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aliens were here': Mysterious spiral spotted over Kent"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>5</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>'I thought the aliens were here': Mysterious spiral spotted over Kent</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Residents have been left baffled after a mysterious spiral lit up skies across the county.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 rp"> <a href="/kent/news/poll-predicts-reform-uk-will-win-county-council-election-321848/"> <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="Poll predicts Reform UK will win county council election" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="CH8XMBVC07X2DLU09MGU.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/CH8XMBVC07X2DLU09MGU.jpg" alt="Poll predicts Reform UK will win county council election"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i 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infrastructure is £1.3bn, the county’s highways chief disclosed.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/kent/news/what-kent-could-look-like-after-biggest-local-council-shake-321737/"> <div class="VideoPlay"> <div class="VideoButton"> <i class="fa fa-play fa-lg"></i> </div> <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="What Kent could look like after biggest local council shake-up in 50 years" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="MN9P08O2XNO0MD32FGKP.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/MN9P08O2XNO0MD32FGKP.jpg" alt="What Kent could look like after biggest local council shake-up in 50 years"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>75</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>What Kent could look like after biggest local council shake-up in 50 years</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Kent’s 14 councils are set to be scrapped and turned into only a handful, so what will the future political landscape of the county likely be?</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 rp"> <a href="/kent/news/cab-firms-forced-to-return-30-000-for-sen-pupil-taxi-trips-321736/"> <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="Cab firms forced to return £30,000 for SEN pupil taxi trips they did not make" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="O2VYNK0UQEOS8KHRKW6I.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/O2VYNK0UQEOS8KHRKW6I.jpg" alt="Cab firms forced to return £30,000 for SEN pupil taxi trips they did not make"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Cab firms forced to return £30,000 for SEN pupil taxi trips they did not make</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Cab firms in Kent have been caught trying to take the tax-payer for a ride - claiming nearly £30,000 for home-to-school trips they did not make.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/deal/news/train-delays-after-vehicle-smashes-into-railway-bridge-321679/"> <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="Train delays after vehicle smashes into railway bridge" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="4OEOG9T6S3SFI8CHBH21.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/4OEOG9T6S3SFI8CHBH21.jpg" alt="Train delays after vehicle smashes into railway bridge"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>3</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Train delays after vehicle smashes into railway bridge</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A vehicle smashing into a railway bridge has sparked train delays this afternoon.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div 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