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  1. More migrants reach UK on small boatspublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    The Home Office said the UK dealt with two incidents, while 78 people were returned to France.

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  2. Arrest over suspicious package at vaccine plantpublished at 14:57 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A plant was evacuated and the Army sent a bomb disposal unit on Wednesday.

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  3. Elderly face long queues for Covid vaccinepublished at 19:25 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    Elderly people were among those having to queue for more than an hour to get their jab.

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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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

  11. On the Movepublished at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    Dallas Campbell reveals a fascinating and secret world hidden below Britain. In this episode he explores how what goes on underground keeps our country on the move. He delves into the past to discover how a secret wartime pipeline is now delivering fuel to Heathrow Airport. Extraordinary computer graphics lay bare the underwater engineering genius that allowed the iconic Forth Rail Bridge to be built in the 19th century.

    Along the way Dallas meets some of the hidden army of workers that keep Britain running from underground, from the drivers of the largest tunnelling machines in the world to the engineers running a vast power station under a mountain in Wales. In one memorable scene, he helps dislodge a 'fatberg' that's blocking one of London's sewers. And he does some secret filming of badgers that are threatening the foundations of a primary school and helps to relocate the whole sett.

  12. 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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  13. 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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  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. 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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  16. 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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  17. 'Shocking' lack of homes for traveller familiespublished at 00:37 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Only 18 out of 251 registered traveller sites have any available spaces, research from a charity suggests.

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  18. Boys in court charged with terrorism offencespublished at 18:22 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    The pair, aged 15 and 16, are accused of being part of a far-right extremist group.

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  19. New £1bn fleet of South Western trains delayedpublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris says the 90 trains are not expected in service until early summer.

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  20. Injury unit shuts as staff deployed for Covid carepublished at 17:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    "Incredible pressures" led to staff at Crowborough War Memorial Hospital in East Sussex being moved.

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