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Stuart Maisner
´óÏó´«Ã½ Live reporter

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Charlie Rose
Reporter, ´óÏó´«Ã½ South East Today

Meet the Dartford actress who'll join Eastenders on Thursday.

Clair Norris bagged the role of stroppy teenager Bernadette Taylor with her first-ever audition.

There are long delays on the M2 eastbound tonight after an accident involving a car transporter and two lorries.

It's between J6 A251 (Faversham) and J7 A2 Canterbury Road/A299 Thanet Way/Brenley Lane/ Homestall Lane (Brenley Corner).

There is congestion on the M2 to J5 A249 (Sittingbourne/Stockbury Roundabout) due to a diesel spillage.

There is a diversion in operation - traffic is advised to leave M2 J6 and take the A251 North towards Faversham.

Take the A2 East and re-join the M2 J7. Long distance traffic is advised to use the M20 and A20.

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Three others accused of conspiracy in connection with the Gravesend driveway shooting are to go on trial.

Rachel Mackley
Weather Presenter

The sunshine's arrived and it's staying for a while.

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With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

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Parents have been told they could be banned from a primary school playground if they swear in front of the children.

Sam Linton, the head teacher of Temple Grove Academy in Tunbridge Wells said children were being exposed to "upsetting language".

Writing in the newsletter to parents, she said: "Some parents [have been] heard swearing on academy premises and at the gates in front of children.

"If it continues we may have to consider banning these individuals from the premises," she wrote.

She said some children were copying what they had heard.

Ofsted say staff at the Medway Secure Training Centre are poorly trained and "largely unqualified".

Stuart Maisner
´óÏó´«Ã½ Live reporter

Shocking pictures showing Calais migrants blocking the road with burning branches, to try to stop lorries heading for Kent, and smuggle themselves on board, have been filmed by lorry drivers.

An exhibition features work by artists with one thing in common - they're all facing execution.

Ofsted's rating of "good" comes seven years after Kent's services were judged to be "inadequate".

Bob Dale
´óÏó´«Ã½ Live reporter

New exhibits at the home of the country's most famous prime minister get the royal seal of approval.

As the South East baked in soaring temperatures last week, we asked how your pets kept cool in the sun.

You sent us 10 photos of delicious doggies leaping through waves, chilling in the long grass and even sporting a sunhat.

A man in his eighties has sustained serious injuries after he was hit by a car in North Lane just after 09:20 BST this morning.

Officers would like to speak with a woman who was driving a small, blue hatchback which was in the area at the time.

The driver is not suspected of any wrongdoing, but it's thought she may have important information on how the collision happened.

Helen Catt
Political editor, ´óÏó´«Ã½ South East

A senior South East Conservative MP is defending the decision to keep Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Transport.

Many commuters are angry at Mr Grayling for not intervening directly to try to end the Southern Rail dispute, which began in April 2016.

But Reigate's Crispin Blunt is backing him.

Stuart Maisner
´óÏó´«Ã½ Live reporter

A mother has given birth in her car after her husband got lost on the way to hospital.

Events are being held to mark the 350th anniversary of the Battle of Medway.

It was one of England's worst naval defeats, with Dutch troops occupying Sheerness fort and their fleet destroying and capturing several Royal Navy ships in Chatham.

The Dutch have sent a navy warship to take part in the council's two-week commemoration of the event.

Helen Catt
Political editor, ´óÏó´«Ã½ South East

Southern Rail passengers say they're disappointed that Chris Grayling's kept his job as Secretary of State for Transport.

Passengers have faced widespread disruption and more than a year of strike action over Driver Only Operated trains.

Mr Grayling's faced criticism for refusing to intervene directly to help bring an end to the dispute.