Новости за 09.10.2020

An 11-year-old boy is taking on the KM Big Bike Ride to help his mum pay for her £1,000 a month cancer treatment.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) has continued its campaign against the reopening of Manston airport with a socially-distanced protest near the airstrip.

A coronavirus "postcode-checker" says a number of towns in Kent could now be at risk of going into lockdown following an increase in Covid-19 cases.

Two lorry drivers caught smuggling men into the UK, one of which admitted he'd have been paid £1,000 each for their arrival, have been jailed.

Unpopular plans to build a £3.6 million car park on water meadows have been binned.

The weekend has got off to a slow start on the M25 at least, with queues of 11 miles on the approach to the Dartford Crossing.

A walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened today for people displaying symptoms.

A town's only secondary school has confirmed both a teacher and a pupil have tested positive for Covid-19.

Kent have announced the departure of pace bowler Ivan Thomas.

More than 50 members from business, tourism organisations, councils and the public have come together to create a new push for Kent's 'holiday isle'.

A car park named after a slave trader and vandalised with graffiti referring to a council leader's 'lynch mob' comments is to be renamed.

A village has saved its pub from conversion to housing, by buying it themselves.

A 58-year-old man from the county has appeared in court in London accused of abusing six youngsters in the 1990s.

A man suspected of a string of offences including assault of a police officer has been charged.

Swimming lessons have resumed across the area following Covid lockdown.

A nonagenarian got to tour a former coachworks where he worked for 34 years.

Singer HRVY is back on track to join the Strictly Come Dancing line-up after he was confirmed free of Covid.

Sixty years on from when they swept aside the competition at a Kent County Championship, Doreen Cureton is trying to find her old dance partner.

Huge tailbacks built up after an accident on the London-bound carriageway.

A former Debenhans department store, which now lies empty, has been graced with a new name following a competition to re-brand it.

The firm which claims to be the oldest Cornish pasty-maker in the world has shut two of its Kent bakeries - less than 24 months after opening.

A collection of rare black and white photographs uncover a town's historic fishing industry.

A man at a bus stop and a boy in a park were both hit with a bottle after being approached by a group of teenagers.

We need to keep our faith and work together as things get tougher again, says a church leader.

A man has been arrested after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted near a popular attraction.