Tuesday's headlines
A look at the news as it happens in the Meridian region.
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Housing benefit cheat
A benefit cheat who falsely claimed more than £11,000 has appeared in court.
Deborah Ajayi, 48 of Rochester Road, Gravesend failed to declare to Gravesham Borough Council that she had received more than £12,000 in student loans and grant while claiming Housing and Council Tax benefits
She was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge,and ordered to pay costs of £100.
Closures for 50% of stores
The administrators for the GAME Group have said almost half of all its stores will close this week
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