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Updates on Friday 16 June 2017
Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter
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Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter
The lines have reopened through Chartham station, after a crash at a level crossing.
Southeastern confirmed trains are now able to run again between Ashford, Canterbury West and Ramsgate.
Leanne Rinne
Reporter, BBC South East Today
A father whose daughter vanished 16 years ago hopes a fresh appeal will get the answers he desperately needs.
Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter
A Range Rover has collided with a railway level crossing.
A Southeastern spokesman confirmed: "A road vehicle has damaged a level crossing near Chartham, blocking both lines between Ashford International and Canterbury West.
"Response staff on site are attending to the damage."
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Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter
A Sittingbourne-based coach company is to take emergency aid to the victims of the tower block fire disaster.
Chalkwell has collected donations of clothing, blankets and non-perishable food which will be delivered to a receiving centre tomorrow for people in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for victims of the tower block fire disaster.
Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter
Delays are expected between Ashford International and Canterbury West stations until 23:00 BST.Network Rail confirmed replacement transport is being arranged between Ashford and Ramsgate via Canterbury after an earlier incident at the level crossing in Chartham.
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Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter
Volunteers have raised millions of pounds to save one of the UK's last surviving outdoor pools.
Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter
Two people have been arrested after an attempt to throw items into Maidstone Prison.
A man was stopped by police in County Road on 15 June.
A second man was arrested nearby.
Image source, GoogleHM Prison Maidstone
Detectives are questioning a 26-year-old from Dagenham in Essex and a 31-year-old from Thamesmead in London, on suspicion of conspiracy to convey prohibited articles into a prison.
The EFL Cup draw was full of mistakes and people online had something to say.
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BBC Live reporter
Two men have been arrested in connection with a series of break-ins and thefts at ambulance stations across Kent.
Vehicles were damaged and equipment stolen from premises in Ashford, Thanet, Medway and Sheerness.
Image source, bbcPolice are questioning a 26-year-old from Dagenham in Essex and a 33-year-old from Whitstable.
Colin Campbell
Special Correspondent, BBC South East
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.
Sunderland will travel to Bury in the EFL Cup first round following their relegation from the Premier League.
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Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather
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Clair Norris bagged the role of stroppy teenager Bernadette Taylor with her first-ever audition.
Two six-week-old kittens have been rescued by the RSPCA after they were dumped in a sodden box in Gillingham.
Image source, RSPCAFlora and Kiara, two black and white kittens, were found near to the border of Gillingham and Chatham on Wednesday 6 June.
A member of the public was walking home when he spotted the kittens and took them back home before contacting the RSPCA.
Image source, RSPCABoth kittens were looking undernourished and flea-ridden but are now doing much better in the care of staff at Ashford Garden Cattery.
Image source, Kent PoliceA fresh appeal is launched in a national newspaper for a student nurse from Broadstairs who went missing in Germany.