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Page last updated at 10:04 GMT, Wednesday, 2 December 2009


PEOPLE & PLACES

FROM BBC NEWS >>
'Festive crime' suspects arrested
Police arrest 21 people and seize £50,000 worth of Class A drugs in a series of raids cracking down on Christmas-related thefts.

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.

As a nanny Eileen met the famous
When Eileen took a job as a nanny she never dreamt she would meet presidents and movie stars.


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 >>
Fluid piano offers player tuning
A piano where each note can be individually tuned by the person playing is invented by a man from Kent.

FROM BBC NEWS >>
Teenager convicted of murder
A teenager from south London is found guilty of murdering a 26-year-old man who was stabbed in Canterbury.

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Brothers saved from sinking yacht
Two brothers are rescued in an air and sea operation off the north Kent coast after their yacht begins to sink.


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 United 2-1 Stevenage
Stefan Bailey scores twice in six second-half minutes as struggling Ebbsfleet fight back to beat promotion-chasing Stevenage.

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

FROM BBC SPORT >>
Kent football summary and results
Dover have closed the gap on Blue Square South leaders Newport with a 0-0 draw at Staines Town


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

CJ's recording deal
Listen to 14 year-old CJ's new single. She was spotted on YouTube


BBC INTRODUCING

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


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