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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A jail term has been imposed on a man who carried out a series of sexual offences on a girl in the Thanet area. Some of Aron Scott’s offences took place more than a decade ago, when the victim was six years old. She later told her family about...
Kent Police was called to the M2 at Junction 3 near Rochester at around 3.35am on Tuesday 17 May 2022, following a report of concern for the welfare of a man. Officers attended the scene where a body was located and the motorway was closed. The...
Offices from Kent Police of closed the coastbound carriageways of the M2 between junctions to injunctions three following a life-changing incident. Emergency services are called at just before 3:45am on Tuesday morning following reports of a concern...
In a letter to police forces on Monday, Priti Patel announced the easing of conditions on the use of the tactics under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. Section 60 powers give officers the right to search people without...
Kent Police is appealing for information into the whereabouts of a missing man from Gravesend. Barry Woodhead, 61, was last seen near his home in the Istead Rise area at around 12.50pm on Monday 16 May 2022. He was wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt...
Police were called at about 3.15pm on Monday, 16 May to reports of a firearm discharge on Turnham Road, SE4. Officers, including firearms officers, attended. A search of the area was carried out but there was no trace of any suspects or victims. A...
The victims – aged between 32 and 86 – were shot dead by suspect Payton Gendron, 18, in Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. Among them was a former police officer, a woman who helped feed the poor and a man who drove shoppers to and from the...
A couple in their 50s were subjected to a violent and terrifying ordeal at their home in Halstead Road, Fordham on the morning on 17 November 2018. Two men wearing high visibility jackets knocked on the front door at around 9.10am and the woman...
A killer who carried out the fatal attack on Police Community Support Officer Julia James as she walked her dog in Aylesham has been found guilty of her murder. Following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court that concluded on Monday 16 May 2022 Callum...
Police were called to a wooded area off Dene Ave Sidcup Thursday morning. The death is currently being treated as unexplained
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a single vehicle crash in Plough Wents Road in Chart Sutton, near Maidstone. Three fire engines attended and crews cut away at the roof to free one person, who was passed into the care of the ambulance...
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A major search and rescue operation is being conducted near Folkstone following reports of a person in the water to Kent Police. Kent Fire and rescue service along with their boat team, Officers from Kent Police the Dover RNLI lifeboat, Coastguard...
CCTV images of two men who may have important information on an assault in Canterbury city centre have been released by Kent Police in a renewed appeal for information. At around 7.40pm, on Saturday 14 May 2022, a disturbance involving a group...
Olivia Riley was 41 and from Suffolk. Her family are being supported by specialist officers. Police were called to Cheyne Walk, SW3, at 06:21 BST on Saturday, 14 May following reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian...
A yellow weather warning has been issued covering the South East involving rain and thunderstorms. There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes or hail...
At around 7.40pm, on Saturday 14 May 2022, a disturbance involving a group of men took place outside the dSeven Stars Inn in Orange Street. During the incident a man in his 30s was assaulted by two unknown men. He sustained a serious head injury and...
Four fire engines and a height vehicle were sent to the scene, and crews arrived to smoke and flames issuing from the ground floor property. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used main jets, hose reel jets and water from a local hydrant to...
At just after 9pm on 24 March, a man approached the 15-year-old victim at Gillingham railway station and put his arm around her. They both then boarded a train to Chatham and when they arrived at the station he sexually assaulted her. A short...
The Department for Transport (DfT) said utility companies will face financial penalties more easily for poor quality road works and leaving behind potholes. It is hoped the new law change could prevent thousands of potholes being left behind by...
Police were called to an incident at Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, on Monday. The girl was taken to hospital where she later died. The two women, aged 35 and 34, were held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter...
The incident took place just after midnight on the morning of Saturday 14 May 2022. A man and a woman in their 20s were involved in a verbal exchange with an unknown woman before continuing to walk along the road. A few moments later, a...
At 7.05am on Tuesday 3 May 2022, two vehicles were involved in a collision in Stanley Road. An altercation then took place between two men from one of the cars and three people who had been in the other vehicle. During the altercation, one of the...
At 7.05am on Tuesday 3 May 2022, two vehicles were involved in a collision in Stanley Road. An altercation then took place between two men from one of the cars and three people who had been in the other vehicle. During the altercation, one of the...
Police were called to Cheyne Walk, SW3, at 6.21am on Saturday, 14 May, to reports of a collision involving a car, a woman, and three dogs. Officers attended along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service (LAS). A 41-year-old woman was found...
Shortly before 8pm on Monday 2 May 2022, a woman was walking along a footpath off Church Hill, Kingsnorth when she was approached by a man. It was reported that the man attempted to speak to the woman and, when she refused to engage with him, he...
