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| Court bans power station protest |
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 |
| An energy company has been granted an extended injunction to keep environmental campaigners away from a power station during a planned protest.
E.On UK, the owners of the Kingsnorth station in Kent, made the request at the High Court to restrict the C... |
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| Pc samurai sword attacker jailed |
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 |
| man who attacked a police officer with a samurai sword has been given an indeterminate jail sentence, to protect the public.
Richard Skeates was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court for wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.
The 45-ye... |
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| Thousands expected at county show |
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 |
| Thousands of people are expected to attend this year's Kent County Show which is taking place over the next three days.
Organisers want to focus attention on local farming and produce and have created an interactive area that shows people how food get... |
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| Dartford Crossing plan to cost KCC £1m a year |
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 |
| County Hall is to lose £1 million a year the Government gave it from tolls collected at the Dartford Crossing.
The cash was put towards integrated transport schemes in Dartford and Gravesend, but is now being phased out.
The move comes as the Depar... |
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| Hitch holds up wind farm assembly |
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 |
| A technical hitch has delayed the start of work to assemble the first of 26 wind turbines on marshland on the Kent-Sussex border.
A problem with the giant crane which will lift the components into place on Romney Marsh meant work was delayed for 24 ho... |
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| More M20 Traffic Chaos |
Thu, 22 May 2008 |
| Motorists in Kent are facing a second day of disruption because of a strike by public transport workers in France.
Operation Stack on the M20, where lorries park during cross-Channel delays at Dover, remains in place.
Ferry operators P&O and SeaFr... |
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| Man gets 10 years for drug and firearm offences |
Mon, 19 May 2008 |
| Joseph Benjamin Ryan, 21, of Canberra Road, Bexleyheath, appeared before Maidstone Crown court on Thursday 15 May and pleaded guilty to drugs and firearms offences. Ryan has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
Ryan was arrested on suspicion of sup... |
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| Kent crush Essex to go top of group |
Mon, 19 May 2008 |
| Kent beat Essex by 106 runs – Friends Provident Trophy
A SUPERB spell from Yasir Arafat helped Kent Spitfires comfortably beat Essex Eagles at Chelmsford on Friday for their fourth successive win in the Friends Provident Trophy.
The Pakistan all-r... |
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| Shell pulls out of big wind farm |
Fri, 02 May 2008 |
| A plan to build the world's largest wind farm in the Thames Estuary looks uncertain after Shell said it wants to pull out of the project.
Shell wants to sell its stake in the London Array scheme and said it planned to focus on wind power in the US.
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| Four arrests after match clashes |
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 |
| Four people were arrested over public order offences at the football match between Gillingham and Swindon.
More than 100 officers, including mounted police, patrolled Gillingham Football Club's stadium for the League One match on Saturday.
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 | M20 Kent | Westbound | Roadworks
On the M20 westbound between junctions J8 and J5, there are currently delays of 15 mins due to roadworks . Expect disruption until 6:00 am on 22 December 2008.
| | M20 Kent | Eastbound | Roadworks, 1 lane closed
On the M20 eastbound between junctions J11 and J13, expect delays of up to 10 mins at peak times due to roadworks closing one lane, between 8 pm and 5 am, from 5 May 2008 to 25 July 2008.
| | M25 Surrey | Clockwise | Roadworks, road closed
The M25 clockwise entry slip at junction J12 will be closed , due to roadworks, between 10 pm and 5:30 am, from 30 July 2008 to 2 August 2008.
| | M25 Surrey | Anticlockwise | Roadworks, road closed
The M25 anti-clockwise entry slip at junction J12 will be closed , due to roadworks, between 10 pm and 5:30 am, from 30 July 2008 to 2 August 2008.
| | M3 Surrey | Westbound | Roadworks, road closed
The M3 westbound exit slip at junction J2 will be closed , due to roadworks, between 10 pm and 5:30 am, from 30 July 2008 to 2 August 2008.
| | M3 Surrey | Westbound | Roadworks, road closed
The M3 westbound will be closed between junctions J1 and J2, due to roadworks, from 10 pm on 1 August 2008 to 5 am on 2 August 2008.
| | M25 Kent | Anticlockwise | Roadworks
On the M25 anti-clockwise between junctions J3 and J1A, there are currently delays of 10 mins due to roadworks . Expect disruption until 12:00 am on 31 December 2008.
| | M25 Kent | Clockwise | Roadworks
On the M25 clockwise between junctions J1A and J3, there are currently delays of 10 mins due to roadworks . Expect disruption until 12:00 am on 31 December 2008.
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