Kent

Wreck of ship carrying rare ‘ordinary’ crockery wins protection off Kent coast
Unknown patterns found on ceramics from Josephine Willis, which collided with steamer in 1856
Caroline Davies
09, Feb, 2023 @12:01 AM

Jean Robertson obituary
Other lives: Special educational needs teacher and an activist in her local community in south-east London
Cicely Blain
08, Feb, 2023 @7:42 PM

Manston health concerns raised with Home Office weeks before outbreak
Local officials warned of need to improve infection control measures shortly before diphtheria cases detected
Diane Taylor
06, Feb, 2023 @11:44 AM

‘They just vanish’: whistleblowers met by wall of complacency over missing migrant children
As scores of youngsters are disappearing from hotels run by the Home Office and being trafficked across the country, sources claims warnings over their safety were ignored
Mark Townsend Home affairs editor
21, Jan, 2023 @6:14 PM

‘It’s a farce’: the giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets
The customs inspection site at Sevington in Kent has space for 1,700 lorries, but lies largely deserted
Toby Helm Political editor
21, Jan, 2023 @4:22 PM

Game over: UK arcades face closure threat as energy bills soar by 1,000%
Some operators weigh up weekend-only opening as soaring energy prices remain stubbornly high
Joe Middleton
13, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

‘Not our lived experience’: Tunbridge Wells leaders rubbish Sunak levelling up boast
Exclusive: Council says only one competitive bid for central government money has been successful in six years
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
10, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

Disaster response charity enlisted to aid drivers stuck in UK queues for Channel
Exclusive: military veterans’ group RE:ACT gets £200,000 yearly contract to ensure welfare of lorry drivers gridlocked in Kent
Pippa Crerar Political editor
04, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Bull release completes UK’s first wild bison herd in millennia
Wilder Blean project aims to utilise ‘ecosystem engineers’ to naturally rewild former pine plantation
Damian Carrington Environment editor
24, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

Four who died crossing Channel believed to be Afghan and Senegalese
Inquest into men’s deaths hears they drowned after ‘wholly unsuitable’ dinghy capsized on 14 December
Diane Taylor
23, Dec, 2022 @1:31 PM

Channel boat disaster: teenager among four people confirmed dead
Eight unaccompanied children among 39 people rescued after small vessel capsized in icy waters
Rajeev Syal and Dan Sabbagh in Dover
15, Dec, 2022 @9:13 PM

Channel rescue: Suella Braverman says government must ‘end these crossings’ after four people die in boat capsize – as it happened
Home secretary says fatalities are ‘sobering reminder’ as major search and rescue operation continues
Geneva Abdul (now) and Rachel Hall (earlier)
14, Dec, 2022 @4:03 PM
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