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More than 100 firefighters have been tackling a huge blaze at an army firing range in Lydd.
It broke out in undergrowth yesterday evening.
It comes as farmers in the county say they’re concerned the hot weather could increase the risk of a fire breaking out on their land.
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Boris Johnson is to become the new Prime Minister after winning the Conservative leadership contest.
The former foreign secretary and ex-London Mayor received nearly double the number of votes as Jeremy Hunt in a ballot of Tory members.
He’ll get the keys to Number 10 tomorrow after Theresa May goes to see the Queen to officially hand in her resignation.

With the summer break getting underway for most children this week, we’ve been looking at the issue of holiday hunger and what’s being done to tackle it.Charities are concerned those who rely on free school meals during term time will have to go without proper dinners for the next six weeks.We’ve also been finding out more about ‘gleaning’ and looking at whether that could be part of the solution.
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Doormen in Canterbury could be given stab vests following a number of fights in the city said to involve knives.The director of Akon Security says his staff have reported seeing a number of disturbances, including a brawl in the High Street involving men armed with chains, a bat and knife.Also in today’s episode, young people are being encouraged to think about a career in security, we chat to an astronomer ahead of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and an Ebbsfleet striker has told us about playing with Olly Murs.
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It’s been revealed Gatwick are pushing ahead with a masterplan which could eventually lead to the building of a third runway.
The company has announced plans to increase the number of flights taking off from the current runway, and using the standby one for routine flights by the mid 2020s.
They also want to safeguard land to expand in future.
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The cost of fuel in parts of Kent is almost 8p above the UK average, according to our research.We’ve looked at 170 petrol stations across the county and also found the price of a litre of unleaded can vary by up to 13p.Also in today’s episode, a charity says schools can play a vital role in making refugees feel part of the community, the next Prime Minister’s being urged to continue investing in north Kent, and a man’s dumped three months of uncollected rubbish outside a council office building.
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This week on the KM Community podcast, community reporter Oliver Kemp sat down with Tanya Long, director of Samphire, to discuss her mission to integrate Dover’s migrant communities.

More funding is being put into stopping children and teenagers in Kent getting involved with gangs.Thanks to the Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott, thousands more young people will get to hear from a reformed gang member Francis Osei-Appiah – who’s warning them not to make the same mistakes that put him in jail.Also in today’s episode a charity’s starting new sessions to tackle social isolation and loneliness, and dozens of parks in Kent have been named as some of the best in the country.
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We’ve been catching up with a teacher who spent more than a month in a coma after contracting meningitis and sepsis.Greg Keating initially thought he had flu when he became ill in January last year but ended up having both of his legs and nine of his fingers amputated.Also in today’s episode, figures reveal the areas in Kent with some of the highest smoking rates in Britain, and a new exhibition aims to challenge perceptions of homelessness.
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The two men hoping to become our next Prime Minister have played down the impact a no-deal Brexit could have on Kent.Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt were in Maidstone last night answering questions from Conservative party members on everything from policing to tax cuts – and of course the UK’s departure from the EU.Also in today’s episode we speak to campaigners against a new housing development as they take a petition to Downing Street; with a year to go until The Open comes to Kent we’ve been taking a look at preparations, and cyclists set off on a 150-mile journey to raise money for the Royal British Legion Industries.
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