Same-sex marriages now make up nearly 1 per cent of all married people in the UK

The day in Kent · Kent Police are urgently appealing for help finding John O’Neill, a 78-year-old man last seen near Pembury Hospital in Tunbridge Wells yesterday afternoon. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police immediately.

Weather

Today: Clear morning, high 30°C, low 16°C.

Tomorrow: Clear morning, becoming mostly clear in the afternoon, clearing in the evening, high 29°C, low 19°C.

Travel

Roads (2 incidents): M2 — M2 Jct 6 Exit slip road closure; M25 — M25 Anti-clockwise Jct 11 entry slip road closure.

Rail: All Kent services running to schedule.

As of 22:30 from National Highways + National Rail.

Coastal tides

Dover: High 02:22 (6.33m) · Low 09:48 (1.23m) · High 14:42 (6.58m) · Low 22:12 (1.15m)

Margate: High 03:47 (4.47m) · Low 09:42 (0.92m) · High 15:52 (4.62m) · Low 22:13 (0.63m)

Tides via tidetimes.co.uk.

“Canterbury Cathedral took over 70 years to complete its famous Bell Harry Tower, finally finished in 1498.”

Kent fact of the day