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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 · Dec 14, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

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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

Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2022

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 Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022

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

Wales Online · Dec 14, 2022

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Lives feared lost after small boat incident in Channel

The Government said ‘all relevant agencies’ are involved in the emergency response.

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Channel deaths: Braverman urged to quit after migrants die in crossing tragedy

Home secretary ‘has vilified the very people she now feigns sympathy with’, says PCS

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Migrants feared dead after small boat ‘capsizes’ in Channel amid freezing conditions

Dozens of people were onboard the boat when it got into difficulties

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Coastguard launches search and rescue over small boat incident in the Channel

The Coastguard is working with the Royal Navy, Border Force, Kent Police and others to co-ordinate the response.

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Four people dead and another 40 rescued in English Channel as migrant boat sinks

Britain has seen yet another migrant tragedy in its waters today as a boat carrying between 40 and 50 people got into trouble in icy cold waters - four have tragcially died while 43 have been rescued in the early hours off the coast of Kent

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

Family of migrant who died at Manston detention centre found out through social media

Hussein Haseeb Ahmed, 31, died at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent, having crossed the Channel on a small boat seven days previously

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Watchdog names social landlords in England with worst complaints records

Landlords in Kent, London and Devon named as housing ombudsman criticises ‘poor performance’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

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The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Are trains still running in the snow?

‘We are slowly returning the railway to service this morning,’ says Network Rail Kent & Sussex

Daily Mirror · Dec 10, 2022

Coca-Cola Christmas truck 2022: New locations revealed - check if it's your hometown

The annual trip began on November 25 in Dartford, Kent, going on to visit Renfrewshire in Scotland, London, Manchester, Bristol, West Yorkshire, Cardiff, Leeds, Bradford and Coventry

Daily Mirror · Dec 10, 2022

Boy 'scared and anxious' as vile parents who abused him could ask to be freed from jail

Jody Simpson and Anthony Smith abused and neglected their son, Tony Hudgell, which left the tot with life-changing fractures, organ failure and sepsis. The evil couple were jailed for 10 years

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Shivering migrants brought ashore in Kent

An RNLI lifeboat brought one group ashore at Dungeness.

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Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

School launches 'Covid-style protocols' as Strep A infection sweeps nation

One parent said Temple Grove Academy in Kent has gone above and beyond to protect its students after two children at the school became infected with the Strep A infection

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

First look at new £50million water park in the UK with surf pools and wave machines

The Seahive, which will open at the Betteshanger County Park near Deal in Kent, will be filled with surfing zones and splash areas which promise to be heaps of fun for families

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

‘Sick and twisted’ Bedsit Killer sentenced for necrophilia

David Fuller is already serving a whole life sentence for the sexually motivated murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in Kent in 1987.

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Morgue monster David Fuller branded 'sick and twisted' as he's jailed for abusing 23 bodies

David Fuller, 68, misused his position as an electrician at the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital, in Pembury to film himself abusing the corpses

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Kent family charged £80k in error after EDF sent £1m electricity bill

‘It was quite amusing, until it actually happened,’ says customer, after being left £75,000 overdrawn

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Retired NHS consultant died from neglect on understaffed hospital ward, inquest finds

Dr David Gordon-Nesbitt, 84, suffocated when a drainage tube was left closed following an operation to remove bowel construction at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Kent

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2022

Watch as Kent woods opened to first free roaming bison in thousands of years

Public will now have a better chance of seeing the animals

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