Officers investigating an incident in which a man threatened a member of rail staff with violence at Greenhithe station have released an image of...
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Kent Police have confirmed that officers from their major crime department have launched an investigation . The major crime investigation follows after a woman was found seriously injured. The woman who has not been named sadly died at the...
Kent Police is appealing for information following a disturbance in Offham. At around 2.30am on Sunday 26 April 2020 three men are reported to have assaulted a man in Church Street, with no serious injuries sustained. The suspects are reported...
Emergency services have been called to a flat in Whitstable this morning. Police,Fire and Paramedics were called just before lunchtime on Tuesday to Windsor House on Belmont Road in the town. Kent Police have been approached for comment ...
Attempted murder in Harrietsham Charges have been brought against a man for the attempted murder of a woman in Harrietsham near Maidstone. Kent Police is investigating a disturbance which took place in Water Lane, Harrietsham on 21 April 2020...
As of 9am 27 April, there have been 719,910 tests, with 37,024 tests on 26 April. 569,768 people have been tested of which 157,149 tested positive. As of 5pm on 26 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 21,092...
A newly discovered phishing scam attempts to hook Brits with the promise of a tax refund from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Victims receive an extremely convincing message in their inbox informing them that they are to receive an...
Information is being sought following two disturbances involving the occupants of one car in Swanscombe. At around 6.30pm on Saturday 25 April 2020 two men are reported to have driven to Milton Street in a silver Mercedes, where they became...
A suspected burglar has been charged after the Co-op in Deal was targeted. The charge relates to a break-in at the store in Hamilton Road during the early hours of Friday 24 April 2020, when cigarettes and alcohol were reportedly stolen. ...
At around 10pm on Saturday 25 April 2020, Kent Police was called to an address in Olive Road to reports that a woman had been threatened with a suspected firearm. It is alleged that six males, unknown to the victim, appeared at her address and...
Farmers and land managers now have until 15 June to apply for BPS payments and to claim funding for their environmental and woodland work under other schemes The Government has confirmed the window to submit applications for the Basic Payment...
Here are the daily figures Total number of deaths for each nation (26/04/2020) NHS England England (329) new deaths (18,749) total Public Health Wales Wales (8) new deaths (796) total N Ireland (HSCNI) N Ireland (5) new deaths (299) total Scotland...
A drug dealer from Hythe who was found in possession of weapons, cocaine and cannabis has been jailed for six years. Officers from Folkestone’s Community Policing Team stopped Steven Rimmer’s VW Golf in the Cheriton area of Folkestone on Friday 28...
A teenage boy has been jailed for four years following a knife-point robbery at a shop in Boughton-under-Blean, near Faversham. In March 2020 the offender, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used the weapon to demand money from a shop employee...
I am sorry I have been away from my desk for much longer than I would have liked and I want to thank everybody who has stepped up in particular the First Secretary of State Dominic Raab who has done a terrific job but once again I want to thank you...
A double murder investigation is underway following an incident in Ilford. Police were called at approximately 5.30pm on Sunday, 26 April following reports of a man and two children injured at a residential address in Aldborough Road North, Ilford...
A man arrested by British transport Police at Folkestone west station on Saturday has been charged with assaulting Railway staff member and possession of a bladed article.
He was also wanted for a re-call to prison.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a water filled ditch near Richborough Road, Sandwich to reports a horse had become stuck in mud. On arrival officers tried to rescue the horse, which measured 16 hands high, but it was in too deep –...
News circulating on social media that the first volunteer in a UK #coronavirus vaccine trial has died is completely untrue.
A spokesman for the Government said that that unsubstantiated claims online was very unhelpful and not true.
A woman on a small boat has been seriously injured in an accident on the River Medway around 5:15pm this evening. Road ambulances, air ambulance and police remain at Medway Bridge Marina and Manor Lane.
The Kent and Sussex Air ambulance has landed at Borstal Recreation Ground this evening. The life saving medics have been called to assist with an incident at Medway Bridge Marina. The SECAmb Hart team have also been scrambled along with officers...
A man has been arrested in connection with a serious collision in Robertsbridge. A 20-year-old man was arrested in Kent on Sunday morning (26 April) on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop and failing to report a...
Appeal for information over suspicious incident in Lyminge Witnesses are being urged to come forward after raised voices were heard in an area of woodland near Stone Street, Lyminge, on the morning of Sunday, 26 April 2020. Kent Police was called at...
Police officers have been dealing with a number of groups of people who decided they “fancied a day at the beach” today. Officers have been seen on seafronts issuing stern words of advice to groups who have travelled to Southend for a day at the...
Police officers sent a number of people home from Southend’s parks today, after groups met up to play football, use skate parks, sunbathe and have picnics. PCSO Steve Hollands said: “I just asked 4 adults to leave the skate park in...
