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Plan for forum to discuss Kent gipsies' needs

Friday, February 05, 2010

A FORUM for gipsies to discuss their needs with the council could be set up.

The plan has been put forward by the head of KCC's specialist unit, which deals with issues including housing and education on behalf of travellers and ethnic gipsies across the county.

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Funeral for Rainham hero Capt Dan Read takes place

Capt Dan Read's widow Lorraine, known as Lou, and mum Les.Picture by James Ram.

Friday, February 05, 2010

A VERY, very special man, with an unbelievable amount of courage - those were the words used to describe Capt Dan Read, the bomb disposal hero from...

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Suicidal man halts trains through Rainham

Friday, February 05, 2010

RAIL services through Rainham were disrupted for two hours this morning after a teenager threatened to throw himself from a bridge. The 19-year-old,...

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Man dies in street in Gillingham

Thursday, February 04, 2010

A MAN died near a busy street during the middle of the school run this morning (Thursday). A member of the public tried to revive the victim, believed...

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Funeral for hero Capt Dan Read from Rainham

Thursday, February 04, 2010

THE funeral of bomb disposal hero Capt Dan Read is due to take place in Cornwall today (Thursday). The 31-year-old former Rainham Mark Grammar pupil,...

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Thug jailed for attack with tea cup in Rochester

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

A THUG who smashed a china cup into the face of a 14-year-old during an argument has been jailed for three years. Aaron Hopkins, 20, of Tennyson...

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Sexual diseases on the rise in Medway

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

HERPES, genital warts and chlamydia are among sexually transmitted diseases on the increase in Medway, according to new figures. The genito urinary...

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'Sharpsichord' must leave Faversham

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

ARTIST and musician Henry Dagg has scotched rumours that his latest creation will have a home in Faversham. Henry, who has created the world's only...

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