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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Police are appealing for the public’s help after a puppy was stolen in a knifepoint robbery in Orpington. The puppy, a British bulldog who is named Spot, was stolen by two men in Lullingstone Crescent. At about 08:50am on Tuesday, 3 March, Spot was...
Information is being sought by detectives after two men armed with weapons burgled a property in Paddock Wood. Cash and jewellery were reportedly stolen during the incident which happened in Ashcroft Road, during the evening of Friday 28 February...
Bosses at a Kent hospital have called an urgent meeting this afternoon after a further a staff member revealed that she has been exposed to a carrier of the Corona Virus over the weekend. The hospital worker revealed that person she had been in...
A burglar who admitted stealing cigarettes from supermarkets in east Kent has been jailed. Three different Co-op stores in Ash, Westgate and Deal, were targeted by Daniel D’Age between April and August 2019. At each store he used tools to smash his...
There are reports that a member of staff in Maidstone tested positive for coronavirus last night. According to social media reports, the first case of corona virus has reportedly been confirmed in Kent. A member of staff who works at one of the...
A youth has been charged following robberies at Currys PC World stores in London. The 16-year-old boy from Greenwich was charged on Saturday, 29 February, with two counts of robbery and two counts of possession of an offensive weapon. The charges...
Kent Police was called to a report of a robbery in Peregrine Drive, Sittingbourne at around 10pm on Saturday 29 February 2020. Officers arrived at the scene where a man had suffered a serious injury to his hand, consistent with a knife wound. He was...
A man who assaulted a woman with a baseball bat in Canterbury has been jailed for more than three years. Matthew Pithers, 36, was arrested on Saturday 7 September 2019 after assaulting the woman and threatening to kill her. He was sentenced to three...
Drug and weapon charges have been made against a Hythe man after Kent Police officers stopped a vehicle he was travelling in. Steven Rimmer was pulled over by a patrol from the Folkestone Community Policing Team in Brambley Crescent, Hythe, at...
Police have found a man’s body in Green Street Green Road near Darenth Country Park this afternoon. It is believed to be Alan Willoughby (65) missing since Tuesday. Police say Mr Willoughby’s family have been informed and there are no suspicious...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in the basement of a commercial premises in Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells. Six fire engines attended, including two fire engines from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Crews wearing breathing...
Officers have released CCTV images of a man who may be able to assist in their investigation into a sexual assault in Canterbury. A woman who was walking along Barton Mill Road reported has reported that a man spoke to her during the early hours of...
A spell of strong winds is expected to move northeast across parts of England and Wales which might lead to travel disruption. Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport are likely. Delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and...
Police were called to Longfield Station after reports distressed male on the over bridge who had ripped a large road sign off and was then threatening to jump on to the tracks. Police were alerted to the male just after 11:30 Friday Night. Power...
Emergency services have called to a incident on board a train at Ravensbourne after reports of a person with a knife. This incident was on the 21:41 Thamleslink Kentish Town to Orpington Services. Emergency services were called to meet the train...
An obstruction on the track near #MaidstoneEast is delaying trains towards London. Checks are being carried out on the line at present. A train has been damaged after hitting the obstruction on the track. The line from Maidstone East towards London...
Three burglars who broke into a home in Gravesend and tied up and threatened their victims with knives have been sentenced to a total of 28 years in prison. Baffour Amponsah, Alfie Taylor and David Powell, forced their way into an address in...
Investigators are appealing for witnesses to a serious injury collision near Wrotham. The incident took place at around 5.20am on Friday 28 February 2020 on the A20 London Road at its junction with Nepicar Lane, and involved a blue Renault Megane...
Firefighters have been sent to tackle a fire that has ripped through the basement of The Bull’s Head Pub and hotel in Chislehurst. Four fire crews have been scrambled to tackle the blaze on Royal Parade at the rustic-chic pub Crews were called...
This is the shocking moment a group of brazen thugs rip thousands of pounds of electrical equipment from displays at a Currys PC World store in broad day in Orpington in Kent. The men, who appear to be in their late teens or early 20s, are seen...
Information is being sought by officers investigating a suspected arson in Folkestone. Kent Police was called at around 2.20am on Tuesday 25 February 2020 to reports of a fire at an address in Richmond Street. Officers attended along with Kent Fire...
Emergency crews have been called to a person trapped under a train at Eden Park near Bromley. It is understood that the man involved may have been blind and fell into the track unaware that the train had not fully come to a stop. British Transport ...
Two taxi drivers have been successfully prosecuted by Ashford Borough Council for refusing to take a visually impaired passenger and their assistance dog. Despite a legal duty on taxi drivers to take a disabled person who is accompanied by an...
Three fire crews from Kent fire and rescue have been called to tackle boat that has been totally engulfed in flames. The fire broke out during rush hour on Wednesday morning and closed on lane of the busy Bishops Way in the centre of maidstone. The...
