1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul died in a car crash in Paris.

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Kent’s council shake-up is going to court: what the case is actually about

The day in Kent · Kent’s council reorganisation is heading to court, with residents mounting a legal challenge to the restructuring plan before any decisions have been made. The case raises fundamental questions about local democracy and how the shake-up was handled. Here is what Kent readers actually need to understand about the proceedings.

Weather

Today: Mostly clear morning, becoming cloudy in the afternoon, clearing in the evening, high 22°C, low 15°C.

Tomorrow: Mostly clear morning, high 21°C, low 12°C.

Travel

Roads: All major Kent routes clear.

Rail: Thameslink: Major engineering work significant changes to and from London Kings Cross..

As of 01:30 from National Highways + National Rail.

Coastal tides

Dover: High 01:23 (6.57m) · Low 08:51 (1.08m) · High 13:41 (6.81m) · Low 21:14 (0.97m)

Margate: High 02:43 (4.65m) · Low 08:43 (0.84m) · High 14:50 (4.79m) · Low 21:09 (0.55m)

Tides via tidetimes.co.uk.

“Kent is known as the Garden of England partly because Henry VIII encouraged fruit growing there to supply the royal court.”

Kent fact of the day