Celebrated children’s author puts on ‘special’ event in Kent
•Celebrated children’s author Michael Rosen delighted fans with an appearance at a packed literary event.
•Celebrated children’s author Michael Rosen delighted fans with an appearance at a packed literary event.
•Two landmark sites near a town centre could be transformed into 220 council homes under new plans.
•A developer has revealed it has its eye on land near a village railway station to build hundreds of homes.
•A dad suffered second-degree burns after a candle sparked a blaze which tore through his three-bedroom home.
•A former town centre bank has been snapped up by the owner of a gift shop just two doors away.
•One of TV and film’s best-loved actors has revealed she never wants to leave her Kent home - but that her husband does live next door.
•Controversial plans to tear down a former nursery school and replace it with flats have been withdrawn for the second time in four months.
•A cordon has been set up around a sinkhole and a road closed after its discovery earlier today.
•Drivers were warned of delays following a crash on a busy motorway, with emergency crews sent to the scene.
•Keepers at a Kent animal park say newly-acquired technology has led to “a major step forward” in helping prolong the lives of its cats.
•Kent is facing a “serious and urgent crisis” as new figures reveal a shocking 17% rise in rough sleeping – far outstripping the national average.
•A 31-year-old thief who targeted stores and supermarkets in part of the county has been locked up after a spree of shoplifting.
•The newly-formed Restore Britain group at Kent County Council has elected its new leaders - and vowed to fight the forthcoming by-election in Thanet.
•An investigation has been launched after a large pile of dumped rubbish was left blocking a country lane.
•A man sadly died after police and ambulance crews were called to a medical incident.
•A £10 million project that forced Kent’s busiest railway junction and several stations to shut will come to an end this evening.
•Plans to open a Greggs in one of the world’s “coolest” high streets have been scrapped after hundreds of objections.
•A 16-year-old who was last seen near a train station has been found safe.