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  • Updates on Tuesday 13 June 2017

  1. That's all folkspublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    We're off home for the night so we can be back bright and early at 06:00 BST to bring you all the latest news, travel, weather and sport for the county.

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  2. Not bad for a first acting jobpublished at 21:37 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Charlie Rose
    Reporter, BBC South East Today

    Meet the Dartford actress who'll join Eastenders on Thursday.

    Clair Norris bagged the role of stroppy teenager Bernadette Taylor with her first-ever audition.

  3. Long delays on the M2published at 21:08 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    There are long delays on the M2 eastbound tonight after an accident involving a car transporter and two lorries.

    It's between J6 A251 (Faversham) and J7 A2 Canterbury Road/A299 Thanet Way/Brenley Lane/ Homestall Lane (Brenley Corner).

    There is congestion on the M2 to J5 A249 (Sittingbourne/Stockbury Roundabout) due to a diesel spillage.

    There is a diversion in operation - traffic is advised to leave M2 J6 and take the A251 North towards Faversham.

    Take the A2 East and re-join the M2 J7. Long distance traffic is advised to use the M20 and A20.

    Traffic on M2Image source, Cheryl Rose
  4. Born on the A21published at 20:23 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Did you miss this amazing story?

    A mother has given birth in her car after her husband got lost on the way to hospital.

  5. Murder conspiracy charge thrown outpublished at 19:36 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Three others accused of conspiracy in connection with the Gravesend driveway shooting are to go on trial.

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  6. Forget the brolly, but don't forget your sunglassespublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter

    The sunshine's arrived and it's staying for a while.

    Here's my forecast.

  7. County ins & outs 2017published at 18:01 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

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  8. Parents told: 'Do not swear'published at 17:15 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Temple Grove Academy, Tunbridge WellsImage source, Google

    Parents have been told they could be banned from a primary school playground if they swear in front of the children.

    Sam Linton, the head teacher of Temple Grove Academy in Tunbridge Wells said children were being exposed to "upsetting language".

    Writing in the newsletter to parents, she said: "Some parents [have been] heard swearing on academy premises and at the gates in front of children.

    "If it continues we may have to consider banning these individuals from the premises," she wrote.

    She said some children were copying what they had heard.

  9. Young offenders 'watch porn on TV'published at 16:57 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Ofsted say staff at the Medway Secure Training Centre are poorly trained and "largely unqualified".

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  10. Violence filmed in Calaispublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Shocking pictures showing Calais migrants blocking the road with burning branches, to try to stop lorries heading for Kent, and smuggle themselves on board, have been filmed by lorry drivers.

  11. Creating art in the face of deathpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    An exhibition features work by artists with one thing in common - they're all facing execution.

  12. We're loving this sunny weatherpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

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  13. Children's services 'strengthened'published at 14:33 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Ofsted's rating of "good" comes seven years after Kent's services were judged to be "inadequate".

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  14. At home with Winstonpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    New exhibits at the home of the country's most famous prime minister get the royal seal of approval.

  15. Fed up with politics? This should make you smilepublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    As the South East baked in soaring temperatures last week, we asked how your pets kept cool in the sun.

    You sent us 10 photos of delicious doggies leaping through waves, chilling in the long grass and even sporting a sunhat.

  16. Serious collision in Favershampublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    A man in his eighties has sustained serious injuries after he was hit by a car in North Lane just after 09:20 BST this morning.

    Officers would like to speak with a woman who was driving a small, blue hatchback which was in the area at the time.

    The driver is not suspected of any wrongdoing, but it's thought she may have important information on how the collision happened.

  17. 'We've got a secretary of state who knows what he's dealing with'published at 11:52 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Helen Catt
    Political editor, BBC South East

    A senior South East Conservative MP is defending the decision to keep Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Transport.

    Many commuters are angry at Mr Grayling for not intervening directly to try to end the Southern Rail dispute, which began in April 2016.

    But Reigate's Crispin Blunt is backing him.

  18. Born on the A21published at 11:21 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A mother has given birth in her car after her husband got lost on the way to hospital.

  19. Commemorating one of Kent's most important battlespublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Events are being held to mark the 350th anniversary of the Battle of Medway.

    It was one of England's worst naval defeats, with Dutch troops occupying Sheerness fort and their fleet destroying and capturing several Royal Navy ships in Chatham.

    The Dutch have sent a navy warship to take part in the council's two-week commemoration of the event.

  20. 'It hasn't got us very far so far'published at 10:02 British Summer Time 13 June 2017

    Helen Catt
    Political editor, BBC South East

    Southern Rail passengers say they're disappointed that Chris Grayling's kept his job as Secretary of State for Transport.

    Passengers have faced widespread disruption and more than a year of strike action over Driver Only Operated trains.

    Mr Grayling's faced criticism for refusing to intervene directly to help bring an end to the dispute.