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Kent faces 37°C heat weeks after the taps ran dry
A red heat alert triggers water worries, plus huge housing plans, far-right disruption, and lots more
“Life is meaningless and short, but it's life”
Our interview with Rob Earl, Chartered Environmentalist and co-founder of the Medway Poets
How many times can Kent’s water system fail the same test?
South East Water says it planned for the heat. Thousands of Kent households still lost supply.
Kent’s water failures return with the heat
Plus border queues, a restored synagogue, Dreamland scrutiny and the week’s other Kent stories
“I have to be told to turn off the phone”
Our interview with Etie Vamplew, actor, singer and online content creator
What has gone wrong at East Kent Hospitals?
A hospital trust in trouble, KCC chooses prayers over water, and a very good video about one very broken road
A flood forced residents out, but the warning signs go back years
A Maidstone tower block evacuation, plus Reform at County Hall, bank holiday traffic and more water woes
“It's about filling people with ideas and hope”
What we asked Mark Thomas, performer and writer.
Less scrutiny, but more prayers and singing
Kent’s council chamber gets more performative as Gormley sale raises fresh questions and Kent MPs choose sides over Starmer
South East Water boss resigns after Kent’s winter water failures
Plus empty car parks, patriotic singalongs, sewage schemes and the rest of the week across Kent
“Dartford suffers from having the crossing there”
Our interview with Jim Dickson, MP for Dartford
Tunbridge Wells doubles down on the Lib Dems
A borough once painted blue now looks increasingly orange
Water restrictions enter second week at Darent Valley Hospital
Plus local elections, utility failures, pollution cases and the rest of the week across Kent