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  • News, sport, weather and travel updates for the South East of England

  1. Driver with Covid-19 among rule breakerspublished at 19:07 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    Kent Police has issued 1,000 fines for lockdown breaches and says its tough approach will continue.

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  2. Boat trio fined after 200-mile lockdown breachpublished at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    Three men had to be rescued after getting into difficulty on their way to a sea fort off Kent.

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  3. Vaccination centre near 'hard-hit' Medwaypublished at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    Boris Johnson tells MP that 127,000 in Kent and Medway have now had a dose of the vaccine.

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  4. Military deployed to help ambulance servicepublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    Army personnel will drive for South East Coast Ambulance Service as it faces increased pressure.

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  5. Patel defends asylum barracks amid Covid outbreakpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    Home secretary defends conditions at Folkestone's Napier Barracks after calls for its closure.

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  6. A walk through a coronavirus vaccination centrepublished at 16:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    Health correspondent Mark Norman takes a tour of a vaccination centre in Folkestone.

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  7. Paceman Milnes extends Kent contractpublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    Kent right-arm seam bowler Matt Milnes extends his contract with the club until the end of the 2022 campaign.

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  8. Pedestrian seriously injured in Kent road crashpublished at 13:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    A pedestrian has been seriously injured in a car crash in Canterbury.

    A red Jaguar XF car was travelling east on Broad Oak Road, towards the junction with Vauxhall Road, when it hit a man, police said.

    His injuries are described as serious and he was flown to a London hospital for treatment.

    The crash took place at 19.50 GMT on Monday.

    Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit would like to hear from anyone who saw the crash.

  9. Specialist road policing unit launched in Sussexpublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    A police officer pulls over a carImage source, Sussex Police

    A new policing unit has been launched to track and catch criminals on Sussex roads.

    So far the Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU) has made 17 arrests for the supply of Class A drugs, money laundering and drug related motoring offences.

    In one job they seized cocaine with a street value of £10,000 and £20,000 in cash. They also safeguarded a 16-year-old involved in county lines drug dealing, police said.

    The unit, which has so far clocked up 750 officer hours, has also made 93 seizures of Class A drugs including crack and heroin.

    Some of the drugs seized so far, wrapped in plasticImage source, Sussex Police
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    The unit seized drugs with a street value of £10,000 in one job, police said.

    Chief Constable Jo Shiner said roads were a “prime hunting ground” for the police.

    She added: “From drugs and violent crime, to people trafficking, child exploitation and theft, most criminals have to use the roads.”

    She said the SEU will use both marked and unmarked vehicles equipped with technology to identify offenders and target hot spots.

    The unit is the latest in a series of police enforcement teams to be launched across Sussex in the past year funded by the Government’s Uplift programme and local precept investment.

    A pile of £10, £20 and £50 notes that have been seized.Image source, Sussex Police
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    £20,000 in cash was also found in one job by the unit

  10. Five-month-old baby killed as van mounts pavementpublished at 06:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    Louis Thorold's mother was pushing the pram and is in a critical condition.

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  11. How has your team fared this season?published at 21:48 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Big weeks ahead, most improved and a surprise slump - read Phil McNulty's verdict on all 20 Premier League clubs' seasons so far.

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  12. RAF veteran, 98, awarded Legion D'Honneurpublished at 20:07 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Stanley Booker endured "brutal interrogations" at the hands of the Nazis during World War Two.

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  13. Lawro's Premier League predictions v post-punk band TV Priestpublished at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Mark Lawrenson takes on guitarist Alex Sprogis from post-punk band TV Priest to make predictions for this week's Premier League fixtures.

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  14. Group of 26 face fines over lockdown car meetpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Some of those at event in Alton were not wearing masks and became "extremely defensive", police say.

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  15. Brothers guilty over footballer's seafront killingpublished at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Suel Delgado and two friends were left "strewn across the road" after being hit near Brighton Pier.

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  16. Man jailed for killing pair with a walking stickpublished at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Daniel Appleton bludgeoned his wife and an elderly passer-by to death while on drugs.

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  17. Premier League: Man City go top & Arsenal beat Saintspublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Follow live text updates and BBC radio commentary as Man City go top by thrashing West Brom and Arsenal recover to win at Southampton.

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  18. Man charged in sex-for-rent casepublished at 13:48 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Christopher Cox faces three charges following an investigation by television researchers.

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  19. How green are Premier League clubs?published at 10:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    BBC Sport looks at what the 20 top-flight clubs are doing to help the environment.

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  20. Carer thought cancer misdiagnosis was 'cruel joke'published at 00:39 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Janice Johnston had 18 months of needless chemotherapy, causing her numerous physical problems.

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