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  1. Strawberries worth £300 stolen from farmpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 7 July 2017

    Police revised an earlier statement now saying the strawberries pose no health risk.

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  2. Good night from the BBC Live teampublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    We're done for another day - join us again tomorrow from 06:00 BST for more of the county's news, sport, travel and weather.

  3. Cyprus stabbing murder suspect 'set free'published at 21:50 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    George Low, from Dartford, was on holiday when he was fatally stabbed in Ayia Napa in August.

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  4. Baby death paramedics met by 'panic'published at 21:36 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Katherine Cox and boyfriend Danny Shepherd deny causing or allowing the death of Eli Cox.

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  5. Sevenoaks woman repeatedly targeted by conmenpublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Police are searching for a pair of rogue traders, after an elderly Sevenoaks woman was conned for the third time.

    The woman, who's in her eighties, was asked by the men to pay £150 for gardening work at her home in Seal Road, after they had originally quoted just £20.

    Seal Road, SevenoaksImage source, Google
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    Seal Road, Sevenoaks

    She had previously been targeted by a man posing as a police officer, who stole her bank cards, and a man who charged her £600 to repave her driveway, but vanished after digging it up.

    The two suspects in the latest case are described as white, one in his thirties, with curly hair, and one in his twenties, with hair shaved on one side and long on top.

  6. Kent bat out draw with Northantspublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Kent's batsmen continue to find runs easy to come by as the hosts draw with Northamptonshire at Beckenham.

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  7. The heat's still onpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter

    It's another warm one tomorrow, but the weekend's getting fresher.

    Here's my forecast.

  8. The mane attraction?published at 19:15 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A herd of decorated life-size horses are appearing across Kent and West Sussex to raise money for Hospice in the Weald.

    They've been designed and painted by artists, schoolchildren and community groups and will be on display over the summer and auctioned off in October.

    Here's where you can see them...

  9. Drowned deckhand given ferry name honourpublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Ben Woollacott died after falling off the Woolwich Ferry and drowning in 2011.

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  10. Pair sought in connection with burglariespublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Police believe a pair of distraction burglars have struck in Deal.

    A woman in her nineties agreed to let a man who knocked on her door carry out work on her guttering in Manor Road.

    After the man, who it's believed had an accomplice, had left, she discovered cash missing from from a box.

    Manor Road, DealImage source, Google
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    Manor Road, Deal

    A neighbour, who's also in his nineties, found his house had been burgled, with cash, watches and wedding rings stolen.

    Detectives believe the thieves were driving a white Ford Transit van with a roof rack.

  11. George Low stabbing: Family's anger after suspect 'freed'published at 17:49 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    George LowImage source, The Bell
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    George Low used to work in Ayia Napa but was visiting at the time he was killed

    The family of a man stabbed to death in Cyprus have spoken of their "shock and devastation" that his "self-confessed murderer" has been freed into Turkey.

    Estate agent George Low, 22, from Dartford, was killed near a nightclub in Ayia Napa in Cyprus last August.

    Arrest warrants were issued for Mehmet Akpinar, 22, and Sali Ahmet, 42, who fled to the Turkish-controlled north and arrested for an unrelated offence.

    Dartford MP Gareth Johnson blamed the current political situation in Cyprus.

    Mr Low's parents said Mr Ahmet, who is from Bulgaria, was "set free" in June.

    Mr Akpinar, who is a Turkish citizen, was released by the northern Cypriot authorities in January.

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    We fail to understand why Turkey would allow a Bulgarian citizen suspected of murder to be set free in their own country instead of handing him over to the Bulgarian authorities to start the deportation process back to southern Cyprus to stand trial for the despicable and senseless act of violence."

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    "We feel totally let down by the authorities. They should have been more pro-active in getting the two suspects deported back to southern Cyprus to stand trial instead of allowing this injustice to happen... now 11 months on both men are free to enjoy their lives."

    Statement from George Low's parents

  12. Rogue traders reported in Swalepublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Police in Swale are looking for a man who took hundreds of pounds from an elderly householder for building work which wasn't carried out.

    The man knocked on the door of the property in Minster Road on 21 June, claiming the roof was damaged and needed urgent repair.

    The woman who lived there paid him £500 to do the work, and the following day the man returned with an accomplice.

    Minster Road, SwaleImage source, Google
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    Minster Road, Swale

    The pair said further work was needed, and demanded more cash, which was handed over.

    When a third demand for money was made, it was refused and the pair left.

    It's being linked with a similar incident in April, when doorstep callers were given money to carry out work on a house's guttering, then returned in June to demand more cash, demands that were repeatedly made over the phone throughout the month.

  13. Murder charge after body discoveredpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Aurimas Vilius, who is understood to have known the victim, has been charged with murder.

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  14. 'It's action, punk rock drawing'published at 15:21 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Kent comedian Vic Reeves is putting his art skills to the test for charity.

  15. Hidden disabilities: Pain beneath the surfacepublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Imagine having to inject yourself thousands of times over the course of your lifetime, but never talking about it to anyone.

    Many people live with hidden disabilities - conditions which don't have physical signs but are painful, exhausting and isolating. Sympathy and understanding from others can often be in short supply.

    BBC Radio Kent's Erika North explains what it's like to have a hidden disability.

  16. Very warm again this afternoonpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Lucy Martin
    BBC Weather

    There's still a weather warning of thundery showers in place though.

    Here's my latest forecast.

  17. Appeal after reported sexual assaultpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Lizzie Massey
    BBC Live reporter

    Kent Police is appealing for witnesses after a man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Maidstone.

    The victim, a woman in her 20s, was at a bus stop in Northumberland Road, Maidstone, on Wednesday 5 July 2017 when a man reportedly approached her between 06:10 and 06:40 BST.

    The man is alleged to have shouted at the woman, before pulling at her clothing and knocking her to the ground.

    The woman was able to push the man away and he ran off in the direction of Cambridge Crescent.

    The man is described as white, aged in his 30s with black short hair. He was unshaven and was wearing a black cap with black tracksuit bottoms.

  18. Southern strike: Dispute raised in Parliament againpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    As the dispute involving driver-only-operated trains on Southern Rail continues, Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd asked the Prime Minister why more isn't being done to resolve it.

  19. Vic Reeves draws to song requestspublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 6 July 2017

    Kent comedian Vic Reeves is putting his art skills to the test for charity.

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  20. ICYMI: Hoo has got a zoo in a pubpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 6 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