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KentOnline – mum pleads with Snapchat to reveal the identity of her daughter’s troll – 26/03/2019

A Kent mum is calling for Snapchat to work with police to identify who’s been trolling her daughter – five years after her son was murdered after being groomed online.
Breck Bednar died in 2014 – now his 17 year-old sister Chloe has received vile messages from someone claiming to be his killer.
Her mum Lorin Lafave – who lives in Deal – says it’s had a terrible impact on her daughter.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/

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KentOnline – Kent’s Brexit test and why ditching the car could help your children at school – 25/03/2019

A new system of queuing lorries if there are delays at Dover has been tested out on the M20.
Operation Brock was put into place at 6am and is replacing the old Operation Stack.
HGVs heading to the port have been using the coastbound stretch of the M20 between Junctions 8 and 9 – a contraflow’s been in place for all other traffic on the London bound carriageway, with two lanes in each direction.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/

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KentOnline – education funding warning, how will your children be affected? 21/03/2019

A Kent headteacher is warning of a catastrophe for education if something isn’t done about the lack of funding for schools…
Earlier this month more than 7,000 heads from across the country wrote a letter home to parents, telling them about their financial issues and asking them to lobby their MPs about it.
Alan Brookes was one of them – he’s in charge of Fulston Manor in Sittingbourne and is also chair of the Kent Headteachers Association.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/

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KentOnline – a Kent mum’s fight to get cannabis treatment for her daughter – 19/03/2019

Teagan Appleby from Aylesham suffers from a rare form of epilepsy.
Despite being given cannabis based medication last year, which briefly reduced her seizures, her condition has started to deteriorate.
Now, the nine-year-old’s mum says she’s prepared to go to Holland to get the medication she believes will help her daughter – even though she risks being arrested.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/mum-plans-to-break-the-law-to-save-her-child-200970/

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KentOnline – reality stars, fame and pressure – 18/03/2019

Following the news of Love Island star Mike Thalassitis’ death at the weekend we look at reality stars, their sudden rise to fame and the pressures it can cause.
The Health Secretary has today called for TV shows to give more mental health support to contestants once they’re famous.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/reality-stars-need-more-support-says-minister-200937/