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Care provider paid £63k to look after someone who had died

Fraud and human error cost a council £2.8m last year - with one £63,000 payment for care to dead person.

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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.

The Kent village polluted by 247 spills in one year

Streams running through a Kent village were polluted on almost 250 occasions last year, shocking new data reveals.

The Children's Awards are back

We're searching for Kent's most courageous children plus the families, charities and individuals who support them

‘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.

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.

‘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.

‘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.

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.

Budget-friendly campsites near Kent’s top attractions

Want to take the kids on holiday but can’t afford a trip abroad? Book a budget camping trip next door to some of Kent’s best days out.

Former deputy PM ‘gobsmacked’ by ‘hard-right’ Elphicke’s defection to Labour

Former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green has told the Kent Politics Podcast he’s amazed Labour has taken Dover MP Natalie Elphicke into its ranks.

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.

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.

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.

School bus pass prices face 18% hike for 14,000 students

Nearly 14,000 holders of Kent subsidised bus passes face an 18% price hike.

Set off on a family adventure this May half term

From wild animals to wartime code-breakers, there’s not a dull moment to be had during the school holidays.

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.

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.

‘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.

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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Rescued, restored and renamed - here’s how one loving family saved a historic Kent pub

Town centre restaurant opens after £55k makeover

New owners have spent thousands of pounds renovating a town centre Nepalese and Indian restaurant.

‘We’ve turned takeaway around - please give us a second chance’

A kebab takeaway boss says he is “over the moon” his shop has regained a five-star hygiene rating after inspectors found mould lacing its freezer.

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Kent garden named one of the best in the world

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Late wickets help to nurse Kent wounds

Wickets late in the day helped nurse Kent wounds as Somerset dominated the first day of the two counties’ County Championship match at Taunton.

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Fears ‘appalling’ plans for battery farm will ruin green belt for ‘future generations’

The Kent village polluted by 247 spills in one year

The Children's Awards are back

‘The need is so urgent’: Long-awaited ‘super surgery’ plans approved

First look inside Bluewater’s £3m football dome backed by footballing legends

‘Bring back the stats’: Protest over scrapping of ‘inspirational’ Parkrun records

‘Explosions’ heard as dramatic footage shows yard blaze

Prolific Co-op ‘meat and laundry’ thieves jailed

Budget-friendly campsites near Kent’s top attractions

Former deputy PM ‘gobsmacked’ by ‘hard-right’ Elphicke’s defection to Labour

Shopping centre to get £370k revamp to create ‘digitally connected’ workspace

Eurostar rivals could get £50m boost to run trains

Fire crews tackle yard blaze involving multiple vehicles

School bus pass prices face 18% hike for 14,000 students

Set off on a family adventure this May half term

At long last! Full investigation to finally start on collapsed road

Bluewater thief knocked Apple worker to the ground in £1.6k phone swipe

‘People feel horrible but they understand’: How virtual reality is helping people with dementia

Body found in search for missing man, 66

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First stage of 800-home development next to country park approved

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Secret Drinker visits the pub saved from the scrapheap

Secret Drinker visits the pub saved from the scrapheap

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Town centre restaurant opens after £55k makeover

‘We’ve turned takeaway around - please give us a second chance’

‘We’ve turned takeaway around - please give us a second chance’

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Historic country estate for sale at £4m

‘Put mower away to boost plants and insects’

New urban woodland spaces to see 4,000 trees planted

Kent garden named one of the best in the world

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Late wickets help to nurse Kent wounds

‘A big win – but nothing more’

Fleet chief’s warning to football bosses

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