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fa-comment"></i> <span>92</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>‘They’re treating corridors like wards!’: Worst A&E waits ever for three Kent hospitals trusts</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">The number of patients forced to endure long waits in A&E corridors continues to soar as an alarming crisis deepens across Kent.</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/from-a-nudist-beach-to-sparks-flying-at-asda-how-five-kent-319951/"> <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="‘I accidentally proposed in front of 40 naked people’" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="LOOY20XGLY7H62JMAMUO.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/LOOY20XGLY7H62JMAMUO.jpg" alt="‘I accidentally proposed in front of 40 naked people’"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa 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hill...’</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Kent’s biggest and most beleaguered local authority has agreed a balanced budget – but its leadership issued dire warnings about the future.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 rp"> <a href="/tunbridge-wells/news/overturned-trailer-shuts-major-route-in-both-directions-320105/"> <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="Overturned trailer shuts major route in both directions" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="QRHUMX1WPJPECFE42QV7.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/QRHUMX1WPJPECFE42QV7.jpg" alt="Overturned trailer shuts major route in both directions"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Overturned trailer shuts major route in both directions</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">An overturned trailer has shut a major route in 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viewBox='0 0 1200 825'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Parish councils could go if new town authority is created" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="Y5IKQGW5HMXJBKQJ48LE.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/Y5IKQGW5HMXJBKQJ48LE.jpg" alt="Parish councils could go if new town authority is created"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>3</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Parish councils could go if new town authority is created</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Proposals to create an urban town council to address a “democratic deficit” could result in the abolition of 12 existing parish councils.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/kent/news/kent-buildings-shortlisted-for-national-architectural-award-319983/"> <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 buildings shortlisted for national architectural award" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="SXN9N2LULYL55D333X6V.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/SXN9N2LULYL55D333X6V.jpg" alt="Kent buildings shortlisted for national architectural award"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>2</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Kent buildings shortlisted for national architectural award</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">Three building projects in Kent are among the nominations for a national architectural award.</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="/weald/news/town-loses-potential-site-for-much-needed-school-to-housin-319974/"> <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="Town loses potential site for ‘much-needed’ school to housing" data-root="/_media/img/" 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centre sold for more than £700k at auction"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa fa-comment"></i> <span>1</span> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <h2>Former sports centre sold for more than £700k at auction</h2> <p class="NoMargin hidden-xs">A youth and sports centre which was shut by Kent County Council as part of budget cuts has gone under the hammer.</p> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 lp"> <a href="/maidstone/news/major-housing-projects-for-more-than-8-000-homes-under-revie-319877/"> <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="Major housing projects for more than 8,000 homes under review" data-root="/_media/img/" data-path="RQPDZU1E6I84QI7WS0BQ.jpg" data-ar="1.45"/><noscript><img src="/_media/img/120x0/RQPDZU1E6I84QI7WS0BQ.jpg" alt="Major housing projects for more than 8,000 homes under review"/></noscript> <div class="Media"> <i class="fa 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