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Lower Thames Crossing between gets go-ahead from Heidi Alexander to ease hellish jams and 'unlock growth'

Construction could start next year, with the new road expected to open in the early 2030s

Evening Standard

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

Company has contract to house asylum seekers removed

Stay Belvedere Hotels houses people waiting for asylum decisions in 51 hotels in England and Wales, as well as the Napier Barracks in Kent.

Evening Standard

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Museum burglars convicted of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber in his east London home

Paul Allen, now 47, was left paralysed for life after six shots were fired into his kitchen

Evening Standard

Three guilty of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber Paul Allen

Paul Allen was paralysed for life after shots were fired at his large detached rented home in east London in 2019.

The Independent UK

Santander reveals location of all 95 branches to be closed

Almost a quarter of its network will shut this summer

Evening Standard

You can stick your Manchester and stick your London: here’s 10 reasons why Essex is responsible for the UK’s best ever artists (as decided by an Essex boy)

Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure!

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Fact check: Part of a new town in Kent was impacted by a spider’s habitat

A section of the Ebbsfleet Garden City project has been affected by Natural England’s decision to designate a new protection area.

Evening Standard

Boki, the first brown bear to have brain surgery, making ‘remarkable’ recovery after breakthrough case

He’s looking ‘brilliant, happy and healthy’ following the development, keepers say

The Independent UK

Police recover body from Thames in search for Kent pub shooting suspect

Police inform family of man suspected of murdering Lisa Smith on Valentine’s Day, after car abandoned on bridge

The Guardian - UK

Body found in Thames in search for Valentine’s Day shooting suspect

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was shot dead in Knockholt near The Three Horseshoes pub just after 7pm on Valentine’s Day, Kent Police said.

Evening Standard

Migrants arrive in the UK after crossing English Channel

Pictures show people wearing life jackets coming ashore in Dover, Kent after disembarking from a Border Force boat on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sixth consecutive day of migrant small boat arrivals across English Channel

The latest Home Office figures show 1,378 people have made the dangerous journey so far in March

Evening Standard

Patients ‘told to soil themselves’ in busy A&E – report

A CQC report has been published about the care of A&E patients at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent.

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The Independent UK

First came the £3m museum heist, then the murder plot, court hears

They carried out a brazen museum heist before career criminal’s shooting, jurors told

Evening Standard

Murder plot accused stole Ming dynasty porcelain from Geneva museum, court told

Three men are accused of plotting to murder former cage fighter Paul Allen.

Evening Standard

Fraud warning after £1m lost in cryptocurrency scams

Personal details from a data leak were used to generate ‘fake Action Fraud reports’, Kent Police said.

Evening Standard

Mother of British lawyer who died from methanol poisoning in Laos fears she will never find who is responsible

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after an incident in Vang Vieng, Laos

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National Lottery millionaires welcome Sea Scouts to their private woodland

Ted and Marilyn Newton originally bought the woodland in east Kent to walk their dog but have since opened it up to the local community.

The Independent UK

Valentine’s Day pub shooting suspect ‘believed dead after falling into Thames’

Lisa Smith was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by bullets outside the Three Horseshoes in Kent

The Independent UK

Leeds Castle Lakeside Lodges, Kent hotel review

HOTELS: Helen Coffey checks in

The Independent UK

Man accused of shooting wife at pub on Valentine’s Day rang friend and said ‘she’s dead’

Edvard Stockings phoned his friend to tell him ‘She’s dead, I love you. I’ll see you on the other side,’ it has been claimed

Evening Standard

Valentine’s Day shooting accused ‘called friend to say she’s dead’

Leslie Thompson told the BBC his friend Edvard called him after Lisa Smith was killed near the Three Horseshoes Pub in Knockholt, Kent on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Woman shot dead at Kent pub on Valentine’s Day named

Police continue to search River Thames for suspect over Friday’s fatal shooting of Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough

The Independent UK

Woman shot dead in Valentine’s Day pub attack named by police as hunt for gunman continues

Police are searching the River Thames for the suspect who is believed to have entered the water

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