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Catwalk date for students

STUDENTS have organised a fashion show to raise funds for the Jeans For Genes charity, which helps children with genetic disorders. The event will take...

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How did they get out alive?

How did they get out alive?

THIS was the dramatic scene when a bus burst into flames in the middle of a Weald village. Incredibly, the bus driver and his one...

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SHEAR BLISS: Fun day out in country

SHEAR BLISS: Fun day out in country

IT IS NOT only the sheep who will be shorn at a country event, but also one of the committee members. Ian Lucas, of Boxley...

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Trouble at the mill with 130 jobs to go

Trouble at the mill with 130 jobs to go

by Helen Geraghty and Angela Cole acole@thekmgroup.co.uk SHOCKED workers at a mill have been told it will be closing with the loss of 130 jobs....

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Top Sport

Bearsted push on at top

BEARSTED stretched their lead at the top of the Premier Division after a five-wicket victory over Headcorn. Headcorn posted 188-7...

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King wins gold and silver

TWO Kent girls scooped medals from the Home Countries Schools' International Championships in Cardiff over the weekend. Thirteen-year-old English Schools'...

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