Reports of a young child knocked over in the area of Woodlands Park / Rookery Fields in the Gillingham around 8.15pm on Friday evening. The Kent...
Child airlifted after Gillingham incident
UPDATED:Gatwick Airport thrown into lockdown after suspect vehicle accesses airport service road the wrong way than crashes driver makes off into packed terminal
Gatwick Airport thrown into lockdown after suspect vehicle accesses airport service road the wrong way than crashes driver makes off into packed terminal
Officers are warning residents in west Kent to be vigilant after thieves targeted elderly shoppers in Sevenoaks
Police arrest two ‘slippery little suckers’ after cooking oil theft
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The officers were responding to concerns from members of the public about a man behaving in an anti-social manner in the high street at around 1.40pm on 30 May 2021. Police approached a suspect, who is said to have used racist words to verbally...
The 47-year-old man from Oldbury in the West Midlands was stopped at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Folkestone on the evening of Monday 31 May 2021. UK Border Force officers carried out a search of his Mitsubishi L200 with the assistance of a...
The man, from Gravesend, was arrested on Tuesday 1 June 2021 as part of the investigation into the alleged offence which was committed against a child. The arrest was made following an earlier appeal by Kent Police in which photographs were...
The task force was launched on 16 October 2020 and consists of officers and staff from Kent Police, Maidstone Borough Council and Kent County Council wardens, along with partners such as housing associations, probation services and the...
At around 7.20pm on Sunday 30 May 2021, Kent Police was called to a report of a man being assaulted by another in Brenchley Gardens, near Station Road. The victim, aged in his 30s, sustained injuries and was taken to a London hospital where he...
A police dog has been badly injured and an officer is facing weeks off work following a knife attack in south London. Police Dog Kaiser was on patrol with his handler, PC Mark Woolcott, at around 23:00hrs on Sunday, 30 May when they were called to a...
Around 60 people took part in a gathering in the town centre and along the seafront on Saturday 29 May 2021. Kent Police officers attended to ensure the protest remained peaceful and any disruption to the community and local businesses was kept...
Sarah Everard, disappeared on March 3 while walking home in Clapham, south London, has given her cause of death as compression of the neck
The bikes, which were are believed to have been stolen, were found abandoned in the Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, and Marlowe Way, Ramsgate, areas between 10 and 17 March 2021. They are described as a silver Giant mountain bike, a black Marin...
At around 7.20pm on Sunday 30 May 2021, Kent Police was called to a report of a man being assaulted by another in Brenchley Gardens, near Station Road. The victim, aged in his 30s, sustained injuries and was taken to a London hospital...
A man has been arrested and the station has been evacuated at Bromley station after a staff member was stabbed this afternoon on Bank holiday Monday. It is understood that the staff member asked the man for his ticket and was then stabbed in the...
Kent Police attended the Calfstock Lane area of Farningham shortly after 7pm on Sunday 30 May 2021, where the body of a woman was located. Formal identification has not yet taken place, however, the family of a 53-year-old woman who was...
Police in Maidstone have established a large crime scene in Brenchley Gardens following a serious assault. Police and Paramedics were called on Sunday afternoon following the attack and found a person who had been seriously wounded the attack is...
Two fire engines were sent to the house in Haig Avenue after food was left under the grill and caught alight. Crews wore breathing apparatus and used a hose reel to extinguish the small fire inside the oven. They also used a high pressured fan to...
Julie Boddington, 53, was last seen at her home in the village at around 10am on Sunday 30 May 2021 and officers are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare. She is described as being around 5ft 2in with wavy grey hair and green eyes. ...
A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the incident, which happened in Queen Street at around 3.10am on Sunday 30 May 2021. The victim, a man in his 20s, was walking with a friend when they were approached by another group...
Hundreds have been caught on camera ignoring social distancing rules as they pack inside a warehouse for an illegal rave in SouthEast London in the early hours of Sunday morning. The rave had been going on for several hours before police moved in...
The collision occurred at about 11pm on Friday 28 May 2021 on the A225 Dartford Road, between Franks Lane and Calfstock Lane. A silver Toyota Yaris and a black Suzuki Swift collided head on. Both drivers were taken to a London hospital. The...
On Saturday 29 May 2021 approximately 60 people arrived to take part in a gathering in the town centre and along the sea front. Kent Police officers attended the scene to ensure people were able to take part in a peaceful protest and to make...
Police and anti-immigration protesters have clashed outside the entrance to Dover harbour on Saturday. A number of arrests have been arrested for public order offences and one person had been treated Police Medics Coastgaurd and Paramedics after he...
Police were called at around 1.30am on Saturday, 29 May, to reports of a stabbing in Plumstead High Street, SE18. Officers attended the scene along with ambulance service colleagues. They located two men, aged 21 and 23 years, who were suffering...
Long delays are expected as three lanes and the hard shoulder of the busy M25/A282 Dartford Tunnel crossing remain closed following a Kent Police led incident. Three lanes of the M25 toward the Dartford crossing remain closed following a police led...
