Four fire engines were sent to the scene and crews wearing breathing apparatus worked to extinguish the flames. Firefighters also used a smoke...
A speeding driver has been jailed for more than two years after causing serious injury to a pedestrian in Canterbury
Josh Harkins controlled a supply chain known as the ‘Scouse’ line, which distributed Class A drugs to users in Ramsgate for almost a year
A suspected drug dealer has been arrested after a police patrol pursued a car allegedly being driven dangerously in Gillingham
Two teenagers are to appear in court charged in connection with two serious assaults in Folkestone
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Kent Fire and Rescue Service have responded to a house fire on Loose Road in Maidstone. Four fire engines we’re in attendance. Firefighters used hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze, before clearing the property with ventilation fans. Crews...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a dishwasher fire at an address in The Close, Dover. Two fire engines were sent to the scene and crews arrived to flames and smoke issuing from the domestic appliance. Firefighters wearing...
A suspected burglar will appear in court after a leisure centre was targeted in Edenbridge. On Monday 13 January 2020, two bank cards were reported stolen from a staff room in Stangrove Park. It is alleged one of the cards was later used to...
Detectives are urging two men to come forward who may have important information in connection with a murder in Gillingham. Anthony Eastwood was killed on the afternoon of Friday 20 December 2019, after suffering fatal stab wounds in Fox Street. A...
Witnesses are being sought by officers investigating a robbery in Dartford town centre. The incident took place at around 9pm on Saturday 11 January 2020 in Spital Street. The victim, a man in his 20s, is reported to have been approached by three...
The A249 in Kent is closed in both directions between the B2005 and A250 due to strong winds on the Sheppey Crossing. Traffic is being diverted by the Kingsferry Bridge. Drivers planning to travel are encouraged to plan their journey in advance and...
The aftermath of Storm Brendan. Road closures in place in Orpington after 10-storey high scaffolding collapsed. Chelsfield Lane is currently blocked by the massive structure, which has spread across the road and there is a police...
An appeal for information has been issued by officers investigating a suspected arson in Maidstone. Kent Police was called at around 12.30am on Monday 13 January 2020, to a report a car was on fire whilst parked on a driveway on Glebe Lane, Barming...
A computer-generated image of a man has been issued by our officers investigating a report of a robbery in #Queenborough. At around 7pm on Saturday 16 November 2019, a woman left a shop in Main Road and crossed over the street into Stanley Avenue...
Witnesses are being sought after a teenager suffered serious injuries following a collision in Sittingbourne. A blue Volkswagen Scirocco was travelling along Mill Way from Eurolink Way when it was involved in a collision with a pedestrian who was...
A CCTV image has been issued by detectives investigating a burglary of a shop in Tonbridge where a quantity of mobile phones were stolen. Between 11.30pm on Tuesday 31 December 2019 and 7.45am on 1 January 2020 a break-in was reported at a premises...
Detectives investigating the death of a man in Gillingham have charged a teenage boy with his murder. The 17-year-old, from Barking, London, was arrested by Kent Police officers in Coquelles, France, in the early hours of Saturday 11 January 2020. A...
The M25 clockwise entry slip at junction J1A is likely to remain closed until Monday we can reveal. It follows an incident involving an overturned vehicle. Recover of the large good vehicle has started to take place. Highways England have said...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a chimney fire on Summer Leeze in Ashford. One fire engine was in attendance and crews used a ladder and chimney gear to tackle the blaze and remove debris. No casualties were reported, and the...
Arrests after stolen JCB collides with hedge in Chartham Two men have been arrested on suspicion of theft after a JCB collided with a hedge in Chartham, near Canterbury. Officers travelled to Bolts Hill shortly after 8.30pm on Saturday 11 January...
The home of a 90 year old female pensioner was attacked under the cover of darkness in the town of Lydd, Kent. The vile attack took place on Saturday evening when the home of the disabled woman came under attack with windows being smashed, paint...
Suspected Maidstone fraudster charged over parcel scam A suspected fraudster alleged to have scammed a pensioner at his home in Maidstone has been arrested and charged. At around 11am on 3 January 2020 a woman knocked on the door of a...
Burglary investigators are appealing for information after high value watches were stolen from a home in Ashford. An address in Quantock Drive is reported to have been targeted between 4.30pm and 5.30pm on Wednesday 8 January 2020. Items stolen...
A shoplifter who threatened staff with a needle and a knife at stores across Swale has been jailed. Lucille Willett, 29, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to 14 offences in June 2019 and was sentenced to 19 months’ imprisonment at Maidstone Crown...
Hundreds of cannabis plants seized in Dartford More than 300 cannabis plants have been seized from a warehouse in Dartford. Kent Police was called at around 6am on Wednesday 8 January 2020 to reports of a break-in at a business unit in Waldeck...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a house in Luddenham Close, Maidstone, to reports of an oven alight. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to put the fire out, which was fortunately contained...
A collision has taken place on the #M20 motorway between Junction 5 Maidstone towards Junction 4 #Leybourne. The collision is blocking lanes 1 and 2 (of 3). Traffic in lane 3 is passing very slowly past scene. Emergency services are at the scene...
