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A red brick pub with benches and Union Flag bunting in the front garden.

Pub licence at risk over alleged fire safety failings

The Red Dog in High Halstow has failed to meet safety standards, a fire service said.

A yellow lorry pulled up on to the hard shoulder of the M20 motorway has flame and dark, black smoke emerging from the vehicle. Traffic is at a standstill on the motorway. Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Kent Police are in attendance.

Section of M20 closed due to lorry fire

Highways officers say traffic on the motorway near Folkestone was being diverted via the A20.

An aerial shot showing thick smoke and flames coming from a caravan, which was behind a row of terraced houses

Caravan fire burns metres from row of houses

People were told not to travel to the area as flames and thick smoked filled the air.

Black smoke rising from behind some trees at the far end of a green field. The sky is otherwise clear and blue.

'Heavy smoke' warning due to waste fire

Kent Fire and Rescue Service is advising nearby residents to keep doors and windows closed.

A stock image showing a tumble dryer with its door open and a pair on jeans inside and just sticking out the door. The machine is white and the trim around the door is grey.

Tumble dryer warning after building fire

Kent Fire & Rescue Service says two engines attended and crews extinguished the flames.

A close-up of the front of a fire engine with the words FIRE RESCUE in white text on the front.

Caravan park evacuated after gas leak

Fire crews are sent to the scene after a car hit a gas line, Kent Fire and Rescue Service says.

Smoke coming off a building of flats in Dover. Firefighters are working to put out the fire.

More than 40 flats evacuated during overnight fire

Residents are being offered hotel accommodation, the landlord of the property says.

A man in a black and green Asda uniform. He is wearing a green lanyard and is standing by a river. There is a stone bridge behind him with lots of cars.

Asda employee saves man from drowning in river

The worker was on his break when he heard somebody shouting from the River Medway.

A person in a red fireman's outfit in a two-seater vehicles which has a hose on the back.

Public reassured after three fires in a day

Kent Fire and Rescue Service now has two new 4x4 Can-Am Traxters to help tackle wildfires.