This afternoon, a sizable fire has started in Gravesend (June 26). A serious incident in Jubilee Crescent has prompted nine fire engines to respond...
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Peter Toth was last seen on Tuesday 30 March 2021 at around 11.30am in the Upper Stone Street area. He is described as being five feet and eleven inches tall, of slim build with short, straight dark brown hair and stubble. Peter is believed...
The charges follow an incident in which police were called to a report of theft of alcohol and threats to staff at a petrol station in Beaver Lane, Ashford during the evening of Thursday 25 March 2021. Christopher Leech, 28 of Tupman...
The vehicle’s windscreen was shattered as a result of the incident, which happened at around 2.40pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021, near the junction for Wrotham. It is alleged objects were thrown as the driver was passing a bridge on the A227...
Metropolitan Police officers “acted appropriately” at the Clapham Common vigil held in Sarah Everard’s memory, a detailed review has found. The inspectorate found that: – police officers at the vigil did their best to peacefully disperse the crowd –...
Information is sought to help locate a teenage boy who has been reported missing from Sheerness. Ritchie Sheehan was last seen in the Invicta Road area of the town at around 7.50pm on Monday 29 March 2021. The 13-year-old is...
Kent Police was called to junction 11 of the M20, Hythe at 5.23pm on Tuesday 23 March 2021 following a report of a road traffic collision. The passenger of one of the vehicles reportedly ran away from the scene, he was promptly located by PD...
Kent Police officers on patrol in #Folkestone stopped a Jaguar X-Type in January 2021 and found the driver Nicholas Moulder in possession of more than £5,000 in cash. Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police later carried out a warrant at a property in...
PD Bear and his handler assisted officers in Canterbury with a high-risk missing person. While searching the local area PD Bear located a track and after a short distance found the male hiding in the undergrowth. He was taken to a place of safety to...
Steven Tonks of Windmill Road, Gillingham, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on 26 March 2021 where he was sentenced to one year in jail. The 50-year-old was charged with one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child...
From 6 April, all hauliers entering England from abroad (except those arriving from the Common Travel Area, including Ireland) and staying longer than 2 days must take a coronavirus test. You must take a test within two days of arrival and every 3...
Between 2.30am and around 6.10am on Saturday 27 March 2021, a window was damaged and cash was taken from the commercial premises in George Lane. Detectives would like to speak to a man seen walking in the area at the time of the burglary. He...
At 9.24pm on 27 March 2021 Kent Police received a report that a woman had been raped inside a property in New Road. The victim reported that the man, who was known to her, raped her and also assaulted her before she was able to...
Police would like to identify and speak to these two individuals involved in a robbery in Sidcup where an electric scooter has been stolen.
Please call 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 quoting 3913173/20
Between 31 January and 21 March 2021, the Maidstone Community Policing Team received 26 reports of glass jars being thrown at homes across the village. Officers within the team reviewed the circumstances of each report and carried out a number...
On Saturday 27 March 2021, officers were called to a property near Melbourne Avenue due to concerns a resident was at risk of becoming a victim of fraud. The woman, in her 70s, called a friend at around midday to say that a man was on her roof...
Officers were called to Coombe Valley Road at 11.20pm on Sunday 28 March 2021 and two men were taken to a local hospital, both suffering head injuries. Both men, one of whom is aged forty-nine and the other aged thirty-eight, were subsequently...
From April 6, hauliers arriving in England from abroad will need to take a COVID-19 test if they are staying for more than 2 days. They need to take the first test within the first 2 days, then further tests every 3 days. This will apply to...
An historic orchard is being restored at Russell Gardens in the latest phase of the Lottery funded restoration of Thomas Mawson’s c.1900 design for Kearsney Court gardens. A total of sixty-three fruit trees are being planted by Dover District...
The charges follow an investigation by Kent Police into a report of a series of demands for money made to two people in Dover between Sunday 17 January 2021 and Saturday 20 March. Chris Sellman, 22, and 28-year-old Stephanie Gibb, both...
Police were called to Alsager Avenue on the morning of Thursday 25 March 2021 after a man was found on board a boat for which he did not have permission. Officers arrived at the scene and found the man on the boat. Having escorted him from the...
On Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 March 2021 the targeted work, which covered many areas of the city including the parks and High Street, resulted in searches and a number of arrests along with the seizure of a knife and cannabis. Arrests A 26...
Kent Police was called to a disturbance at an address near the village of Ash at 12.45am on Saturday 27 March 2021. Officers attended and, following a search, discovered around 250 cannabis plants that were seized as part of an ongoing...
A major search has been launched for a missing five-year-old after she was snatched from the Croydon contact centre on Saturday. The missing girl who is understood to have been taken by a family member may be heading to the...
