Three people are arrested as neighbours describe how armed police shot dead the animal.

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The RMT is due to hold talks with Southern later, ahead of a planned strike this weekend

A lorry driver is on the run after more than five-and-a-half million cigarettes were found in his HGV.

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BBC Live reporter

Simon Weller, the Assistant General Secretary of Aslef, has described the relationship between Southern and its staff as "utterly toxic".

He says if the two sides can't resolve the dispute the union could take more strike action.

Firearms officers shot a dog dead after it attacked a child, causing life threatening injuries.

Kent Police was called at 17:26 BST to the incident in the Jenkins Dale area of Chatham.

The South East Coast Ambulance Service and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Service also attended and the injured child has been taken to a London hospital in a critical condition.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident and they have been taken into custody while enquiries into the incident continue.

Members of the public who may have footage of the incident are asked to contact Kent Police on 101 and not upload it onto social media.

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Kent and Sussex Courier, external : This video of a man pushing a fridge freezer with his head in The Pantiles will make your toes curl

A Freedom of Information request reveals 568 motorists have had their claims refused since 2015.

Rachel Mackley
Weather Presenter

It should stay dry though.

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Kent sign Welsh pace bowler James Harris on loan from Middlesex for the start of the new county season.

The UK Government considered plans to blow up the Channel Tunnel using a nuclear bomb during the Cold War.

We can exclusively reveal that the future of the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance is secure. 

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Fears were raised when it was announced that development at Redhill Aerodrome could mean it would have to move - but today it's been announced that a new 25 year lease has been signed for the operation to remain at the aerodrome.     

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

The train drivers' union Aslef says it's no surprise members rejected Southern's latest offer to resolve the dispute over Driver Only Operation.

Ben Watts
Sports reporter, BBC Radio Kent

Australian Jason Gillespie is keeping his message simple to the Kent’s cricketers ahead of the new season – show everyone how good you are.

The 41-year-old former fast bowler and ex-Yorkshire coach has linked up with Kent as interim assistant as cover for Allan Donald, who is working towards the qualifications he needs to obtain a visa.

Gillespie says he’s been overwhelmed by the welcome he’s received in the county.

Kent get their County Championship campaign under way on Friday against Gloucestershire at Canterbury. 

Ball-by-ball commentary of every game is available online via the BBC Sport website .

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Kate Kinsella
BBC Weather

We've had a rather overcast morning already, and it doesn't look like things will get better this afternoon.

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The action in Thanet comes after a similar council trial elsewhere saw a 60% reduction in dog fouling.

Six Iranian migrants have been rescued from a sinking boat as they attempted to cross the English Channel. 

French authorities received a distress call from the small fishing vessel, which was travelling from Calais to Dover, just after midnight on Tuesday.

Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter

The South East Coast Ambulance Service is being forced to remove equipment from some of its ambulances, and limit the number of people who can travel in them. 

It's because the vehicles are getting too heavy to be safe on the road. 

Forty five out of a fleet of 300 will only be allowed to transport a maximum of two crew members and a patient and 18 of those ambulances have had kit removed.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

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Customs officers are hunting for a lorry driver who is on the run after being caught smuggling more than 5.7m cigarettes into the UK through Dover.

Richard Curtis, who's 57, from South Yorkshire, failed to attend his trial at Maidstone Crown Court and was found guilty of evading more than £1.3m in excise duty.

His HGV was stopped at the Port in November 2013 and found to contain 5,729,900 cigarettes hidden beneath boxes of frozen chips.

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Two "barbaric" men were each been given life sentences for beating a couple and dousing them with boiling water during a burglary at their home.

John and Janis Buswell were tied up with cable ties and tortured during a two-hour ordeal in Halstead, Kent.

Chelmsford Crown Court heard they were also threatened with a knife and a hot iron last April.

On Monday, Daniel Wallace, 33, and Kacey Adams, 34, were told they would serve a minimum of seven-and-a-half-years each.

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