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  • Live updates on Wednesday 5 July

  1. That's all from us for tonightpublished at 21:53 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Thanks for joining us - we'll be back tomorrow morning from 06:00 BST with more of the county's news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. Appeal for witnesses after delivery drivers robbedpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Four men are wanted by Kent Police after they reportedly robbed two delivery drivers in Edenbridge.

    The incident occurred in Field Drive between 18:15 - 18:20 BST on Thursday 8 June.

    The men are reported to have approached and threatened two delivery drivers before stealing furniture.

    The suspects are described as aged between 20 and 30 years old.

    One of the men was described as white, with short, curly, ginger hair and wearing black shorts and a black top. They were last seen running towards Woodpecker Close.

  3. Northants batsmen fight back at Kentpublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Northamptonshire batsmen dominate on the third day against Kent at Beckenham to leave the match heading for a draw.

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  4. Brollies at the readypublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter

    Tomorrow's going to be hot and muggy, with a warning in place for torrential rain.

    Find out more in my latest forecast.

  5. Today's Kent newspaper headlinespublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Stack of papers (generic)Image source, Getty Images

    Kent Online:, external Swale police come clean over mysterious markings outside your house

    Kent News: , externalMajor Fastrack bus expansion planned as Ebbsfleet Garden City chief expects more than 5,000 homes to arrive by 2021

    Kent Live: , externalKent is about to be invaded by a swarm of millions of flying ants

  6. Virtually exploring St Augustine's Abbeypublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    A four year collaboration between English Heritage and the University of Kent's School of Architecture, has led to the reconstruction of the ruined St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury -- in virtual reality, at least.

    So what more do we know about the Abbey?

  7. Thief hijacked carpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Police are looking for a man who abducted a driver and stole cash from him, leaving the victim tied up in his car.

    The driver, a man in his 60s, was approached as he drove down the Broadway in Minster-on-Sea, on the Isle of Sheppey.

    The attacker made him drive to a cul-de-sac near Kent Avenue, where he took the money and left him with his hands tied to the steering wheel.

    Suspect in Minster-on-Sea robberyImage source, Kent Police

    Detectives have issued a CCTV image of a man they'd like to speak to in connection with the incident.

  8. Baby death mum yelled 'what have you done?'published at 16:32 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Witnesses say Eli Cox's mother shouted at her boyfriend as he tried to resuscitate her baby.

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  9. Petition against Tunbridge Wells homes planpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    More than 1,400 people have signed a petition against the building of 13,000 new homes in Tunbridge Wells.

    The plans from the council would see the town expand over 20 years but they face a challenge of where to build them.

    A new garden city of 5,000 houses could be part of the solution.

  10. O's start at Sutton in National Leaguepublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Leyton Orient will go to Sutton United for their National League season-opener on Saturday, 5 August.

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  11. ICYMI: WW2 pilot achieves ambition at 95published at 15:31 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    German war pilot Hugo Broch has wanted to fly in a Spitfire for as long as he can remember.

    At 95 years old he's done just that in the skies over Kent.

  12. We're walking on sunshinepublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Lucy Martin
    BBC Weather

    It's going to be a glorious afternoon, but watch out for heavy thundery showers tomorrow.

    Here's my forecast.

  13. The bridge that spans the centuriespublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Robin Gibson
    Reporter, BBC South East Today

    How a canny investment by Dick Whittington led to the creation of The Rochester Bridge Trust, providing the people of Medway with their vital river crossing.

  14. Appeal over Edenbridge furniture robberypublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Police tape around a crime scene

    Four men are being sought by police after two delivery drivers were robbed in Edenbridge.

    They're reported to have threatened them in Field Drive before stealing furniture.

    It happened at about 18:15 BST on Thursday 8 June.

    The men, who were aged between 20 and 30, were last seen running towards Woodpecker Close.

    One of them is said to have short, curly, ginger hair and he was wearing black shorts and a black top.

  15. Man held on suspicion of murderpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    One man held by police and two released after a mans body was found in residential address.

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  16. Kent's local newspaper headlinespublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    NewspapersImage source, Getty Images

    KentOnline:, external Police helicopter search for axe-wielding robber after raid at Claybrooks jewellers

    Kent News: , externalCanterbury MP Rosie Duffield furious after being left in the dark over proposals for new city hospital

    Kent Live: , externalThe source of an E.coli outbreak at Fort Halstead has been revealed three months on

  17. Cricket: Kent v Northamptonshire latestpublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Oliver Turner
    Sports reporter, BBC Radio Kent

    Sean DicksonImage source, Getty Images

    Records continued to tumble at Beckenham in day two of Kent's County Championship match against Beckenham.

    Sean Dickson became only the second Kent player to hit a triple tonne in his knock of 318 and set the club's highest post-war innings in the process.

    Dickson also shared a club record 382-run partnership with Joe Denly before the latter was out for 182.

    Kent eventually declared on 701-7, their highest total on home soil.

    Northamptonshire did rally towards the end of the day, ending on 180-1 after Ben Duckett joined the game's century club.

  18. Hoo has got a zoo in a pubpublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Meet the man who's just been given a licence to run a zoo at his pub in St Mary Hoo.

  19. BBC South East Today headlinespublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    BBC South East Today logo

    Here are the headlines from BBC South East Today's breakfast bulletin:

    • Victims of stalking and harassment in Sussex are being failed by police and prosecutors who don't fully understand the crimes.
    • A rapist who targeted a teenage girl in Margate after a New Year's Eve party has been jailed for seven years.
    • A dog that suffered the worst case of neglect inspectors say they had ever seen is now looking for a new home in Sussex.
  20. ICYMI: Firearms seized at Coquellespublished at 06:40 British Summer Time 5 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A huge haul of handguns, apparently heading for Kent, have been discovered at the French end of the Channel Tunnel.