An inspector goes against Guildford council and campaigners and approves a scheme branded a "monster".

Gillingham sign former Southend, Charlton and Coventry midfielder Franck Moussa on a deal until the end of the season.

Taxpayers in Kent could be expected to cover a £4.6m shortfall for child asylum seekers coming into the county.

Despite the latest figures showing that fewer child asylum seekers are moving into Kent, funding from Westminster does not cover the full cost of housing, schooling and other services for them.

Roger Gough, Kent County Council's cabinet member for children’s services, revealed the shortfall at the children’s, young people and education cabinet meeting.

He said: “Between what we spend in total compared with what the government gives us, the gap is £4.6m, estimated for this financial year.

“Some of the local authorities are unwilling or reluctant to take unaccompanied asylum children because they look at the funding gap.”

In addition to the child asylum seeker funding shortfall, KCC is also obliged to provide support for these young people until they are 25.

However, the government at Westminster stops its funding when they turn 18.

Debating Henry Bolton's leadership with supporter David Allen and Peter Whittle, who thinks he should stand down.

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Three puppies have died and one is being treated by vets after they were found dumped on a roadside in Brighton in wet and freezing conditions.

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Henry Bolton could "win the day" if he pursues a bold plan to change UKIP, ex-leader says.

Detectives are trying to find a rapist who had a terrier type dog with him when he attacked a teenage girl.

An East of England UKIP MEP has said he will will not back the party's leader in a key vote.

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UKIP's agricultural spokesman Stuart Agnew, external, who farms near Fakenham in Norfolk, said Henry Bolton's actions have damaged the party.

The UKIP leader has refused to stand down despite coming under pressure over some of his ex-girlfriend's offensive comments, and resignations from 14 senior figures.

UKIP will now vote on Mr Bolton's future at an emergency general meeting (EGM) next month, after the party's ruling body passed a vote of no confidence in him on Sunday.

Mr Agnew said: "He's decided to have all out war with the NEC [National Executive Committee] and it's a problem we could well have done without, but that is his decision and he has every right to carry on as leader until the EGM and he may pull off something fantastic, but I will not be voting for him."

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Councillors have raised concerns about proposals to cut treatment for stroke patients from three hospitals in Kent and Medway.

A joint taskforce of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) covering Kent, Medway, Bexley, in south-east London, and East Sussex said the proposals could amount to a 5% reduction in mortality, equating to about 15 lives saved, if new "hyper-acute" units are offered at three hospitals instead of the current six.

The report, presented at the Kent and Medway joint health overview and scrutiny committee meeting on Monday, states “specialist stroke resources are spread too thinly and most hospitals do not meet national standards and best practice ways of working”.

The report claims more than a third of stroke patients in the area are not getting brain scans in time and half of patients are getting clot busting drugs too late.

The replacement of the six stroke centres will mean 98% of people will live within an hour's ambulance journey from one of the new hyper-acute units, the CCGs said.

However, during the meeting in Maidstone, councillors from Kent, Medway and Bexley shared their concerns that ambulance services were not up to the task of transporting patients in time.

Patricia Davies, from NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG, assured councillors the STP had worked alongside the ambulance service during the four-year review.

Councillors expect a decision on the closure to be made by September, following a 10 week public consultation and votes in district, town and parish councils.

A man and woman also suffered serious injuries in the crash at Felbridge in Surrey.

Surrey appoint Vikram Solanki as assistant head coach, with Stuart Barnes leaving the club for other opportunities.

Two men have died at the scene of a crash involving two vehicles.

Both were travelling in a Skoda Octavia when it was in collision with a LDV Maxus van on the A22 Eastbourne Road, in Felbridge, Surrey, on Monday.

A man and a woman in the van suffered serious but not life threatening injuries. A two-year-old child with them was uninjured.

Any witnesses to the collision, which happened shortly after 18:30 GMT, are asked to contact police.

UKIP's leadership crisis sparks a fresh row between two of the party's leading figures.

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Police have released CCTV footage of the moment a teenage driver mounted a kerb in Crawley.

The 19-year-old from Lingfield in Surrey narrowly avoided colliding with two officers as he tried to evade arrest in College Road last December.

He later admitted dangerous driving.

Police are appealing for information about a possible abduction after a screaming woman was reported to have been dragged into a car on St Leonards seafront.

The alarm was raised by a member of the public at 02:00 GMT on Monday after the woman was seen to have been pulled into a dark-coloured saloon car near the One Stop Shop in Eversfield Place.

It then drove off at speed towards Bexhill.

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The woman, who was white and wearing a pink jacket, was heard arguing with the man, who it appears she knew, Sussex Police said.

Det Insp Rob Morland said the woman did not seem to have willingly got into the car.

"We want to make sure that she is safe and would welcome any information to confirm this, especially if you are that woman and can assure us that you are ok," he said.

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A man has been taken to hospital following a fire in a ground-floor flat in Gillingham.

Fire crews arrived at the "smoke-logged" property in Davenport Avenue just before 04:00 GMT on Tuesday.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service said the occupant was out of the flat when crews arrived.

It is believed the fire - which was contained to the kitchen - started accidentally after a cooker was left on.

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A large fire broke out last night on a business park in Eastbourne.

The emergency services were called to The Cavendish Business Centre at around 21:20 GMT.

The blaze affected a first-floor, disused office and is currently being treated as suspicious, Sussex Police said.

There were no reports of any injuries.