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Inquests to open into deaths of four migrants after boat capsizes in Channel

The four people were pronounced death following a major rescue operation off the Kent coast in the early hours of December 14.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers ‘illegally detained at immigration detention centres’ – reports

Overcrowding at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent saw between 450 and 500 people moved to and held in detention centres in November.

The Independent UK

Scrooge neighbours demand charity Christmas lights taken down as they ‘make lives hell’

Many flock to marvel at the dazzling festive display raising money for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance - but locals are complaining that the lights are 'just bedlam'

Daily Mirror

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Up to 35,000 homes left without running water after surge in burst pipes

Properties in Kent and Sussex have been affected by disruption to water suppy

The Independent UK

Thousands left without water after surge in burst pipes due to cold snap

Customers in Kent and Sussex have been left without running water

The Independent UK

Teenager pleads not guilty in connection with migrant boat incident

Ibrahima Bah, 19, appeared at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court in Kent on Monday.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak scraps Liz Truss taskforce aimed at striking long-term energy deals

A ship containing gas arrives in Kent (stock image)

Evening Standard

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Massive pile of Evri parcels dumped in woodland as locals complain about late deliveries

Enormous sacks full of deliveries were located dumped in the woods in the Luton area of Chatham, Kent

Daily Mirror

EuroTunnel says its services won't be impacted by strikes over Christmas

Le Shuttle services - which run from Folkestone, Kent to Calais - continue to run as normal, unaffected by strikes, over a Christmas period otherwise filled with industrial action

Daily Mirror

Enormous pile of Evri parcels found dumped in woods as suspected thief arrested

Huge sacks full of deliveries were found dumped in woods in the Luton area of Chatham, Kent

The Independent UK

Channel deaths: Police investigating after four people died when migrant boat capsized

Kent Police said it was looking into the circumstances surrounding the incident on Wednesday with the National Crime Agency.

Evening Standard

Police investigate deaths of four people in Channel

Kent Police said it was looking into the circumstances surrounding the incident on Wednesday with the National Crime Agency.

The Independent UK

Teenager among four dead in English Channel tragedy as more missing

Officials say another four people are still unaccounted for

The Independent UK

'Kangaroo pox outbreak' and 'whale hunting', pet psychic makes 2023 predictions

Samantha Milns, 52, from, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is a pet psychic and she's shared some shocking revelations about what we've all got in store next year and it doesn't sound good

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The Independent UK

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.

Daily Mirror

Mystery in town as money keeps being posted through front doors to pay energy bills

People living on a street in Kent, have been left delighted and shocked by a man's act of kindness after he posted a fiver towards energy bills through people's letterboxes

Daily Mirror

Christmas presents 'bob up and down' as couple's flat floods with sewage - again

Frances Spanner and Tony King fear they'll spend Christmas with "no home and no hope" after the flooding gutted their home a second time in Herne Bay Kent and destroyed their renovation works

Daily Mirror

Couple with 'no hope' faces Christmas in Airbnb after flat flooded with sewage

Frances Spanner and Tony King are forking out for the second year in a row to stay in alternative accommodation over the festive period after heavy rain destroyed their flat in Central Parade, Herne Bay, Kent

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Hero fishermen pulled 31 screaming migrants to safety in scenes 'like World War 2 film'

Raymond described the chaotic scenes as one of the four migrants died on the side of his boat while he and his men rescued as many they could off the coat of Kent in the morning

Daily Mirror

Desperate migrants cling to flimsy dinghy in dramatic rescue after 4 die in latest horror

Four migrants sadly died this morning when a boat carrying up to 50 sank in sub-zero temperatures just five miles off the coast of Dungeness in Kent - more than 40 were also rescued

The Independent UK

Four people dead after migrant boat capsizes in Channel

The Royal Navy, French navy, Coastguard and RNLI lifeboats were all involved in a major rescue operation off the Kent coast on Wednesday morning.

Evening Standard

EastEnders star Gillian Wright forced to pull out of panto after suffering nasty accident

The Jean Slater actress had been due to play the Wicked Queen in Snow White at a production in Chatham, Kent

The Independent UK

Three dead after small boat incident in Channel

The Royal Navy, French navy, Coastguard and RNLI lifeboats were all involved in a major rescue operation off the Kent coast on Wednesday morning.

The Guardian - UK

Channel rescue: Suella Braverman says government must ‘end these crossings’ after four people die in boat capsize – as it happened

Home secretary says fatalities are ‘sobering reminder’ as major search and rescue operation continues

Wales Online

Fears migrants drowned as boat sinks off Kent coast sparking large scale rescue bid

The vessel was thought to be carrying at least 30 people when it sank in the English Channel

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