On Monday 25 January 2021, Jason Campbell was travelling over 60 miles-per-hour, twice the speed limit on Broad Oak Road, which meant he couldn’t...
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At about 3am on Monday 6 September 2021, the victim reported that he was cycling through Dane Park with a friend when they came across three men, one of whom demanded they hand over their bikes. One of the men tried to hit the victim before...
Allow space and drive slowly when approaching horses on the road – that’s the message the Medway Community Safety Unit wants all road users to understand. Promoting road safety is an important part of the day job for PSCOs Sean Humphrey and...
A man fatally stabbed during an altercation outside the railway station on Saturday night (18 September) has been named as Vitali Skrypniak (45), a Ukrainian lorry driver. He’d parked his vehicle up overnight in Hailey Road. Detectives have...
Tommy Hunwick was reported missing on the afternoon of Thursday 23 September 2021 and officers are concerned for his welfare. The 25-year-old was last seen in Orpington High Street at around 9pm. Tommy is described as around five feet seven...
The kits (baby Squirrels), a boy and three girls, were successfully bred at Longleat as part of a UK-wide programme to reintroduce the species back into the wild. The rodent, last seen in the county in 1965, is virtually extinct in England...
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said that a court injunction has been granted to National Highways against protesters targeting the M25. Climate change activists from Insulate Britain could face imprisonment as a result of the High Court...
Commander Craig’s appointment as an honorary officer reflects his personal support for UK Armed Forces and links it with the legacy created through the guise of the fictional British secret agent. Honorary officers in the Royal Navy bring a breadth...
The images of the man, taken from CCTV, shows him walking in Pegler Square SE3 on the evening Sabina was attacked. Police have also released an image of a silver vehicle they believe the man has access to, which was also captured in the...
A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of teacher Sabina Nessa, the Metropolitan Police have said. Earlier today officers heading up the murder manhunt released CCTV of a man they want to talk to. Detectives believe...
Officers from British Transport Police have detained a female after she made off down railway tracks in Maidstone this afternoon. Police and Network train ordered the power to be shut down t Maidstone Barracks station and called in a Police...
Singlewell PCSOs Maria Pereira and Shamar Appleby applied to Gravesham Council to request funding for a local community hub called ‘Strengthening Minds’ which is located on Warrior Avenue. During their community work in the area they realised that...
A 36-year-old man was arrested at his home address in Streatham on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance on Wednesday, 22 September. A 51-year-old woman was arrested at her home address in Warrington on suspicion of conspiracy to cause...
Benjamin Henley was more than two and a half times over the drink drive limit when he collided with a black Audi which had broken down on a slip road on the A249 on 24 October 2018. Henley, 45, of Illustrious Close, Chatham, failed to spot the Audi...
Aviation CPVs will patrol the skies above the county and report back on what they see. This could be in relation to a variety of incidents on the ground including a search for a missing person, a traffic issue or helping to perform other specific...
Gavin Calloway and Charles Hodges worked together to import the class A drug into the UK before they then converted it back into solid form and sold it across Kent. The drug dealers used encrypted phone platform, ‘EncroChat’, to facilitate their...
Police were called at 5.32pm on Saturday, 18 September after a body was discovered near a community centre in Cator Park, Kidbrooke Park Road, SE3. The woman has now been identified as 28-year-old Sabina Nessa from Kidbrooke. A post-mortem...
Town Centre PC Lewis Bennett took part in a project which saw him run a lemonade stand in the Old High Street on the afternoon of Sunday 12 September 2021. The stand, called the ‘LemonAID Response Unit’ by artist Victoria Melody...
Police were called to the incident at 12.33pm on Sunday 19 September 2021 when a black Honda CB 1300 was involved in a collision with a grey Vauxhall Corsa in Leysdown Road. The motorbike is believed to have been travelling west to east towards...
Climate activists are protesting on the M25 for the fourth time in a week, blocking traffic at junction 18 and causing major disruption. Hertfordshire Police said officers were called to the M25 at 08:12 BST, as well as to a separate protest near J4...
Police were called at 5.33pm on Saturday, 18 September after a body was discovered near a community centre in Kidbrooke Park Road, SE3. Officers believe they know the identity of the woman, who is aged in her 20s, but they await formal...
A murder investigation has begun after a man in his 40s died outside Belvedere railway station after being stabbed last year night. Police were called at 10:13pm. There have not yet been any arrests. Witnesses or anyone with information should call...
It is hoped the technology will help tackle crimes including thefts and burglaries and also assist officers in detecting criminals operating in rural communities, around towns such as Edenbridge and areas close to the Sussex and Surrey borders...
Police were called to Widmore Road, Bromley at 10.25pm on Tuesday, 14 September following reports of a stabbing. Officers attended with London Ambulance Service paramedics and a London Air Ambulance crew. They found a 51-year-old man with multiple...