People are receiving phone calls which say they are from Government Coronavirus Helpline. It is a recorded message saying the Government has issued instructions that everyone has to wear face masks. Then it tells you to Press 1 to continue to order...
The UK’s coronavirus death toll has passed 20,000 after a further 781 fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours. otal number of deaths for each nation (24/04/2020) NHS England England (711) new deaths (18,084) total Public Health...
Man remanded in custody after being charged with firearms offence following arrest in Chatham A man has been remanded in custody after appearing before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 25 April 2020. Michael Akunomoh, 33, was arrested on...
Four men have been charged with drugs offences as part of an ongoing police operation. All four were arrested on Thursday, 23 April and charged on Friday, 25 April as below: Joseph Vidler, 29 of Mayes Road, Tonbridge, was charged with conspiracy to...
The A282 Southbound at Dartford River Crossing (the Queen Elizabeth 2nd bridge) is closed due to a Police led incident. Essex Police and Kent Police are in attendance. Southbound traffic is being diverted via the East Tunnel (larger tunnel)...
Nine men have received custodial sentences for their involvement in a violent disturbance that resulted in the death of a young man in Maidstone. Andre Bent, 21, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sunday 25 August 2019 when fighting broke...
Progress is being made to reopen Mcdonald’s restaurants in the UK by mid-May. The process will start slowly, with food only available via delivery or from drive-throughs. The news comes after McDonald’s reopened some of its French...
A suspected lead thief has been charged with causing criminal damage to a Whitstable church. Kent Police officers were called to All Saints Church in Church Street at 9.10pm on Tuesday 24 March 2020 following a report that the building had been...
Firefighters have joined a school’s production line to make and deliver more than 26,000 face visors for frontline healthcare staff working during the Covid-19 outbreak. Crews at Ramsgate and Margate fire stations are working with Chatham and...
A drug dealer who sold heroin and crack cocaine in Dover has been jailed. Garry Stow, 51, was one of a number of dealers caught during a Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate investigation into drug networks in the town. After he was arrested in...
Today’s total number of deaths & cases for the UK (24/04/2020) New deaths today from UK data (768) total UK (19,507) DHSC: UK deaths in hospital (tbc) total UK (tbc) Daily lab-confirmed UK cases (tbc) Total lab-confirmed UK cases (tbc)...
As the UK continues on lockdown this group covidots flouted the law yards from the law. Ivy Lane is yards from Canterbury Police station in the city centre. The grass had a picnic on it and cans littered the grass. The group of ten carried...
Three people have been arrested and cash seized after Kent Police carried out a warrant at a property in Ramsgate. Officers attended a flat in Melbourne Avenue on the morning of Friday 24 April 2020 in an intelligence-led operation. A quantity of...
The M20 motorway has been closed between both directions between junction 6 and junction seven following a collision. A large white Ford transit van has come to rest on it’s side. The Kent and Sussex Air ambulance has been called the...
As of 9am 23 April, 583,496 tests have concluded, with 23,560 tests on 22 April. 425,821 people have been tested of which 138,078 tested positive. As of 5pm on 22 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 18,738...
As we prepare for another evening showing our support for the NHS, Residents ARE being asked to reconsider using sky lanterns to show their support. They might look nice, but they could cause real problems for people, property and animals, as well...
Two suspected burglars have appeared in court after a car, reported stolen from Ditton, was involved in a collision with two police vehicles. At 5.03am on Saturday 18 April 2020, the owner of a VW Polo called Kent Police stating it had been stolen...
A man has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker over an allegation he coughed at a police officer and said he had Covid-19 symptoms. The incident happened after Kent Police was called to a disturbance in St George’s Lane, Canterbury...
FINAL WARNING. If you’re self-employed and haven’t submitted your already very very late 2018/19 tax return, you must do it today (Thursday 23th April) to be eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. Miss it and...
Firefighters are helping two young girls to spread a little positivity across their community by flying their homemade flag. Crews at Tunbridge Wells Fire Station were presented with the colourful rainbow flag by sisters Kitti, 12 and Iris, 10. The...
Some good news admiral insurance are giving refunds to customers per car or van insured with them due to less claims being paid out Let’s hope they all follow suit If you’re with admiral and not had an email log into your account and see ho much...
A suspect is to appear at court charged with a firearms offence following his arrest in Chatham. Kent Police was called at 8.35am on Wednesday 22 April 2020 regarding a disturbance at an apartment on Dock Head Road. Patrols, including...
Trading Standards have received reports about unsolicited phone calls offering to sell face masks for £29.00. These are scams. These criminals are preying on all of our vulnerabilities at the minute and trying to scare us into parting with...
A hospital worker employed by private company ISS faces the sack after a dispute over PPE. The GMB member – who collects rubbish from Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, in Woolwich – was told he wasn’t entitled to wear a face mask. He lives with his...
