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Page last updated at 03:13 GMT, Thursday, 3 December 2009


PEOPLE & PLACES

FROM BBC NEWS >>
Man charged with murder at bedsit
A man charged with murder and possessing a gun after the body of a woman was found in a Kent bedsit, is due in court later.

FROM BBC SPORT >>
Stimson wanted kick-off delayed
Gillingham manager Mark Stimson questions the decision not to delay the kick-off of the 3-1 defeat at Leyton Orient.

Lollipop man licks the opposition
Traviss Whitehead from Fleetdown in Dartford has been crowned the South East Lollipop Person of the Year.


NATURE & OUTDOORS

Tree O'Clock in Kent
Help to plant 600,000 trees by Tree O'Clock - and set a world record!


MORE LOCAL NEWS

FROM BBC NEWS >>
'Bullying' fears at new academy
Claims of bullying and knife incidents are made at a school academy in Medway six weeks after it opened.

FROM BBC NEWS >>
Mausoleum ready to open to public
An £8m restoration project to return an 18th Century Grade I-listed building in Kent to its former glory is completed.

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Pilot jailed for people smuggling
A French national is jailed for four years after pleading guilty to smuggling seven Vietnamese people into the UK.


HISTORY

Charles Darwin
Take a tour around the home where On the Origin of Species was written


RELIGION & ETHICS

Ahmadiyya Muslims
An unassuming, beige building in Gillingham is a place of prayer


MORE LOCAL SPORT

FROM BBC SPORT >>
Ebbsfleet belief is back - Daish
Ebbsfleet boss Liam Daish says his players must stay calm if they are to get out of relegation trouble.

FROM BBC SPORT >>
Leyton Orient 3-1 Gillingham
Leyton Orient score three times at home for the first time this season in a 3-1 win over Gillingham.

FROM BBC SPORT >>
Jackson one to watch - Claridge
Former Gillingham striker and pundit Steve Claridge believes top scorer Simeon Jackson is worth £1.5m.


THINGS TO DO

Audio slideshow: the leaning building
At the end of Palace Street in Canterbury is a remarkable building with a rather alarming lean. How is it still standing?

Charles Darwin's Kent sanctuary
Down House in Kent provided Charles Darwin with a home where he could both study and spend time with his family.


PEOPLE & PLACES

Bernie Grivell: our unsung hero
Bernie Grivell, a 77 year-old football coach from Deal, has won the BBC South East Sports Unsung Hero award.

Proposal for a Kent freight depot
Get the background on the Kent International Gateway as residents give evidence at the proposal's public inquiry.


ARTS & CULTURE

Tom Thumb Theatre
Margate's tiny theatre is to reopen in time for Christmas


BBC INTRODUCING

This week's track list
Jacob Rickard presents an hour of the latest local music


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