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Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott has sent 75,000 questionnaires to householders across the county to gauge what effect crime and anti-social behaviour is having on residents. And, crucially, he wants to know how well police are doing in dealing with it. Simon Finlay and Eddie Atkinson visited one ‘hot spot’ and encountered a dread of marauding youths… Seaside towns which survive, if not necessarily thrive, on the influx of tourists in summer know that the winter months will be grim if the visitors do not show up or the British weather conspires against them. Sheerness, cheerful…

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