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Third school confirms meningitis diagnosis as student hospitalised amid outbreak

A third school in Kent has confirmed a student diagnosis of meningitis, adding to growing concerns in the region. The BBC report Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys announced that a year 13 student has been admitted to hospital with the illness. The headmaster conveyed his concern in a letter…

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Brickbat: You Don't Have To Go Home, but You Can't Stay Here

In England, the Ashford borough council ordered pub owner Paul Hartfield to stop offering customers rides home. Hartfield had been using… The post Brickbat: You Don't Have To Go Home, but You Can't Stay Here appeared first on Reason.com.

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Who Are Baelor, Maekar, and Aerion? 'Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' Targaryens, Explained

The house of the Dragon has officially entered the tourney at Ashford Meadow.

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School bus crashes into ditch in Kent

Kent Police were called soon after 8am after a bus left the road at Chilmington Green, Ashford, and ended up in a ditch.

Evening Standard

Remaining hotspots extinguished at scene of house fire that killed teenage girl

Two fire engines and a technical rescue unit were still in attendance at the scene in the village of Hamstreet, in Ashford.

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Neighbours desperately tried to put out house fire in Ashford that killed child - but were 'beaten back' by blaze

One neighbour tried to put out the blaze but said ‘it was really bad, we were all beaten back’

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Child dies and another taken to hospital after horror house fire

Firefighters faced an ‘intense’ blaze on arrival at property in the village of Hamstreet, Ashford

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Child dies and another taken to hospital after house fire

Firefighters said they faced an ‘intense’ blaze on arrival at the property in the village of Hamstreet, in Ashford.

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One child dead and another in hospital after house fire in Kent

Emergency services say ‘intense fire’ spread throughout semi-detached property in Hamstreet near Ashford

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Child dies and another in hospital after Kent house fire

Emergency services were called to the ‘intense’ fire in the village of Hamstreet in Ashford on Sunday

The Independent UK

Paul Hollywood has plan to build kitchen garden for filming rejected in planning row

The celebrity baker and his wife acquired the Ashford farmhouse for £810,000 in 2019

The Independent UK

Ashford’s ghost terminal could be brought back to life by Richard Branson

Letter: Helena Dollimore MP says the entrepreneur could burnish his legacy by bringing international trains back to the Kent station

The Guardian - UK

Limited information on Egyptian boat fire which killed three Britons – coroner

Steven Hill, 73, from Ashford, was described as a kind, loyal and supportive man, who died aboard a scuba vessel off the coast of Egypt in June 2023.

Evening Standard

Not just double decker trains: How Channel Tunnel rail could change forever

Exclusive: ‘It’s about flexibility, increasing frequencies and expanding destinations’, says Eurostar CEO

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Operator stakes claim to reopen cross-channel trains through Ashford International

Eurostar services between Kent and Paris ceased in 2020

Evening Standard

Eurostar rival Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane says it will bring trains back to Ashford International

Since 1994, the Eurostar has been the only train service to use the Channel Tunnel

The Guardian - UK

UK government backs return of international rail travel to Kent stations

Ashford and Ebbsfleet have been shut to cross-Channel services since 2020, with Eurostar calling them unviable

Evening Standard

CCTV appeal as missing Kent teen, 15, spotted in London

The teen was last seen in Brixton, south London, on Friday

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‘Gangster granny’ jailed for leading family gang dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason, 65, who had moniker ‘Queen Bee’, and seven members of her network sentenced to total of 106.5 years

The Independent UK

Ringleader ‘gangster granny’ jailed for dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason and seven other members of the gang were sentenced to a total of 106.5 years

Evening Standard

Crime gang headed by ‘gangster granny’ jailed for dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason and seven other members of the gang were sentenced to a total of 106 and a half years at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday.

Evening Standard

Real-life ‘Gangster Granny’ at helm of £80m cocaine empire is jailed for 20 years

Deborah Mason, 65, known as ‘Queen Bee’, used her own children to smuggle drugs across London and the UK

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Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders

Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham

The Independent UK

London to Milan by train? New Eurostar rival sets out plans for services from 2029

Direct links to Lyon, Marseille and Milan are on the cards – and Ashford International could be reopened

Evening Standard

Police hope DNA advances will crack case of baby found dead at lake 30 years ago

The child, who was named ‘Baby April’, was found in Ashford, Kent, on April 3 1995.

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