Two lanes of the M20 London between junctions four and Junction 2 have been closed following a vehicle fire. Officers from Kent Police and Fire crews from Kent fire and rescue have been mobilised to the vehicle that is understood to be a Trans Am...
The Dartford Tunnel on the M25 has been closed after a road traffic collision has left two lanes heading Anti Clockwise between J1A / Dartford Tunnel and J31 blocked. There are long delays on the approach stretching back to Junction three M20...
An investigation into a robbery and violent assault in the centre of Canterbury has led to a teenager being charged and remanded in custody. At around 3.45am on Saturday 22 February 2020 a man aged in his 30s was walking in The Precincts, when he...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a horse stuck down a muddy bank near Lickpot Hill in Folkestone. A fire engine and an animal rescue unit attended, and crews worked to move the 15 hands horse, named Paz, into a safe position...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a house fire in The Street in Mereworth, near Maidstone. Four fire engines, a height vehicle and KFRS’ Volunteer Response Team attended. Crews wearing breathing apparatus used two main jets, two hose...
Large and powerful waves are expected to affect the foreshore as a result of strong onshore winds. Tides will be at their highest between 9:15am and 1:15pm today. Flooding to roads and low lying land is possible at these times either side of the...
A computer generated image of a suspect has been released by officers investigating a reported sexual assault in Canterbury. The incident happened in Sturry Road at around 4.40pm on 4 February 2020. A woman reported she...
Appeal following armed robbery – Strood An appeal for witnesses has been issued after cash was stolen during an armed robbery in Strood. It is reported that at around 11pm on Friday 21 February 2020, four men, two of whom were...
A woman has been rushed to hospital after she fell from a bridge onto the busy M26 motorway in Kent in Saturday morning. Officers from Kent roads policing were called just after 7.20am to the M26, between Junction 3 at the M20 and the junction with...
At the 3rd Exit go over the roundabout in Dartford and that is what the driver of the Black Mercedes did on Friday night. Officers from the Met Police and fire crews were called to the Thames Road on the Dartford/ Crayford border on Friday evening...
Armed police have been sent to Allenby Rd this evening in the town, searching for a second person in connection with an armed robbery at Coral bookmakers Wednesday. One person’s already been charged with robbery and possession of a firearm with...
The M20 motorway between junction 3 and 4 has been blocked this afternoon. A collision is blocking 2 lanes on the M20 Coastbound between J3 (M26 on slip / Wrotham) and J4 (A228 Snodland). Highways England have closed part of the feeder lane...
A 29-year-old man is to appear in court following an investigation by Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate into a robbery in Ramsgate. Kent Police was called to a commercial premises in Newington Road, Ramsgate, just before 2pm on Wednesday 19...
A man is reported to have tried to steal a phone from a teenage boy at the junction of The Grove and Milton Street at around 11pm on Friday 14 February 2020. The man initially asked to borrow the victim’s phone to make a call and threatened to...
A number of fire crews from a Kent Fire and rescue have been called to tackle a blaze that has rapidly spread through in the East Cliff area of Ramsgate on Tuesday afternoon (February 19). A large black cloud has been spotted on Madeira Walk...
One of Maidstone’s biggest providers of social housing, Golding Homes, has been served a regulatory notice for “high risk” failings over electrical safety. The landlord did not complete more than 100 actions arising from fire risk...
Four arrests have been made by Kent Police officers investigating the supply of drugs in Thanet. Patrols were called to reports of suspected drug dealing in Biddenden Close, Margate, at 1.24am on Monday 17 February 2020 where they arrested a 17-year...
A suspected robber has been arrested after staff were threatened with a weapon at a Goudhurst shop. Kent Police was called at 2.24pm on Tuesday 18 February 2020 following reports that a man had demanded cash at the High Street premises, before...
Witnesses to a burglary are being sought after cash was reported stolen at a home near New Romney. It was reported that the burglary took place at around 1am on Monday 17 February 2020 in Laurel Avenue, St Mary’s Bay, where a window to the property...
A total of five suspected burglars have now been charged following a series of break-ins across Kent. Between 6 August and 5 November 2019, 30 burglaries were reported at properties in areas including New Ash Green, Sevenoaks, Medway, Sittingbourne...
Tony Atherton, of no fixed abode, was charged with dangerous driving, vehicle theft, possession of an offensive weapon, three counts of theft and driving without insurance. Chatham High Street was thrown into lockdown for nearly Eight hours after...
Kent Police is appealing for information regarding a teenage boy last seen in north Kent. Roda Camara, aged 17, was reported missing on Sunday 16 February 2020 and is described as being 6ft tall, of slim build, with black curly hair, facial stubble...
A burglar has been charged after jewellery and electronic equipment was stolen from homes in Dover. Kent Police received a report that a laptop, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, jewellery and other items had been stolen from a house in Dour...
Two teenagers suspected of a burglary at a Tonbridge school have been arrested after they were disturbed at the scene by one of Kent Police’s Crime Scene Investigators. The boy and girl, both from the Tonbridge area, were detained after officers...
