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  • Dickens' bicentenary celebrated

    A series of commemorative events take place across Kent to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.

  • Task force meets over steel firm

    A task force set up to deal with the aftermath of the closure of the Thamesteel plant on the Isle of Sheppey meets for the first time.

  • Green belt fear over new crossing

    Environmental campaigners step up their protest against a new Thames Crossing saying it would be devastating for Kent if allowed to go ahead.

  • Stamps to mark birth of Dickens

    Two new stamps showing Victorian illustrations of Charles Dickens characters are unveiled to mark the novelist's birth bicentenary.

  • Homes to replace derelict theatre

    Affordable homes are to be built on the site of a derelict Kent theatre which once saw the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel grace its stage.

  • Woman injured in car crash dies

    A woman in her 70s dies in hospital nearly two weeks after she was injured in a crash in Kent.

  • Profits surge at GlaxoSmithKline

    UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline announces profits of £1.9bn for the three months to the end of December, up from a £193m loss a year previously.

  • Germans jailed for terror offence

    Two German nationals, stopped at Dover, are jailed and given deportation orders after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey to possessing documents useful to terrorism.

  • Schools closed after weekend snow

    A number of schools across Kent and Medway are affected by the weekend's snowfall and icy conditions.

  • Baby boy 'not sexually assaulted'

    A baby boy from Gravesend who was admitted to hospital with serious injuries in December had not been sexually assaulted, police say.


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