BBC Live: Kent - as it happened

1. Our live coverage has ended for the day
2. Updates on Thursday 27 July 2017

It's nearly Friday

Bob Dale

BBC Live reporter

That's it for Thursday, thanks for spending time with us today.

We'll be back from 06:00 BST tomorrow to help you through Friday, all the way to 22:00 BST.

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'Predators see lights off and they see an opportunity'

Chrissie Reidy

Reporter, BBC South East Today

A Ramsgate teenager caught the man who attacked her by using her mobile phone. But would it have happened if there had been better street lighting?

A Ramsgate teenager, attacked as she walked home, calls for better street lighting

'The hardest thing was telling my daughter I was going to die'

Bob Dale

BBC Live reporter

A mole on an ear became a lethal cancer for this man from Kingsdown near Deal.

Now he wants his story to be a warning for others.

A Kent man is hoping his story will warn others, after a mole became terminal skin cancer

People smuggling by air and water

Colin Campbell

Special Correspondent, BBC South East

Migrants trying to cross the Channel are using increasingly sophisticated and desperate methods, with attempts foiled in the air and on the water.

Migrants are using land and sea routes to try to get into Kent

ICYMI: Lauren's feet kept growing, but nobody could explain why

A doctor diagnosed Lauren with a condition that only affects about 60 people out of every million, just by looking at Facebook.

A doctor diagnosed a rare tumour just by looking at Facebook.

Cannabis gang jailed

Bob Dale

BBC Live reporter

A cannabis operation, which included two farms in Kent, was the largest yet discovered in the UK, according to police.

Fourteen men have been jailed for a total of 90 years for growing cannabis

It's getting wet, wet, wet

Nina Ridge

BBC Weather

I'd suggest your weekend plans include something indoors for Saturday.

Here's my forecast.

the weather with Nina Ridge

'He'd been shot seven times...four pellets remain in his skull'

Alex Bish

Investigative journalist, BBC South East

The animals killed or maimed by the irresponsible use of airguns, with the South East one of the worst areas of the country for attacks.

The south east is one of the worst parts of the country for reports of airgun shootings

'Wait till she shows you how she can bat'

Bob Dale

BBC Live reporter

From being the only girl in a boys' team in Sandwich, to being Player of the Tournament in England's World Cup winning side, opening bat Tammy Beaumont is putting women's cricket on the map.

Dover's Tammy Beaumont wins World Cup and is Player of the Tournament

Tributes to girl found dead on railway line

All aboard! Southern train tops overcrowding list

Tom Darby

BBC Live reporter

The country's most overcrowded train is a Southern service running through Sussex and into London, new figures reveal.

The 07:16 service from East Grinstead to London Bridge typically squeezes 1,366 people into a dozen carriages designed for 640.

The Department for Transport, which released these figures, said additional carriages cannot be added to the train but when the Thameslink Programme is completed next year there will be extra services on routes south of London to boost capacity.

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It's not the only local service to face overcrowding, the 06:57 Brighton to Bedford and 16:26 Bedford to Brighton trains both feature in the list of the 10 busiest trains in England and Wales.

The figures relate to standard class passengers on weekday services in autumn last year. The average proportion of passengers carried in excess of capacity on peak services in major cities was 3.8%.

People are rightly angry that they pay more in fares year after year, but never get a seat, and have to stand crammed into someone else's armpit. With such high levels of overcrowding, the Government cannot expect people to pay for yet another fares hike in January."

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Sunny afternoon

Elizabeth Rizzini

BBC Look East weather

The cloud's lifting to give us a nice afternoon.

Here's my forecast forecast.

the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini

Hampshire v Kent

Thinking of buying a dog? Be careful who you get it from

Calls to the RSPCA complaining about unscrupulous puppy sales have risen in the South East.

Complaints about puppy dealers in the South East are rising

Protest over town regeneration plan

Kathryn Langley

BBC Live reporter

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About 100 people took part in a protest outside Tunbridge Wells Town Hall last night, angry over council plans to redevelop the area.

People had to be turned away from a full council meeting discussing proposals to build a new civic centre, theatre and car park near Calverley Grounds.

The council says the regeneration plans will be available for public consultation.

This morning's Kent newspaper headlines

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Kent Online: Petition calls for Kent Wildlife Trust chief Michael Bax to resign

Kent News: Ebbsfleet Development Corporation to pump £30m into electricity sub stations to supply garden city

Kent Live: Radnor Park play area has finally opened in Folkestone and people are loving it

'Electrocuted' teenager was 'amazing'

'Making a Buzz' for endangered bees

Kathryn Langley

BBC Live reporter

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Almost £1m of lottery funding is to be spent on helping protect endangered bumblebees in Kent.

The Making a Buzz project will create a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects across 400 hectares.

Kent is a hot spot for the rarest of bumblebee species.

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust says they're crucial to the local economy and fruit industry.