http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/default.stmBBC Kent local website covering the latest news, sport, weather and travel from the Kent area plus the best nature, history, people and places content from the regionen-gbWed, 09 Mar 2011 10:20:35 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse15http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/local/img/rss/kent.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/default.stmHelen from Broadstairs is preparing to donate one of her kidneys to a complete stranger for free.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9417000/9417039.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9417000/9417039.stmMon, 07 Mar 2011 17:10:35 GMTPeople & PlacesIn 2007 Pfizer closed their laboratories near Detroit in the US, Mark Norman investigates how the community coped.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9411000/9411891.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9411000/9411891.stmWed, 02 Mar 2011 15:48:55 GMTPeople & PlacesKent Air Ambulance has received a cheque thanks to a style of fundraising widely used in New Zealand.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9409000/9409983.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9409000/9409983.stmMon, 28 Feb 2011 17:02:09 GMTPeople & PlacesSixteen year-old Ben Gridley hopes to race in the Mini Challenge where he will be the youngest competitor.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9405000/9405524.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9405000/9405524.stmWed, 23 Feb 2011 15:00:29 GMTPeople & PlacesCongestion easing technology is being extended to Tunbridge Wells and Dartford from the end of March.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9359000/9359129.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9359000/9359129.stmWed, 12 Jan 2011 15:19:39 GMTPeople & PlacesPte Shaun Magee was only five weeks out of training when he was deployed to Afghanistan to train the new police force.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9358000/9358358.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9358000/9358358.stmWed, 12 Jan 2011 09:41:03 GMTPeople & PlacesA project exploring Folkestone's pre-1500 past is set to launch a phase exploring the area's oral history.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9404000/9404683.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9404000/9404683.stmTue, 22 Feb 2011 12:55:39 GMTHistoryWork starts to repair the exterior of Dreamland's Grade II* listed cinema building to help protect the 1930s interior.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9392000/9392461.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9392000/9392461.stmWed, 09 Feb 2011 17:04:04 GMTPeople & PlacesSean Rayment, ex-Parachute Regiment and now journalist, describes his time with the bomb disposal unit.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9385000/9385153.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9385000/9385153.stmWed, 02 Feb 2011 16:10:34 GMTPeople & PlacesWhen Chatham Dockyard closed in 1984, 7,000 people lost their jobs. Can the people of Sandwich learn from Medway?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9386000/9386381.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9386000/9386381.stmThu, 03 Feb 2011 13:56:37 GMTPeople & PlacesHattie Jacques was born in Sandgate in 1922 and lived in Margate with husband John Le Mesurier.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9366000/9366754.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9366000/9366754.stmWed, 19 Jan 2011 13:32:20 GMTPeople & Places