Sources: BBC
Wild European bison are reintroduced to the United Kingdom for the first time in over a thousand years after three are released into a pine forest in Kent, England. 2022-07-18
Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces that frontline NHS workers in England will be required to be vaccinated beginning in April 2022 in order to keep their jobs or risk being fired. 2021-11-9
Most legal restrictions on social contact are ended in England. Face coverings in indoor public places are no longer required by law, though they are still recommended in some settings. There are no more limits on how many people can attend events, nightclubs can reopen and table service will not be necessary in pubs and restaurants. People working from home as a result of the pandemic are formally encouraged to return to their workplace. 2021-07-19
The United Kingdom reports a temperature reading of 38.1 C in Cambridge, the second highest UK temperature yet recorded. It is subsequently confirmed that a reading of 38.7 C is verified, also in Cambridge, beating the previous record of 38.5 C set in Faversham, Kent on 10 August 2003 to become the new national record. 2019-07-25
41 people are injured when a coach overturns in Kent, England, United Kingdom. 2018-08-13
The skeleton of a girl thought to have been stabbed to death by Roman soldiers is discovered in Kent, England, UK. 2011-04-28
Severe gales batter large parts of England, Northern Ireland and Wales with some bridges being closed. 2010-11-11
The Thanet Wind Farm, the world's largest offshore wind farm, opens off the southeast coast of Thanet district in Kent, England. 2010-09-24
Archaeologists claim they have located Britain's oldest house near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. 2010-08-10
Eurotunnel has "apologised profusely" after train passengers brought to Calais, France, through the Channel Tunnel are locked into their carriages upon arrival and immediately returned to Kent, England. 2010-08-4