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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Two burglars who pretended to be delivering pizza before forcing their way into an address in Faversham have been jailed. Gary Westcott, of Denver Road, Rochdale and Matthew Poole, of Alexandra Road, Sheerness stole cash and two mobile phones from...
Rough sleepers, or those at risk of rough sleeping will be supported by £3.2 million of initial emergency funding if they need to self-isolate to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The funding will be available to all local authorities in...
Nissan has suspended production at its Sunderland plant as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
The company Employs around 7,000 people on Wearside.
A teenage boy who stabbed a man to death during a disturbance in Maidstone has been found guilty of his murder. Vasilios Ofogeli used a machete to kill 21-year-old Andre Bent and injure three others when violence broke out in the Bank Street area of...
Folkestone man has been jailed for over six years after stabbing a taxi driver in an unprovoked attack. Amir Sharifrazy carried out the assault during the evening of Friday 5 July 2019 in Guildhall Street, Folkestone. Having already shouted at the...
Today the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised against all non-essential international travel, initially for a period of 30 days. This advice takes effect immediately. This change in travel advice reflects the pace at which other...
An 83 year old woman has been the victim of a scam in Lewisham we can reveal A person knocked on her door saying they are from the health authorities and carrying mandatory testing for Coronavirus in the Lewisham Blackheath area of London. Please...
New guidance to stay at home for 14 days if someone in your household has symptoms of COVID-19 is the focus of the next stage of a public awareness campaign launched by Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock today. The new guidance will set...
Commissioner Cressida Dick reassured Londoners that the Metropolitan Police will continue to deliver the service they expect following the outbreak of COVID-19 She said: “This is a tremendously worrying time for the people of London and the whole...
Drivers could see the price of petrol and diesel fall by more than a £5 a tank because of an oil price war and the impact of coronavirus. Motoring group the RAC is expecting big cuts on the forecourt as fuel returns to its lowest price in almost...
This evening, the Prime Minister spoke to over sixty of the UK’s leading manufacturing businesses and organisations to call on them to help the UK step up production of vital medical equipment, such as ventilators. The Chancellor of the Duchy of...
A fourth man has been arrested by officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate as part of a murder investigation in Ashford. Police were called to a report of an assault in Brookfield Road, Ashford shortly before 12.30pm on Saturday 14...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says anyone who lives with someone who has a cough or a temperature should stay at home for 14 days Boris Johnson says by the weekend vulnerable people and those with serious health conditions should be...
Number of people in Britain with coronavirus jumps by 171 to 1,543 as Wales announces its first death with 40 fatalities now recorded across Britain Coronavirus UK: Wales has its first death, taking total to 40 Another 171 UK coronavirus patients...
A prison officer has tested positive for #Coronavirus, Ministry of Justice says. The male officer from High Down Prison, Surrey, is believed to be first person in any UK prison to be confirmed as infected with the virus.
Brittany Ferries has suspended passenger services between #Poole and Cherbourg and between #Portsmouth and St Malo. Sailings between Portsmouth and Caen continue. Ferries to and from Spain will only carry passengers who need to return home and...
A new van on a low-loader struck the railway bridge on Wincheap earlier this afternoon, delaying trains. The van was apparently knocked off the low-loader and fell onto the road. The bridge has been inspected and trains are running again.
Face-to-face health assessments for benefits suspended amid coronavirus outbreak
Claimants on disability benefits will no longer be required to attend face-to-face assessments. The change also covers health checks for Universal Credit.
The number of people with coronavirus in the UK who have died has risen to 35. It’s an increase of 14 in a day. There have been 1,372 confirmed infections – a rise of 232 in a day. The number of people tested has risen to 40,279, with...
A pedestrian and a double-decker bus were involved in the collision on the A226, Highfield Road North, at 11.40pm on Saturday 14 March 2020. A man suffered serious injuries and was taken to a London hospital where he remains in a critical condition...
DFDS have announced due to outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 to provide passengers with flexibility and a safe and comfortable journey they are stopping some routes. Following measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus / COVID-19 taken by many...
All British Citizens Entitled to claim £100 pound a day to stay at home to avoid spread of COVID-19 novel Coronavirus starting from March 17, 2020. The Government grant pay is accessible to all no matter employment status. Read full article here on...
These were the queues this morning at the Westcliff ALDI and Progress Road LIDL stores, as shoppers waited for the doors to open. Out panic buying like the rest of the UK
Three arrests have been made by officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate as part of a murder investigation in Ashford. Police were called to a report of an assault in Brookfield Road, Ashford shortly before 12.30pm on Saturday 14...
