Matt Leclere

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | Matt Leclere

Children were playing football in the street, women were waiting to pick up their ration of potatoes. All was calm and normal in Folkestone at 6pm on Friday, May 25, 1917. But within half an hour the peace had been shattered. German bombers attacked Folkestone and other towns in east Kent killing 97 people – the majority civilians just doing some shopping before the weekend.

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | Matt Leclere

New images show how a £20 million greenhouse growing 150 million tomatoes will add to one of the country’s most high-tech farms. Computer-generated images have been released as construction on the vast glasshouse, the seventh to be built at Thanet Earth, near Birchington. The pictures show how the enormous 6.5 hectare structure - equal to the size of nine football pitches - will add to the 45 hectares already growing crops on the site.

1 month ago | kentonline.co.uk | Matt Leclere

There’s a reason millions around the world love Jane Austen novels - fans think the books are perfect already. So, it might be thought that giving an English literary classic a modern-day reboot into a stage musical comedy might not be necessary. But artistic licence allows for the reinvention of some of our best-known works - no more so than the current touring production of Pride and Prejudice* (Sort Of).

1 month ago | kentonline.co.uk | Matt Leclere

Voters across Tunbridge Wells went to the polls yesterday to play their part in deciding who will represent them at Kent County Council. We’re following the action at today’s counts here, with 81 seats up for grabs in 72 electoral divisions. The votes are being counted in districts and boroughs across Kent todayThe borough’s results will appear below when they have been announced.

1 month ago | kentonline.co.uk | Matt Leclere

A person has been hit by a train prompting services to be cancelled. Emergency services were called to the incident last night near Staplehurst. A person was hit by a train near Staplehurst. Picture: SoutheasternSoutheastern initially said services were affected due to safety inspections along the track between Ashford and Paddock Wood at about 9.50pm. But about 30 minutes later the rail operator confirmed a person had been struck by a train. Police and paramedics were sent to the scene.