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A Kent hospital that declared a “critical incident” last week amid high levels of norovirus and other winter illnesses has reopened to visitors.

The new bosses of a sports centre that closed 18 months ago have asked the council for a £2.4 million grant towards its revamp.

A Nando’s employee has helped create a new burger for the chain after winning a national competition.

Council chiefs say a Kent seaside town’s bid for UK Town of Culture is “very tempting”.

An ice cream man who “gambled” on serving scoops when work dried up during the pandemic has reached another major career milestone.

A man has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a wall in a Lidl car park.

A college lecturer has been awarded a payout after a tribunal found a colleague mocked her disabilities and spread false racism claims about her.

A busy road near a motorway, Next and M&S will be shut overnight for nearly three weeks.

There are delays on the M20 after a crash reportedly involving two lorries and a car.

A major housing development and a proposed six-storey student block are among the latest planning applications submitted to a council.

Plans to give an iconic town centre building a new lease of life as an events space have been met with fears over a “risk of noise nuisance”.

A councillor who struggles to talk after developing motor neurone disease is using pioneering technology to communicate using his own voice.

A stairway collapsed before firefighters could reach a 13-year-old girl killed in a devastating blaze, an inquest has heard.

A pharmaceuticals specialist from Kent will be one of 20 candidates in the new series of The Apprentice.

A single mum of twins who works full-time says she has just £30 left at the end of the week due to childcare costs.

An osteopathy school has been criticised for moving into a new site and making changes without planning approval.

Police have launched an investigation after a 21-year-old woman was allegedly spiked while on a night out in the town centre.

A clothing retailer has announced it will be shutting one of its High Street branches next month.

Staff at a forest school are devastated after a quad bike was stolen.

GP practices across the county have been hit by a major IT failure today, and services are set to be disrupted for several days.