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Sunak: Home Secretary and I working ‘day and night’ to tackle Channel crossings

The number of people at the Kent site was down to 1,147 as of 8am on Wednesday, Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth told the Lords.

The Independent UK

'Soppy' 15-stone giant puppy still missing after fleeing home during fireworks

A huge search is still underway for a giant 15-stone puppy who fled his home on Bonfire Night - his worried owner Joe Booth, from Kent, says Harry is a 'big softie' and scared of the rain

Daily Mirror

Manston holding facility: does the UK's treatment of asylum seekers violate the law?

A woman held at the Manston holding facility in Kent is taking legal action against Home Secretary Suella Braverman. The asylum seeker claims that she was held unlawfully in “egregiously defective conditions” at the centre. Her case is supported by the organisation Detention Action, and another case is being put…

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Russia ‘slowly losing war’, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells Ukrainian troops training in Kent

Mr Wallace also said the UK does not fear reprisals from Russia for supporting Ukraine

Evening Standard

Paul O'Grady appointed new role as deputy lieutenant of Kent

The broadcaster will begin carrying out ceremonial duties just three months after signing off from his BBC Radio 2 show

Liverpool Echo

Manston migrant dragged away while shouting for help after 'being held for 30 days'

A man started shouting 'help' and waving towards members of the media outside Manston migrant centre in Kent. He was asked to stop shouting before being dragged away

Daily Mirror

Manston: Migrant dragged out of view after shouting for help at processing centre

A PA news agency photographer was taking pictures at the Kent site when the incident took place

Evening Standard

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Migrant dragged out of view after shouting for help at Manston processing centre

A PA news agency photographer was taking pictures at the Kent site when the incident took place

The Independent UK

Dover terrorist died from asphyxiation after hurling firebombs at immigration centre

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Andrew Leak, 66, is believed to have killed himself at a nearby petrol station after throwing two or three "crude" incendiary devices at the Western Jet Foil site in Kent

Daily Mirror

Dover terror attacker found dead within minutes of firebombing migrant facility, inquest hears

Andrew Leak, 66, killed himself at petrol station after attacking reception centre for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Watch: Immigration minister says population at Manston ‘back below 1,600’

The population at the Manston Migrant Processing Centre is “back below 1,600” with “over 2,300 people being placed in onward accommodation”, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said. This comes as Business Secretary Grant Shapps stopped short of saying Home Secretary Suella Braverman followed the law in the treatment of asylum…

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps refuses to confirm whether Suella Braverman followed the law on migrants

A Cabinet minister has stopped short of saying Home Secretary Suella Braverman followed the law in the treatment of asylum seekers at the Manston processing centre in Kent.

Evening Standard

Risk of flooding as fresh heavy rain warning is issued for South East

The Met Office put out an alert covering an area stretching from Chichester, West Sussex, to Canterbury, Kent, from 11pm on Sunday to 10am on Monday.

The Independent UK

Protestors brave heavy rain to demand closure of refugee detention centre

Demonstrators from Action Against Detention And Deportation chanted and banged metal pots to demand Manston migrant centre in Kent be shut down after becoming dangerously overcrowded in recent weeks

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Hundreds of protesters call for closure of Manston asylum centre in Kent

Demonstrators gather outside facility at centre of political row over conditions and dangerous overcrowding

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss effigy burned to the ground during Bonfire Night event in Kent

A huge effigy of the former Prime Minister was burnt to the ground during a special event in Edenbridge, Kent

Evening Standard

Meopham: Two arrests after man dies in double stabbing outside The Cricketers Inn village pub in Kent

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident that left one man dead and another in hospital

The Independent UK

Yellow weather warning for heavy rain issued for parts of South East

The Met Office has warned that persistent, heavy rain could affect an area stretching from Chichester, West Sussex, to Canterbury, Kent.

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The Guardian - UK

Border Force union joins legal action over conditions at Manston asylum centre

Exclusive: PCS joins action with charity and a woman placed at Kent processing centre for boat arrivals

Daily Mirror

Dover petrol bombing was terror say police week after man attacked asylum seeker centre

Counter Terrorism Policing South East have been working alongside Kent Police in the week since a shocking attack at an immigration centre in Dover

Daily Mirror

UK's very own Ibiza - and locals say seaside town BETTER than the White Isle

Ibiza in the Balearic Islands is known for its glorious sunshine, tropical beaches and busy nightlife but Margate in Kent may just be giving the holiday hotspot a run for its money

The Guardian - UK

John Singer Sargent sketch to return to National Trust house where it was created

Oil sketch of Elsie Palmer to go on display at Ightham Mote in Kent after being acquired by trust

Daily Mirror

Couple forced to live in their Audi after being made homeless call new life 'degrading'

Friday Quick and her partner Richard Warrior have been forced to bed down in their car for more than a week after they were told their landlord may need to sell their house in Chatham, Kent

The Guardian - UK

More ‘highly vulnerable’ asylum seekers found sleeping rough in central London

Latest group are among scores of people removed from Manston immigration centre in Kent by Home Office with no offer of shelter

The Independent UK

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

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