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• Rail fare system is 'outrageous injustice'

  An MP has called on the Government to act swiftly on bringing in flexible rail fares for commuters.

• Miles of motorway queues after crash

  A crash on the clockwise carriageway of the M25 has resulted in long delays on two motorways.

• Clinic set up after big rise in cyberstalking

  A woman who found her abusive ex was watching her via cameras and had tampered with her car's sound system has praised those she approached for help.

• Hub for homeless and ex-offenders to open next to school

  A community housing centre offering services to ex-offenders and people with drug and alcohol addictions is to be opened just metres from a primary.

• Kent infection rate hits highest level since June

  The county's infection rate reached its highest point in three months as more than 10 areas record an increase in weekly cases.

• The day 16,000 refugees arrived in Kent

  More than a century ago the county welcomed thousands of people in a single day, as they fled from their war-torn country.

• Three child sex crimes reported every day

  The NSPCC has revealed how many online sex crimes against children are reported in the county.

• RSPCA warns of 'horse welfare catastrophe'

  There has been a drastic rise in the number of horses abandoned or neglected since the start of lockdown.

• 'Super hospital plan is waste of public money'

  Developer's plans for a new hospital in east Kent have been called a "big waste of public money" during a health committee meeting.

• Multi-car crash causes M20 lane closures

  A busy section of motorway was partially closed following a crash.

• 'We were told he was improving, then he was gone'

  A six-year-old boy who died from sepsis had seemed perfectly normal in the moments before he fell ill, an inquest has heard.

• Backlash over school's sock policy

  A ban on knee-high socks at a secondary school has prompted a deluge of protests.