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  1. ‘Non-disclosure’ claim over 1972 gun murderpublished at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Paul Cleeland has been fighting his conviction for the murder of Terry Clarke for nearly 50 years.

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  2. Man reunited with childhood toys after news reportpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Guy Wright spotted his teddy bear while watching a story about the restoration of a train station.

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  3. Kent announce deficit in 2020 accountspublished at 11:01 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Kent announce a deficit of £217,351 in their financial results for the year ending 31 October 2020.

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  4. O'Grady makes appeal for owner's stolen pugpublished at 21:15 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Ann Cowlard, 72, says the stress of losing her 11-year-old dog caused her to have a mini stroke.

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  5. Beach litter pickers earning cash for charitypublished at 20:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Friends of Botany Bay has launched a new charity scheme it hopes will get volunteers motivated.

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  6. Passengers say seven-hour Heathrow queues inhumanepublished at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Travellers complain of having to queue for up to seven hours because of new Covid measures at border control.

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  7. Digger used to steal cash machine from garagepublished at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Detectives are linking the theft with another attempt in Dymchurch a day earlier.

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  8. Jobless rate around UK airports 'above average'published at 00:01 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    A report by MPs found the number of people claiming jobless benefits was much higher near the top 20 UK airports.

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  9. Digger used in failed bid to steal cash machinepublished at 12:24 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    A shop front in Dymchurch, Kent, was left with "significant damage", police say.

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  10. Hotel quarantine: Isolation and brown paper bagspublished at 00:28 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2021

    What's it like and what can you eat inside the UK's quarantine hotels?

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  11. Man stabbed after fake cash drug deal, court hearspublished at 17:44 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Two teenagers deny murdering 19-year-old Jaydon McFarlane who was stabbed to death in Ashford.

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  12. Teenage schoolboys deny terrorism offencespublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The pair, 15 and 16, will stand trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 28 June.

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  13. Council tax set to rise across the south eastpublished at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Councils have passed their annual budgets, and tax is set to rise across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

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  14. Plan to move nun's remains to US abandonedpublished at 07:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The tomb of sainthood candidate Mother Cornelia Connelly will stay at the girls' school she founded.

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  15. Two given life sentences for cemetery murderpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Piotr Lacheta was living in a tent when he was murdered by Justin Burnett and Claire Lunn.

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  16. GP alerts Coe to voice issue after interview airspublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    A sharp-eared doctor noticed Lord Coe's voice was "gravelly" during a Today programme interview.

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  17. Pedestrian dies in crash near Gatwick Airportpublished at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    The M23 near Gatwick was closed for about 10 hours after a fatal crash between a lorry and a van.

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  18. Mother and son become tap-dancing lockdown starspublished at 09:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Lizzi Gee and her eight-year-old son Rufus say tap routines are one positive to come out of lockdown.

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  19. A&E rated 'inadequate' over ambulance delayspublished at 06:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Medway NHS Foundation Trust said it had made improvements after patients faced eight-hour delays.

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  20. Heathrow passenger numbers fall to 1970s' levelspublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    Covid "devastated" air travel in 2020, the UK's largest airport says, as it sinks to a £2bn loss.

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