Sources: BBC
The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom shuts down in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, ending the 142-year history of coal-fired electricity in the UK. 2024-09-30
A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police. 2022-08-22
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
The United Kingdom issues a "red extreme heat warning" as temperatures are predicted to reach a record 41 C in parts of England. Wales reports a record temperature of 37.1 C near the town of Hawarden, Flintshire, and the island of Jersey reports a record temperature of 37.9 C. 2022-07-18
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
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
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
Police in Kent, UK, admit the unlawful searching of two 11-year-old children who were left "crying and shaking" after being targeted at a demonstration near Hoo. 2010-01-12
Police in England respond to a security alert on a Dubai-bound flight from London Heathrow Airport. 2010-01-8