With the emergence of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), SAUDIA places the safety of its guests and crew as its highest priority, and applies world-class standards and procedures to ensure flights are safe and comfortable. Travel conditions and...
A young man has reportedly died after being stabbed in Brookfield Road this afternoon. The victim is being widely named as Jaydon McFarlane, believed to be 19 years old. A Murder invesigation has been launched by Kent Police following the...
Crook Log has closed between Danson Road and Brampton Road after a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian. PAramedics and Police have both been called to the incident.
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Police have launched a murder investigation after a serious stabbing in the Brookfield area of Ashford. It’s understood that a person has been seriously injured and as a result has died of his injuries despite efforts at the scene to save him...
Police launched investigation into serious stabbing in the Brookfield area of Ashford. It’s understood that a boy has been seriously injured. Witnesses claim: A young boy has been stabbed in the back on Brookfield Road. With attempts being...
Officers attempting to locate a boy reported missing from the Medway area are appealing for information. Charlie Pymm, who is 11, was reported missing at 9.15pm on 12 March 2020. Charlie is white, around 4ft 8ins tall, of slim build with...
Jet2 have cancelled all holidays in Spain and the Canary and Balearic islands ‘with immediate effect’. The airline has now confirmed that as a result of local measures introduced in Spain to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the...
Dr. Carlo Serini: «I have been a resuscitator for years, but now it’s different. Tonight I approached an elderly man. We had put on his breathing helmet. He looked around scared. I leaned over and he whispered ‘But is it true then? Am I...
Armed police attended St Clements Road in Warden on the Isle of Sheppey around 12:15pm on Friday.
Two men are said to have been arrested for suspected ‘firearms offences’.
A woman believed to be the victim of an attempted robbery is being sought by police in Folkestone. Kent Police received a report that a woman was walking down Tontine Street at around 9.30pm on Saturday 7 March 2020 when she was...
Two vehicles have collided in one of the bores of the Dartford tunnels this afternoon. Two black BMW hit each other just after 2.30pm on Friday. Police and tunnel workers have been called to the incident that is said to be causing delays. The bore...
Right or wrong, there’s no doubt the UK is increasingly an outlier in our Covid response.
As of 9am on 13 March 2020, 32,771 people have been tested in the UK, of which 31,973 were confirmed negative and 798 were confirmed as positive.
10 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
A Thanet man has been jailed for breaching a ban after he was seen partially-dressed in public. During the afternoon of 15 December 2019 Kent Police received a report that a man wearing only a burgundy jumper had been seen acting suspiciously and...
Video footage of a break-in including the sound of a window being smashed were relayed live to a victim’s mobile phone during a burglary near Maidstone. Jordan Boguslawski was unaware he was being watched as he broke into the empty property in...
A burglar who was caught in the act by a courageous Sittingbourne householder has been jailed. At around 4.50am on 10 September 2019, a Miller Close resident saw a light was on in the wooden cabin in his back garden. Suspecting there were intruders...
Detectives have charged a man with the attempted murder of a woman in Tonbridge. Kent Police officers along with South East Coast Ambulance Service were called to a nail bar in the High Street, at 9.18am on Wednesday 11 March 2020. A woman in her...
First confirmed case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in East Sussex The person has recently returned home from a cruise. Specialists from Public Health England (PHE) are working with East Sussex County Council and NHS colleagues following a confirmed...
Cricket Test series in Sri Lanka postponed – The ECB said due to the #CoronavirusPandemic the decision has been made for England players to return to the UK. All Champions League and Europa League fixtures next week have been postponed due to...
A driver on the London Underground driver has tested positive for coronavirus we can reveal Transport for London said the driver is receiving support from health services and are self-isolating due to the coronavirus diagnosis. Their duties...
A teenage girl who was killed when she was hit by a train at Sturry railway station around 7:25pm on Friday evening has been named as 16-year-old Lucy Fagg from Canterbury. Police have said that they are not treating her death as suspicious.
Police are appealing for witnesses and any drivers who may have dashcam footage to make contact following a serious collision in Bromley. Officers were called at approximately 6.49pm on Thursday, 12 March to reports of a road traffic collision on...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tests positive for corona virus. The virus has reached the Arsenal and thy have closed their training ground. Any club staff who had recent contact with Arteta have been told to self-isolate. On Friday the Premier...
Firearms, a bag containing £50,000 and a three kilogram package of heroin have been seized during the latest search warrants to tackle drug gangs and county lines in Kent. A total of 42 people were arrested after 38 properties were searched at...