Reg, 88, is 5’7”, of a medium build, with white hair and wearing a stone-coloured bomber jacket, blue trousers and black shoes. He is known to frequent Old Town and the seafront and was last seen walking westbound along the A28 at 7.34pm. If you see...
His family said: “Emmanuel was a loving father, fiancé, son, brother, family member and friend who was unjustly taken ahead of his time. “He was celebrating his birthday on the bank holiday weekend when he was sadly taken from us. “Emmanuel...
Erdmanis Liepa was last seen in the Bow Arrow Lane area of Dartford on Thursday 21 April 2022 and was reported missing to Kent Police four days later. Although last seen in Dartford, the 30-year-old lives in Sheerness and has ties to the...
At around 3.15pm on Friday 22 April 2022, an item was set alight and placed on a shelf inside the Wilkinson’s store in High Street. Following a review of available CCTV, officers have identified a woman who might be able to assist with their...
An estimated £25,000 worth of damage was caused to the business premises in Island Road, Hersden, after lights, CCTV cameras, a window and other items were damaged on the evening of Saturday 5 February 2022. But three of those involved in the...
The two-and-half week surrender runs from Thursday 12 May 2022 until Sunday 29 May 2022 and offers people the opportunity to dispose of unwanted or illegally held guns and ammunition including replica firearms, antique firearms, air weapons, BB...
Jeneve McKee is 66 years old and was last seen at around 10am today (Thursday 12 May). Jeneve is white and has shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes, and is around 5ft tall. She sometimes wears glasses and carries a black handbag. She may have the...
A man has been charged in connection with a series of indecent exposures in Rochester and Tunbridge Wells. Between 26 March 2021 and 21 April 2021, Kent Police received allegations of a number of offences at locations in the vicinity of Delce...
The Make Ready Centre in The Horseshoe, Banstead, is on the site of the Trust’s former headquarters and is South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) first new-build Make Ready Centre in the county. The development boasts a fleet...
Detectives are treating the two incidents, which both took place between 7pm and 7.30pm on Thursday 5 May 2022, as linked. It was reported that a man in his 20s was walking on a footpath by the playing fields in Chart Road, Great Chart, when he...
An investigation has been launched after two men were injured after scaffolding attached to Hammersmith town hall collapsed late on Wednesday afternoon. Offices from the Metropolitan police along with firefighters and urban search and rescue trained...
Information from the helicopter helped patrols track down two men in Frindsbury Hill on Sunday 8 May 2022, who it is alleged had been driving around #Medway on the stolen bike. Both men were arrested just after 1pm, one of them – aged 20 from...
Information is sought after a dog walker was knocked unconscious in an unprovoked assault near Maidstone. The assault was carried out by a passenger on a motorcycle, who got off the vehicle and punched the victim in the face. The incident is...
Anthony Pemberthy, 43, of Calder Road, Maidstone, and Stephen Davenport, 60, of Ashford Road, Maidstone, are alleged to have been responsible for six ATM thefts committed between November 2019 and March 2021. Diggers were used to cause...
The rider of a green Barracuda bicycle was confirmed deceased at the scene following the incident, which took place at around 12.30am on Monday 2 May 2022 on Lower Road. The victim had been cycling along the road when he was involved in the...
A “new deal” will be put in place for the 4.4 million households privately renting across England by extending the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time. These reforms will build on the progress the...
The man was detained in the early hours of Saturday 7 May 2022, after an officer had spotted suspicious activity in Church Street. The constable challenged the suspect at around 4am and a struggle took place, during which it is reported the...
Officers are investigating numerous reports where pensioners and other members of the public have been targeted after inserting their bank card into ATMs. In each case, the victims have been approached by a person who often states the machine...
Star of stage and screen Ncuti is best known for his critically acclaimed performance in Sex Education as the iconic Eric Effiong, for which he was awarded Best Actor Award at the Scottish BAFTAs in 2020 as well as numerous nominations, including...
Police were called at 10.11pm on Monday, 2 May to reports of a collision involving a cyclist and a bus in Kennington Road, at the junction with Lambeth Road. Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service [LAS] and the 62-year-old cyclist...
The A26 in East Sussex is closed in both directions between the A27 (Beddingham) and the A259 (Newhaven) due to a serious collision.
Emergency Services including Sussex Police are on scene.
Traffic is being diverted via local routes.
The actor, best known for his roles in Minder, New Tricks and The Sweeney, passed away at his home in Spain with his wife at his side. A statement from his family said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis, passed away...
