Новости за 17.08.2022

Fire crews attended a blaze in a garden to find several trees and furniture alight.

The heavens have finally opened in Kent as an amber thunderstorm warning has been issued.

Wimpy has opened a new store in a Kent town centre after more than 40 years away.

National Highways' decision to close two slip roads on the M2 until next year has been branded "astonishing" as drivers face miles of diversions.

Gravesend's first ever Pride parade took place at the weekend as hundreds of people marched the streets with flags, music and whistles.

An 18-year-old is accused of throwing paving slabs and racially abusing a member of the public - before reportedly urinating inside a police van.

Survivors of the infected blood scandal will finally be given compensation years after the death of a tireless campaigner from Kent.

All "obstructions" must be cleared from the wreck of a Second World War bombship that sank off Kent before its masts are removed next year.

A project is progressing to revive a Georgian mansion that used to be part of a large department store.

A budget superstore will welcome its first customers this weekend - claiming its launch is "more important than ever" amid the cost-of-living crisis.

A youth drama group has been left homeless as the county council pushes ahead with plans to convert the venue into office space.

A drug dealer's £20,000 sports car and quad bike will be sold at auction after he was jailed.

A schoolboy on holiday with his family died after falling from a cliff, an inquest has heard.

An asylum seeker was arrested after three people were allegedly attacked while travelling to a Home Office processing centre.

It has been confirmed that the tooth found in a dad's Fray Bentos pie belonged to a cow - and he has vowed to stick to salads from now on.

A drunken lout was arrested after police were called to reports a drink can had been launched at a young girl.

A Kent town has been named the next place to receive a multi-million pound investment in full fibre broadband.

The victim of an attack in a town lost a tooth and suffered a cut to his mouth and police have released CCTV of a man they want to speak to.

A man has been hit with a bill of almost £6,000 after working as a scrap metal merchant without a licence.

There is disruption to trains heading into London from the county due to a fire near a railway line.

Management of one of the county's leading entertainment venues has changed hands as it is temporarily closed.

Thunderstorms, flooding and rain will hit the county again today, with an amber warning in place.

A shopping centre has announced a new Greggs bakery will be opening soon at the site.

A leaking pipe has caused traffic chaos.

A new "sustainable" ferry service is set to offer a very different way of crossing the Channel.