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Dartford’s MP Gareth Johnson has questioned the justice secretary in the house of commons over the potential release of a serial killer Patrick Mackay.The 66 year-old criminal grew up in the area and is currently Britain’s longest serving prisoner.
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A homeless man’s been left with a number of facial injuries after being attacked and robbed by a group of teenagers in Maidstone town centre.He was assaulted by three boys and a girl after refusing to give them his alcohol and cigarettes in Week Street.They stole his alcohol, mobile phone and cash.
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Police have released footage of the moment a man tried to stab an officer in Ashford.
Sean Higgins had called 999 to report an intruder in his garden after taking cocaine in June last year.
He was caught on bodycam trying to attack the officer with a knife.
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The Brexit secretary has been in Dover to check up on preparations for a no-deal departure from the EU.Stephen Barclay has confirmed the steel barrier and 50mph speed limit on the London bound carriageway of the M20 will stay in place until an agreement is reached.
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The number of race hate crimes against children in Kent has reached a three-year high.Police in the county recorded 302 offences in 2017-2018 – that’s an average of almost six a week.The number’s nearly trebled from 103 the previous year and includes crimes against babies and toddlers.
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A baby found abandoned outside a Kent hospital is a little boy who was just a few hours old at the time.
He was found near the main entrance of Dartford’s Darent Valley in the early hours of Friday.
Police are now looking for the driver of a dark coloured saloon car that was spotted in the area at the time and want to hear from anyone with dash cam footage.

Theresa May’s fought back tears after confirming she’s stepping down as Conservative leader on Friday the 7th of June.
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The detective superintendent who led the investigation into road rage killer Kenneth Noye says a mistake has been made in allowing him to go free.
The 71 year-old stabbed Stephen Cameron to death on the M25 slip road at Swanley in 1996 and was jailed for life four years later.
A parole board panel have now said he’s ‘suitable for return to the community’.
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The mum of a Kent teenager with a rare disease says the decision to make a potentially life-extending drug available on the NHS is a dream come true.Mel Bolt from Minister has been campaigning for Spinraza to be made accessible to help her daughter Abbie, who has spinal muscular atrophy.The 15-year-old has battled with the incurable muscle-weakening condition since she was just two and is wheel-chair bound.
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Kent county councillors have decided not to refer plans create three specialist stroke units back to the Secretary of State.
Campaigners gathered outside County Hall earlier, urging them to change their minds.
They’re concerned patients living in Thanet and Medway will have to travel further for urgent care at the centres in Ashford, Dartford and Maidstone.
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