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'Perhaps she should avoid restaurants with kids' menus': Mother at centre of ‘screaming child’ row hits back at Jan Leeming

Alex Edwards says her children were well-behaved during a birthday meal at Kent hotel after BBC star's social media posts sparked fierce debate

Evening Standard

Woman killed and three injured in crash which closed busy Kent bridge for nine hours

The crash occurred on the Sheppey Crossing at around 11.20pm Friday night

The Independent UK

Four early medieval swords found in Kent – child graves reveal they were more than just weapons

Four early Anglo-Saxon swords uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation I took part in each tell a story about how weapons were viewed at the time. There was also a striking discovery of a child buried with spear and shield. Was the child an underage fighter? Or were weapons more…

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‘Generational shift’ towards sparkling wine behind strong sales, says UK’s Chapel Down

Kent-based producer sees better-than-expected 19% sales rise on back of millennials’ preference for ‘lighter, crisper style of wine’

The Guardian - UK

Madonna surprises locals as she's spotted at art show in Margate

The Queen of Pop, 67, ‘stunned’ onlookers in Kent as she joined the public during the grassroots Off Season event

Evening Standard

The Sportsman: Three recipes from one of the country's best restaurants

This Kent restaurant is a pilgrimage to anyone who loves food

Evening Standard

Alan Carr reveals why he's finally moving out of Kent home he shared with ex-husband

The 49-year-old admitted he was having a ‘midlife crisis’ as he revealed his major plans

Evening Standard

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‘Devious’ prison officer jailed for having sex with inmate

Isabelle Dale, 23, was also jailed for plotting to smuggle drugs into a Kent prison

The Independent UK

Seven Dials star Mia McKenna-Bruce makes striking career claim about her accent

The ‘How to Have Sex’ actor hails from Kent but deploys a posh accent in two of her latest projects

The Independent UK

Thousands of Kent residents still dealing with water supply issues

South East Water treatment works fault, power outage and burst mains leave homes with no water or low pressure

The Guardian - UK

Parents paid up to £5,000 a year to drive children to school as councils slash taxi bills

Number of families given cash for special needs transport doubles as local authorities battle soaring costs

Evening Standard

Troubled waters: How the UK’s water companies became a national disgrace

Outages in Kent and Sussex this week became the latest in a long list of breakdowns in the UK’s creaking water system. Harry Cockburn asks how Britain can solve its utilities crisis

The Independent UK

No action against Reform councillor over threat to punch colleague ‘in the jaw’

Kent County Councillor Peter Osborne was facing a complaint signed by leaders of the opposition groups over a message he sent in autumn last year.

Evening Standard

Water finally restored to some of 30,000 customers hit by week of disruption

South East Water has faced intense criticism from MPs and the public

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Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears

Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearing

Evening Standard

Ofwat launches probe into South East Water over supply outages

The regulator said it will investigate whether the supplier has complied with its customer service standards obligations.

The Independent UK

South East Water could have licence revoked amid fears water supply issues could take days to resolve

Thousands of properties in Kent and Sussex left without drinking water for the sixth day running

Evening Standard

Family of 21-year-old paramedic who died in ambulance crash honoured by the King

The parents of Alice Clark, who died in a road traffic accident in Kent in January 2022, have been awarded the Elizabeth Emblem.

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The Guardian - UK

South East Water could lose operating licence after outages in Kent and Sussex

Fine of 10% of annual turnover among other potential penalties as environment secretary calls for Ofwat review

The Independent UK

MPs call for removal of water boss amid continuing ‘totally shambolic’ outages

17,000 properties in Kent and Sussex remain without water for the fifth day

Evening Standard

Teenagers ‘planned to attack man who thought he was meeting girl, 16’

Woolwich Crown Court heard Alexander Cashford was chased and hit with rocks and a bottle at a seaside resort in Kent last year.

Evening Standard

Ministers holding emergency meetings as 17,000 properties remain without water

South East Water has blamed the latest supply failure on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s pretty grim’: Tunbridge Wells residents struggle through several days without water – again

South East Water blames bad weather as pubs are forced to close, toilets overflow and people go without showers

Evening Standard

'Resign!' Leader of Kent Council urges water boss to quit after supply crisis in London's commuter belt

Linden Kemkaran, Reform UK Leader of Kent County Council, said South East Water’s chief executive David Hinton should consider his position

Evening Standard

Water bosses recalled to appear before ‘sceptical’ MPs over December outages

A Parliamentary committee has recalled company bosses over the incident before Christmas, as thousands remain without water in a new supply failure.

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