D’quan Samuel, 21, of Canterbury Street, Gillingham, and Malachi Oba, 22, of Longley Road, Rochester, are each alleged to have broken into a home in Charles Street at around 1am on Wednesday 7 April 2021. A man and a woman inside the property...
Grant Ray admitted 12 offences, including robbery, fraud and taking a vehicle without consent, which took place between May 2019 and November 2020. The 28-year-old, formerly of Barn Platt, Ashford, was jailed for a total of three years at Canterbury...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a house fire on Southbourne Road in Folkestone. Two fire engines were sent to the incident, and crews arrived to smoke issuing from the kitchen at the rear of the property. Firefighters wearing...
Information is sought by officers investigating the reported theft of a dog in Headcorn. Between 5pm and 6pm on Friday 14 May 2021, Phoebe, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel was allegedly stolen from the garden of a property in Lenham Road. Phoebe has...
The victim was walking along Gwyn Road at around 2.50pm on Wednesday 26 May 2021 when a car pulled up behind him. Two men got out of the car and one demanded the victim’s bag. The victim was then punched several times before being threatened into...
Lance Colston was sentenced today at Maidstone Crown Court to seven years and five months’ imprisonment, after the assault led to the death of 55-year-old Jason Orwin. At around 6.40pm on 31 July 2020, Mr Orwin was in Bower Place with a friend when...
Police have re-issued an appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of a woman from West Ashton, near Trowbridge. Michelle Henley, 38, has been missing from her home address since Friday 7 May. She is described as white, approximately 5 feet 5...
Community Staff Nurse Lesley Stevens who worked for Axminster Hospital was tragically found dead earlier this year and Police are desperately trying to track down a next-of-kin or family member. Lesley’s body was sadly found in the water off Lyme...
An investigation has been launched and a man arrested following a fatal stabbing in Cheam. Police were called at 9.55pm on Thursday, 27 May to reports of a disturbance at a residential address on Park Road in Cheam. Officers attended and found a...
Police are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage following a fatal collision in Crawley. Officers were called around 3.15am on Friday (May 28) to reports of a single vehicle collision involving a grey Toyota Proace van on the A23 London Road...
The 28-year-old, of Warden Bay Road, Sheerness, admitted robbery and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday 25 May 2021 to five years and four months’ imprisonment. McNair was one of three men who entered the victim’s home, in Kent...
Matthew Sales, Thomas Pearson and Jed Coates attacked the victim with a kitchen knife, a chain and a wooden bat in August 2020. At Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday 26 May 2021, Sales, 21, was given an eight-year sentence, Pearson, 35, was...
On Saturday 17 April 2021, the victim had been travelling in a Ford Transit flatbed truck when at around 2.15pm he was approached by two men in a car park off the High Street. It is reported he was punched in the face and pulled from his vehicle...
Two fire engines were sent to the incident, and crews arrived to a small amount of undergrowth alight. Firefighters used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, and the cause is believed to be accidental. No casualties were reported. It is now...
Between Monday 17 and Sunday 23 May, officers in Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team carried out 16 warrants against individuals believed to be involved in supplying class A substances. The activity had been arranged to support a...
Thanks to a sounding smoke alarm, two people were able to safely escape their home after a fire started in the kitchen. Two fire engines were sent to the house in Memel Place, Ramsgate, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to...
Information is sought following a report two people attempted to rob a boy in Greenhithe. The suspects are alleged to have approached the victim near The Avenue bridge, between Greenhithe Railway Station and Ingress Park, at around 3.30pm on...
Street robber Christopher Banks has been jailed. A robber who threatened a woman with a knife before stealing her money in Lydd has been jailed. Christopher Banks admitted robbery, possession of a bladed article and possession of cannabis at...
Police officers investigating a reported theft and assault at a Maidstone supermarket have released a CCTV image. The incident happened at around 7.45pm on 28 April 2021 at Aldi in Laight Road, when it is alleged a group of people placed groceries...
An uninsured driver consumed whiskey and smoked cannabis before causing a collision near Tunbridge Wells that claimed the lives of a married couple in their 80s. Kristiyan Trendafilov has now been sentenced to more than five years in prison...
A Snodland man who abused, assaulted, and spat at police officers has been jailed. Kenneth Britcher was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment following a series of violent and drunken offences during which he also headbutted an officer. Police...
He was stopped at the Port of Dover on 5th May after National Crime Agency investigators received intelligence that the lorry had drugs on board.
The supermarket giant, which has a stores across the UK has issued the recall on the 500g packs of vegetable cous cous with all date codes up to and including 3rd June 2021. No other products or date codes have been affected. Symptoms caused by...
Witnesses are sought after a motorist was violently assaulted following a traffic dispute in Rochester. It is reported the victim was struck in the face with a hammer during the incident which happened in Watt’s Avenue. Kent Police was called...
Put in place this afternoon, the Dover Traffic Access Protocol (TAP) is slowing motorists approaching Dover via the A20 it was brought into force just after 3pm on Tuesday. It means a 40mph speed restriction will apply to all vehicles approaching...
The incident happened in Canterbury in September 2020 when two men suspected of making unwanted sexual advances towards a number of women in the city centre were spotted on CCTV getting into a taxi with two new potential victims. Kent Police was...