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today</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Four supermarket café branches across the county, which the company says shoppers don’t use, are closing their doors.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/kent/news/polling-expert-has-say-on-what-will-happen-in-local-election-322734/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Polling expert has say on what will happen in local elections" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="8N6K8PX7F2MI4VCUBOJZ.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/8N6K8PX7F2MI4VCUBOJZ.jpg" alt="Polling expert has say on what will happen in local elections"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>1</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Polling expert has say on what will happen in local elections</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A top polling company boss has told the Kent 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class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Around 20 caravans have been spotted on a playing field as part of a suspected unauthorised encampment.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/medway/news/we-have-to-do-something-big-investment-in-homeless-homes-322707/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="'We have to do something': Big investment in homeless homes as private rent costs soar" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="VFVKLGIH948LIQCU2SW2.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/VFVKLGIH948LIQCU2SW2.jpg" alt="'We have to do something': Big investment in homeless homes as private rent costs soar"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>8</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>'We have to do something': Big investment in homeless homes as private rent costs soar</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A council facing a rising temporary accommodation crisis says it can’t afford to “do nothing” and so is investing further into its own stock.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 rp"> <a href="/medway/news/college-lecturer-wins-tribunal-after-pupils-recorded-colleag-322689/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="College lecturer wins tribunal after students recorded colleague mocking her" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="TKJHBVULJ1GQFMRJDF6P.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/TKJHBVULJ1GQFMRJDF6P.jpg" alt="College lecturer wins tribunal after students recorded colleague mocking her"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>16</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>College lecturer wins tribunal after students recorded colleague mocking her</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A former senior college lecturer could receive a huge payout after she was a victim of false racial abuse claims and harassment by colleagues.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/kent/news/kent-county-council-election-candidates-officially-announced-322416/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Kent County Council election candidates officially announced" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="QBDUQNKU273LGFPFLU4J.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/QBDUQNKU273LGFPFLU4J.jpg" alt="Kent County Council election candidates officially announced"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>39</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Kent County Council election candidates officially announced</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">The candidates for the Kent County 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“smashed” fences.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/maidstone/news/trial-date-set-for-football-fan-who-fell-from-stand-during-f-322692/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Trial date set for football fan who fell from stand during FA Cup match" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="FZF2ESWP76J8F4JMKX4J.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/FZF2ESWP76J8F4JMKX4J.jpg" alt="Trial date set for football fan who fell from stand during FA Cup match"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Trial date set for football fan who fell from stand during FA Cup match</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A football fan alleged to have fallen onto home supporters during a club’s historic FA Cup victory has been charged with multiple counts of assault.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div 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</a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 rp"> <a href="/medway/news/care-home-in-special-measures-after-banning-residents-from-322641/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <img class="rthmb" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Care home in special measures after ‘banning residents from buying sweets and fizzy drinks’" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="1UAOHJO8XV3RFEC211TZ.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/1UAOHJO8XV3RFEC211TZ.jpg" alt="Care home in special measures after ‘banning residents from buying sweets and fizzy drinks’"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>2</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Care home in special measures after ‘banning residents from buying sweets and fizzy drinks’</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A care home for adults with autism and mental health issues has 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