Following two days of activity last month (Wednesday, 18 and Thursday, 19 December, 2019), officers have executed a further 11 warrants at addresses in London and Kent as part of an ongoing operation to tackle the supply of drugs in London’s West...
Weapons, drugs and cash have been seized after a motorist was searched and arrested in Tunbridge Wells. On Tuesday 7 January 2020 officers from the Tunbridge Wells Community Policing Team were in the London Road area, when they noticed what appeared...
Police officer gave chase to two men wearing balaclava on a stolen moped in Orpington this morning (Wednesday January 8th). The bike was two up is understood to have jumped a red light and went flying off on the busy High street in Orpington at...
Contractors carrying out the much-criticised “SMART” motorway work in the M20 say that overnight closures for the rest of the week have been CANCELLED. A statement from Kier, the contractors doing the work for Highways England, said:...
A engineer working for Laing O’Rourke, has been named as one of the British victims that claimed the lives of 176 after a Boeing 737 crashed shortly after taking off in Tehran. Saeed Tahmasebi and his new wife had recently got married in Iran...
Witnesses are being sought following a serious collision in Dartford. A silver Mercedes car was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in Cotton Lane at around 6.45am on Wednesday 8 January 2020. A man in his 30s sustained serious leg injuries...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a washing machine alight in a house in Pine Tree Avenue, Canterbury. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to put the fire out. A high pressure fan was used to...
Kent Police is appealing for information into the whereabouts of a Sevenoaks man who has been reported missing. Officers are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Roy Logan, 51, from the Hartley area, who last made contact with his...
Two men charged with assaulting police officers in Canterbury Seven charges have been made against two men following a disturbance in Canterbury city centre on 4 January 2020. Three Kent Police officers are reported to have been assaulted after they...
Kent Police received a report that Sussex Police officers had found the body of a man near Lamberhurst at around 8pm on Sunday 5 January 2020. Officers attended the area with the South East Coast Ambulance Service where the...
Witnesses are being sought following a collision in Maidstone. A blue Hyundai i10 car was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a church car park in Knightrider Street near to the junction with Lower Stone Street at around 10.30am on...
A man has been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery in Greenhithe. It was reported that a woman was approached by four men in London Road at around 7.20pm on Saturday 4 January 2020. A demand was made for the...
The M26 in Kent is closed eastbound between the M25 and J2A (A20, Sevenoaks) due to a serious traffic collision. Kent Police will attend, along with Traffic Officers from Highways England are at the scene. Emergency services were called just...
Drivers have claimed that over 30 vehicles have been damaged in an overnight wrecking spree in Northfleet in Kent. The vehicles have had their tyres slashed whilst they were parked at Northfleet station, Homerton Road and Railway Street in the town...
Police have closed a section of the A256 London Road in Dover following a three vehicle collision that narrowly missed and killing a local boxer who has been named as Zak Mccabe we can reveal. One of the vehicles narrowly missed ploughing into...
Witnesses are sought following a report a woman approached a child in Cliftonville, Margate. The incident took place while the child was walking with a parent in Northdown Road, near the junction with Godwin Road, at around 7.10pm on Saturday 21...
Klodjan Doci, 24, is wanted in connection with a burglary in the Maidstone area. If you know where he is, call 101 quoting reference 46/228045/19. Alternatively call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or complete the...
Officers investigating after a car reportedly failed to stop in Rochester are appealing for information. Police were alerted to a black Ford Fiesta suspected of being driven dangerously in Blue Boar Lane, Rochester at 3.20am on Wednesday, 1 January...
Witness appeal after assault at St Mary Cray station – Bromley Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked at St Mary Cray station, Bromley. At around 11:05am on Tuesday 26 November, the victim, a 50-year-old man, was attacked at...
Bradstone Road is in lockdown after attempted murder has taken place within a flat at Bradstone Court in Folkestone this evening Armed Police, a dog unit and officers from Kent Police rushed to the scene just after 1opm on Friday evening. Police...
Eleven people charged in connection with cannabis production in Folkestone Eleven people have been charged by Kent Police officers investigating a disturbance in Folkestone. The incident took place in the Bradstone Road area at around 1am on...
Beware of text, emails and Social Media messages purporting to be from Argos. The message will be asking you to click on a link which will take you to a website controlled by criminals to steal your personal and financial information. If in doubt do...
Ten people have been arrested by Kent Police following a disturbance in the Bradstone Road area of Folkestone at around 1am on Thursday 28 November 2019. Officers attended the scene and detained the men, aged between 24 and 50, on suspicion of drug...
Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are investigating a burglary where a cash machine was stolen in Northfleet. The incident happened at the Northfleet Food and Wine shop in the High Street, shortly before 12.15am on...
Investigators are appealing for information following a serious collision in Greenhithe, near Dartford. At around 10.15am on Wednesday 27 November 2019 a Volkswagen Transporter van travelling from the direction of Crossways Business Park collided...
Rebecca Carr (also known as Rebecca Simmonds) was 22yrs old when she went missing on 25 November 2002 after her grandparents dropped her off near Gillingham railway station. She is 5ft 8in, of slim build and had mousy brown long curly hair at the...