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Roads surrounding the Port of Dover could receive extra Government funding to relieve pressure, the Prime Minister has announced.
Theresa May told the Commons this afternoon that the area will be considered as part of the "next road investment strategy".
It follows chaos at the start of the summer holidays, when motorists travelling to the port queued for up to 17 hours because of enhanced French security checks.
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A man convicted of shooting his former partner at their home in Ashford, and tracked to an island in the Indian Ocean by the BBC, has been set free by a French judge.
A Southern rail strike which is causing fresh travel chaos across London and the South East is being "solidly supported", the RMT says.
Read MoreThe number of children seeking asylum in the care of English councils rose by 62% in a year, figures compiled by BBC News show.
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KentOnline:, external Police appeal after man dies in M26 crash
KentNews, external: Dover ‘will be considered for extra investment’ to ease road pressures
Kent and Sussex Courier:, external A burglar handed himself in after he saw his own computer-generated image in a police appeal.
Students flouting uniform rules are sent home for the second day in a row after police intervened in angry scenes at the school gates on the first day of term.
Read MoreBen Duckett makes 208 as Northants lead Kent by 154 on first innings and then reduce them to 15-4 before the close.
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Would a 4m high wall around Calais work? The organisation which represents many hauliers isn't so sure.
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A lorry driver who tried to smuggle 400,000 cigarettes through Dover by hiding them in boxes of ice cream has been jailed for 14 months.
Image source, UK Revenue and CustomsUK Border Force officers stopped Krysztof Wiktorowicz at the Eastern Docks in November 2014, when they found the cigarettes worth almost £100,000 in duty in taxes.
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There were angry scenes at Hartsdown Academy, where pupils have been refused entry for the second day in a row.
David Hopper's daughter wasn't allowed in yesterday, and today she's been refused for a totally different reason. Mr Hopper was caught on camera confronting head teacher Matthew Tate.
Helen Catt
Political editor, BBC South East
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A former UKIP MEP's chief of staff has been sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for a year, and 40 hours of community work, following an expenses scam.
In March 2015 Christine Hewitt was secretly filmed at a restaurant, appearing to ask for an invoice for a much higher sum than the bill she had originally received.
Janice Atkinson MEP was suspended from UKIP as a result.
You can read the original story from 2015 here.
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Kent hospital patients sent to France, a bomb hoax on the Dartford Crossing and cobnut oil returns - it's #onthisday.
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Relive text commentary of the latest round of Championships games, including Sussex's win in two days over Leicestershire.
Read MoreA paedophile was caught at Bluewater by vigilantes who posed online as an 11-year-old girl to snare him.
He's admitted a child sex offence in court.
Vanessa Cuddeford reports.
There are plans to build "big new wall" in Calais as part of security arrangements, according to Home Office minister Robert Goodwood.
It would be a 4m high, 1km long barrier.
Mr Goodwill was speaking at a Commons Home Affairs committee.
Image source, PAMore pupils have been turned away from classes at Hartsdown Academy in Margate in the headteacher's crackdown on students who flout uniform rules.
An undisclosed number of children were denied entry for apparently wearing the wrong clothes.
It was the second consecutive day that students had been turned away from lessons for breaching the uniform policy of the school under new head Matthew Tate.
Image source, Hartsdown AcademyThis is the letter given to parents whose children have been sent home from Hartsdown Academy in Margate for flouting uniform rules.
It was sent to BBC Radio Kent.
Image source, FacebookA Hartsdown parent sent BBC Radio Kent this picture of their daughter's school uniform and a close-up of her shoes.
They say she was sent home because her shoes weren't "leather" or "leather-look".
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