Fire crews from East Sussex and Kent Fire and Rescue technical rescue teams and USAR teams all worked hard last night for over 4 hours to rescue a horse estimated at 700-800kg and measuring 17.5 hands.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service are currently at the scene of a large fire at a National Grid site in Sellindge, Ashford. At the height of the incident, 12 fire engines plus other specialist vehicles were fighting the fire using compressed air foam to...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called at 6.40pm to a house fire on Loose Road, Maidstone Crews wearing breathing apparatus entered the property where they rescued a casualty and put out the fire using hose reel jets. The casualty was handed into...
A renewed appeal for information has been issued as the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate continue to investigate an armed robbery at a Marden home. An unknown man is reported to have entered a home in Thorn Road at around 4am on Sunday 5...
At around 12.45am on Sunday 29 August 2021, Kent Police was called to a report of an altercation at the junction of the town’s High Street and Prospect Place. Officers attended and it was reported that a man had been assaulted with a...
Fahren Smith was behind the wheel of a Suzuki Swift which had five passengers inside when it left Mundy Bois Road, Egerton and collided with a tree on the evening of 4 July 2020. Millie Greenway, 17, suffered serious injuries in the collision...
Ellie-Mae Murphy, 13, was last seen in the Castlemaine Road area of the town at around 4.30pm on Saturday 11 September 2021 and officers are concerned for her welfare. She was last seen wearing black ripped jeans, a white T-shirt, a denim...
Aiden Hubbard-Stewart was made the subject of the order due to his previous behaviour towards the woman, who was known to him. Despite this, he followed and then slapped the woman in Canterbury in June this year, then attacked her again in...
The collision happened on the A262 Goudhurst Road, at around 4.35pm on Sunday 12 September 2021. It is reported that a red Yamaha motorcycle left the road at a location close to Chalk Lane. No other vehicles are believed to have been involved...
Climate change protesters have been disrupting traffic at Swanley interchange on the M25 this morning, calling for CO2 emissions to be lowered.
Officers from Surrey police say a number of arrests have been made following the protest protest
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Whiteness Road, Broadstairs by the Coastguard to reports of a young person that had climbed into a cave and was unable to get back down. Crews used a short extension ladder and walked them down to be...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Whiteness Road, Broadstairs by the Coastguard to reports of a young person that had climbed into a cave and was unable to get back down. Crews used a short extension ladder and walked them down to be...
Witnesses are being urged to come forward after five police officers were injured during a collision in Dartford. The incident, which involved a Kent Police patrol car and a white Toyoya Prius taxi, happened in Home Gardens at around 3.20am on...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Maritime Way, St Marys Island, Chatham to a fire which is believed to have started in a tumble dryer. Crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled the fire using hose jets. A male casualty was treated for...
Witnesses are being sought after a man suffered serious injuries in a Ramsgate nightclub It was reported that between 1am and 1.30am on Sunday 29 August 2021, there was an altercation in the toilets of the Clique Bar in Harbour Parade. ...
At about 8.20pm on Friday 10 September 2021, the two motorbikes collided in Sir Thomas Longley Road, Rochester, near to the junction with Culpeper Close. Both riders, a man in his 30s and a man in his 20s suffered serious injuries and...
A major search has been called off after the sad outcome of a woman body being found in the sea. Police, Coastguard teams along with the search and rescue helicopter were called at around 3am following reports of a woman entering the water. A...
Ralph Spicer raped and indecently assaulted a girl in her teens after befriending her in Folkestone. His victim contacted Kent Police in later life and, following an investigation, Spicer was charged in November 2019. After a trial at...
Officers are assisting licensees with measures they can take to safeguard both customers and staff and prevent issues including drink spiking. Premises throughout the town have been given Spikeys to distribute to drinkers. The devices fit inside...
Paul James used makeshift bladed objects to slash the face of two victims during two violent incidents at HMP Swaleside in May 2018 and January 2019. He was handed two life sentences on Friday 3 September 2021 at Maidstone Crown Court and...
Kent Police was called just before 10am on Friday 10 September 2021 following a report of a concern for a missing light aircraft which was subsequently found in a field in Tar Pot Lane, Ashford. One man has been declared deceased at the scene by...
Kent Police was called to a store in Northdown Road in the early hours of Saturday 28 August 2021 following a report a man had been assaulted. He sustained injuries consistent with a stabbing and attended a local hospital for treatment. ...
The victim, who is 19, was travelling in Yeoman Lane, towards the A20 Ashford Road, at around 7.15pm on Tuesday 7 September 2021 when he is reported to have been in collision with a silver Mercedes. He was taken to a local hospital, where he...
The incident took placein Saltings Road. The first incident is reported to have taken place at around 4am on 4 July 2021, after which the man walked away in the direction of the train station. It is believed the suspect targeted the same address on...
Aaliyah Chen, 15, was last seen in Sidcup at around 9.30pm on the evening of Sunday, 5 September. She was reported missing the following morning. Officers believe that Aaliyah may be in the company of an older man and a high risk missing...
