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<p>Controversial plans for a surfing lagoon and accommodation at a Kent country park</a> have been given the go-ahead.</p><p>Campaigners say the development at Betteshanger will cause damage to rare plants and animals that live on the site.</p><p>Ahead of a crackdown on vehicles outside schools in Medway, a Chatham mum has hit out at not being given an exemption permit</a>.</p><p>The School Streets scheme will ban cars from certain roads near primary schools during drop-off and pick-up times from Monday.</p><p>The parents of a seven-year-old girl who died trying to cross the Channel to Kent say people smugglers do not see them 'as humans'.</p><p>Rula drowned when the boat she was in capsized in northern France last weekend.</p><p>Businesses on a road in Sandwich fear their trade will suffer after it suddenly had to close for emergency repairs</a>.</p><p>A property on King Street has also been boarded up after cracks started to appear.</p><p>On international women's day, a female student mechanic from Sheerness</a> says she is out to prove critics wrong.</p><p>Maddy Lovett was told by some at school that only men could do the job, and she should consider cooking or beauty therapy.</p><p>And in football, Gillingham will be hoping to bounce back</a> from a disappointing mid-week defeat tomorrow.</p><p>They lost 2-0 at Barrow and dropped out of the league two play-off places.</p>