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Ruling over child asylum seekers in hotels ‘landmark day for children’s rights’

Several charities welcomed the High Court’s ruling on Thursday.

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Housing child asylum seekers in hotels unlawful for over 18 months, judge rules

The Home Office’s use of hotels to house unaccompanied child asylum seekers has been unlawful since December 2021, Mr Justice Chamberlain said.

The Independent UK

Council in legal challenge over ‘strain’ of caring for child asylum seekers

Council bosses say the current system to distribute children across local authorities ‘sadly remains inadequate’.

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Drivers' fury at optical illusion speed bumps that are an 'absolute waste of paint'

Virtual speed bumps were painted to slow speeding drivers along a busy road that leads to two different schools in Swanscombe, Kent, but they've been criticised

Daily Mirror

Home being sold for third time in a year for just £90,000 is 'ticking time-bomb'

The property is on the market for £90,000, less than a quarter of the average house price in the area - Broadstairs, Kent - but neighbours are concerned about it

Daily Mirror

Teenager believed to be among four dead in Channel migrant boat tragedy

Kent County Council leader Roger Gough said 12 of the 39 people rescued from the freezing water on Wednesday were lone migrant children.

The Independent UK

Dozens of lone Albanian child migrants in care missing, council admits

Some 39 of 197 children reported missing, FOI finds

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A fifth of lone Albanian child migrants in Kent have gone missing, council admits

Kent County Council took in 197 Albanian children up to the end of October – and 39 have gone missing.

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Mum demands refund for daughter's £450 bus pass 'as she's late for school every day'

Lara Hall, 13, has only managed to catch her 7.45am bus to school six times this year as it's almost always full. Her mum says some younger pupils have been left in tears because of the ongoing problem

Daily Mirror

Gran 'sent flying' by e-scooter rider is left with broken wrist and cracked jaw

Sarah Carter, 80, was knocked to the ground when she was smashed into by an e-scooter rider

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Pensioner killed on road he complained to council about just three weeks earlier

Neighbours say 72-year-old had written to local authority about safety on main road

The Independent UK

UK county bans e-scooters before someone gets 'seriously hurt' after 2 year trial

E-scooters will disappear from the streets of Kent and trials will end within months after an 80-year-old woman was knocked to the floor by a rider on the pavement

Daily Mirror

County clamps down on e-scooters ‘before someone is seriously hurt’

A trial of e-scooters in Kent will be cut short to prevent people getting “seriously hurt”, the county council has ruled. E-scooters cannot be used legally on public highways outside a small number of trial areas, which from December will once again include Kent.

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Frustrated resident paints his own double yellow lines to stop dodgy parking on street

A lone vigilante fed up with people parking near his home in Kent has taken matters into his own hands and painted yellow lines on the road, as council bosses pledged to cover it up

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Mystery vigilante paints his own double yellow lines to stop problem parking

The estate often has problems with drivers from outside the area leaving their cars on the road

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Mountain of tyres illegally dumped on coastal path closes it for an entire YEAR

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£500,000 of fake football shirts and designer clothing seized from car boot sale

Premier League outfits Manchester United and Arsenal were among the counterfeit kits

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Busy start to week at Dover amid fears for ‘vulnerable’ summer

P&O Ferries said queues ‘picked up’ on Monday morning, and it took an hour for passengers to clear French passport control.

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More queues at Dover amid fears for ‘vulnerable’ summer

Ferry operator DFDS told passengers that there were ‘queues of around an hour’ for French border checks on Monday morning.

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Holidaymakers warned to expect lengthy delays next weekend

It comes after people queued for hours this weekend

Daily Mirror

Residents given refunds after learning they were paying for communal lighting for years

Steve Wilson first spotted the communal lighting fee of £1.12 a month on his service charge and asked for more details - the lighting on this road is both provided and maintained by Kent County Council

The Independent UK

Disaster relief charity called in over post-Brexit lorry port queues

RE:ACT boasts expertise after earthquakes and war – but is now needed by Kent County Council

Daily Mirror

Disaster charity drafted in to rescue lorry drivers stuck in post-Brexit queues

RE:ACT Disaster Response has agreed a £180,000 six-month contract with Kent County Council to ease stuck truckers’ nightmare waits to board ferries and Eurotunnel shuttles

Daily Record

Autistic twins put in mechanical restraints by school awarded £80k compensation

Samuel and Jacob Montague were placed in mechanical restraints while in class, with a court ruling that the use of such behavioural controls breached their human rights.

Daily Mirror

Autistic brothers strapped to chairs by school win £80,000 and given apology

Five Acre Wood, a special school in Maidstone, Kent, has admitted to breaking its own policies and government guidelines by repeatedly strapping two autistic twins, Samuel and Jacob Montague, into chairs to restrict their movement

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