google.com
  Kent & Medway seek clarification over devo rejection  Local Government Chronicle
  
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• ‘He lived life without hands but no limits’: Legendary tug boat skipper’s story retold

  20-03-2025 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  John Oliver was born with no hands but went on to become a ferryman, artist and a chef - now his remarkable life has been documented in a book.
  
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• Teen’s skull fractured after being ‘punched and stamped on’ at field

  19-03-2025 16:37 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Three people, including a 19-year-old man, have been charged with GBH with intent after an alleged attack on a boy at a sports field.
  
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• Butt Out, Pay Up: Medway litterers fined £2.5K - Hawkinge Gazette

  19-03-2025 16:22 via news.google.com
  Butt Out, Pay Up: Medway litterers fined £2.5K  Hawkinge Gazette
  
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• Teen’s skull fractured after being ‘punched and stamped on’ outside pub

  19-03-2025 13:33 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Three people, including a 19-year-old man, have been charged with GBH with intent after an alleged attack on a boy outside a pub.
  
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• Car overturns near children’s daycare centre

  19-03-2025 10:56 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Emergency crews were called after a car overturned near a children’s daycare centre.
  
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• Motorway delays after crashes in both directions

  19-03-2025 09:59 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Commuters are facing heavy delays this morning after crashes on both directions of a busy motorway.
  
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• Tourist attraction’s £28m boost to local economy - Kent Online

  19-03-2025 09:30 via news.google.com
  Tourist attraction’s £28m boost to local economy  Kent Online
  
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• Family’s heartbreak as masked men steal up to £100k of stock

  19-03-2025 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A “hard-working and honest” family have been left stunned and frightened by an early morning raid which saw £100,000 of vapes stolen.
  
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• Woman who murdered partner in flat jailed for life

  18-03-2025 17:53 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A woman who fatally stabbed her partner in his flat has been jailed for life.
  
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• Emergency services reveal what prompted massive river search

  18-03-2025 17:53 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  An extensive search of a river has concluded after earlier reports a “body” had been spotted in the water.
  
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• ‘She was skin and bones’: Man banned from owning animals after husky puppy left ‘severely malnourished’

  18-03-2025 17:24 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A man has been banned from owning animals for life after leaving his puppy severely dehydrated and malnourished while lying in her own urine.
  
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• Bus service set to return to shopping centre

  18-03-2025 16:46 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A bus operator is revising a timetable on a busy route to reinstate a stop at a shopping centre after feedback from passengers.
  
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• Former town centre snooker club up for auction at £3 million

  18-03-2025 13:13 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A former snooker club is going under the hammer with planning permission for 57 flats to be built on the site.
  
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• Coastguard reveals what prompted massive river search

  18-03-2025 12:49 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  An extensive search of a river has concluded after earlier reports a “body” had been spotted in the water.
  
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• Emergency services reveal what prompted massive river search - Kent Online

  18-03-2025 12:30 via news.google.com
  Emergency services reveal what prompted massive river search  Kent Online
  
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• Plans for homes and Aldi on former school site

  18-03-2025 12:06 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Flats and houses could join Aldi on the site of a former school if given the nod by council planning chiefs.
  
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• Church handed £11m to 'further grow God’s Kingdom'

  18-03-2025 12:06 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  A Diocese will be handed millions of pounds in additional funding over the next five years to “serve people” across the county.
  
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• Cyclist taken to hospital after a crash in Medway which shut road for hours - Kent Live

  18-03-2025 11:52 via news.google.com
  Cyclist taken to hospital after a crash in Medway which shut road for hours  Kent Live
  
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• ‘We fully expect it to go again’: Anger as tenants suffer repeat water supply issues

  18-03-2025 06:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Families have been left without water at a new-build apartment complex for five consecutive weekends after struggles with a faulty pump.
  
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• Firefighters called as ‘loud bang’ heard from industrial estate

  17-03-2025 22:16 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Fire engines attended an industrial estate this evening after several reports of a ‘loud bang’ in the area.
  
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• Firefighters called as ‘loud bang’ heard from industrial estate - Kent Online

  17-03-2025 21:52 via news.google.com
  Firefighters called as ‘loud bang’ heard from industrial estate  Kent Online
  
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