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Five suspects charged in Kent teen rape case as police probe alleged weeks-long assault

Five individuals, including two men and three boys, face charges in Gravesend following an alleged rape of a teenage girl. Authorities confirmed arrests and court proceedings after a weeks-long investigation. Two adults are in custody, while the minors' custody arrangements vary as the case progresses to Crown Court.

The Times of India

Teenage boys among five charged over alleged rape of girl in Gravesend

Kent Police officers received reports a teenage girl had been raped at a private property in Gravesend

Evening Standard

Three boys and two men charged over rape of teenage girl in Kent

Four accused of rape and one of aiding and abetting rape in connection with incident in Gravesend

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Woman vindicated after she was put on antipsychotics for being ‘paranoid’ about home invader

Chloe Spooner, a 31-year-old living in Gravesend, Kent, with her two-year-old daughter, has finally been vindicated after her fears of a home invader were dismissed as paranoia, leading to her being prescribed antipsychotic medication. Her worst nightmare became a reality when she actually saw a man in her flat.

The Mary Sue

Caroline Shelton obituary

Other lives: Trade union studies lecturer and union activist who also served her constituency Labour party

The Guardian - UK

Body found in search for girl missing in River Thames

The girl went missing after entering the water in Gravesend, Kent, on Friday

The Independent UK

Girl missing in River Thames in Kent

Emergency services have been searching the River Thames at Gravesend.

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Emergency services suspend search for missing girl in Thames

Two children got into difficulty in the water near the Royal Terrace Pier on Friday afternoon

Evening Standard

Girl missing in River Thames sparks major search operation

A boy was pulled alive from the river but police and coastguard officers have suspended the search for a missing girl

The Independent UK

‘Bureaucrats’ are just doing their job

Brief letters: Local government officers | Tilbury-Gravesend tunnel | Half Man Half Biscuit | Cute cushions | Beard transplants

The Guardian - UK

UK’s largest-ever road tunnel set to be built after £8.3bn plan approved

Lower Thames Crossing is a 2.6-mile tunnel under River Thames linking Kent and Essex

The Independent UK

British Cyclocross National Championships: Three-in-a-row as Cameron Mason claims another elite title

Ben Chilton claims under-23 title in Gravesend

Cycling News

British Cyclocross National Championships: Xan Crees holds off Cat Ferguson to win elite women's title

Ferguson claims under-23 women's national title in Gravesend

Cycling News

Teenager charged with ‘threats to kill’ over disturbance at Sikh temple

Police say the disturbance at Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdware temple in Gravesend was an ‘isolated’ event

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Evening Standard

Boy, 17, charged with assault and threats to kill after gurdwara attack

Kent Police was called to the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend on Thursday evening.

Evening Standard

Gravesend gurdwara attack: Teenager arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

The stabbing is being treated as a religiously aggravated public order offence

The Independent UK

Teenager arrested after attack at Gravesend Sikh temple leaves two women injured

Two women suffered cuts and bruises in the Siri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara attack

Evening Standard

Fresh calls for Elizabeth line extension to Ebbsfleet and Gravesend in Kent

The project would see the railway extended from its terminus at Abbey Wood, with the aim of supporting thousands of new jobs and homes

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Unravelling the Windrush myth: the confidential government communications that reveal authorities did not want Caribbean migrants to come to Britain

In the twilight hours of June 21 1948, a weathered five-deck troopship transporting 1,027 passengers moored off Gravesend on the south bank of the river Thames. That evening, immigration officials would begin carefully processing those aboard. The following afternoon, passengers would walk off the gangplank, finally stepping foot on British…

Daily Mirror

Police hunt gunman as rare white stag shot dead with high velocity rifle in Kent woods

Officers from the Kent Police Rural Task Force are investigating the incident after the male deer was found dead in Cobham Woods near Gravesend - the second killing in a matter of weeks

Daily Mirror

Mountain of tyres illegally dumped on coastal path closes it for an entire YEAR

Daily Mirror

JohnBoy Smith calls for knighthood for David Weir after blowout in marathon

Gravesend-born Smith cried tears of joy at finish line then said: "Your majesty the Queen, give David Weir a knighthood, make him Sir David Weir; that man deserves it"

Daily Mirror

Killer who beat man to death at kebab shop sent back to jail after BARKING at barmaid

Former boxer Eddy Ives, who brutally beat a man to death in 2013, sexually harassed a barmaid at a pub in Gravesend in January, violating the terms of his Violent Offender Order

Daily Mirror

Student in 'excruciating pain' from 32K boobs told to lose 3 stone for NHS reduction

Laney Mesa, 20, from Gravesend, Kent, had approached her GP to talk about surgery to ease her pain, but was left stunned when they told her she would need to "go on a diet"

Daily Mirror

Girl, 3, with mystery hepatitis saved after dad donates part of his liver

Lola-Rose Raine, from Gravesend, Kent, has been spared death after receiving part of her dad Alan's liver in her battle against a mysterious form of hepatitis

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