A major search has been launched for a missing five-year-old after she was snatched from the Croydon contact centre on Saturday. The missing girl who is understood to have been taken by a family member may be heading to the Sheerness area of...
During the morning of Friday 26 March 2021, officers from Margate Task Force and Thanet Community Policing Team held road checks in Manston Road, Ramsgate, and Canterbury Road, Margate. A total of 39 vehicles were checked by officers...
The man was unable to account for the money and officers discovered a further £6,000 in a car. The 29-year-old from Bristol was arrested on suspicion of removal of criminal property. He has since been released pending further enquiries. A...
During the Covid pandemic news bulletins have been filled with stories of heroic doctors and nurses putting their lives on the line. The focus has mainly been on NHS intensive care units, but hospice medical staff have also shown remarkable courage...
At around 10pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021, Kent Police attended a location in the High Street at its junction with River Walk. A man aged in his 20s received medical attention by South East Coast Ambulance Service for multiple stab wounds. He was...
A woman was out walking her dog near the alleyway between Priory Street and Charles Street, at around 4.30pm, when an unknown man and woman approached and engaged her in conversation. The woman suspect then tried to grab the dog; the owner managed...
The suspects were each stopped on suspicion of traffic offences while the Medway Community Safety Unit, with support provided by the Roads Policing Unit, carried out safety checks on 15 March 2021. A 43-year-old man from Romney Marsh was arrested...
Floyd Winch used a watch with a camera in it to record the woman in 2016, before posting at least one of the videos on a pornographic website. The victim found out about what had happened more than two years later when she was contacted by...
At around 7.40pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021, the victims initially became aware of a suspicious vehicle, also a VW Golf, as they were passing the junction for Riverside in Eynsford. They were followed along the A225 towards Otford and the suspects...
Kent Police was called at 3.39pm on Thursday 11 March 2021 after a silver Citroen C4 left the A2 coastbound carriageway near the junction with New Road, Upper Harbledown. No other vehicles were involved. A 51-year-old woman who had been...
The disorder happened during Sunday’s Kill the Bill demonstration in Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police said the driver moved the van to shield colleagues who were “being attacked”. He described smelling burning and hearing...
Officers in Doncaster are asking the public to help them trace wanted man, Slawomir Buczkowski. Buczkowski, 39, is wanted in connection with harassment offences and threats to kill. The offences relate to an incident on 24 December 2020. Following...
Officers from the Medway Community Policing Team arrested a 42-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man, both from Chatham, on suspicion of theft. The pair were arrested at 7.45pm on 24 March 2021 following a report Kent Police received at 6.58pm. ...
Two fire engines were sent to the scene, and crews arrived to a pile of waste alight. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. No casualties were reported and the cause is not yet known.
Investigators from Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team became aware that between 1 August and 25 November 2020 a specific phone number was being used to supply class A drugs in the Ramsgate area. It was noted that the dealer sent regular...
On Wednesday 24 March 2021, officers from the Metropolitan Police arrested Ottis Palmer following an investigation by Kent Police. Mr Palmer has since been charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in Margate between...
The incident happened between 8pm and 8.20pm on Tuesday 16 March 2021 at a private address in Clapper Lane, when it is reported four men entered the premises and assaulted a woman in her 50s. It is alleged the victim had her hands and legs bound...
When Maurice Churchward from Walmer turned 100 in March 2020 the country had just entered its first lockdown and plans to mark the former serviceman’s centenary were hastily cancelled. As the former Royal Marine turned 101 today (25 March 2021) a...
In March 2021, a company from outside of the UK who specialises in the sale of solar panels reported a large shipment missing in Kent. The goods, which are said to have been purchased by a company in the UK, were not delivered to their intended...
Nigel Doherty was responsible for a series of abusive incidents last year when he also inflicted injuries to his victim with a knife. Police were called on 10 September 2020, following reports of screaming coming from a property near the town...
At around 10pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021, officers were called by South East Coast Ambulance Service to a report of a man with injuries consistent with stab wounds in the High Street at its junction with River Walk. Officers attended the...
The search warrants, which were carried out on Tuesday 23 March 2021, are part of an ongoing investigation into the organised theft of catalytic converters, which Kent Police is investigating alongside the Metropolitan Police and Essex Police. ...
Reece Narayan, 22 of Bessborough Road, Harrow appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 March where, having pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to a seven-month custodial sentence. He pleaded guilty to: – Three counts of...
Two fire engines were sent to the scene, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used ladders for access and hose reel jets to tackle the fire. The blaze is believed to have started accidentally due to an electrical fault. No casualties were reported.
At around 10.40am on Sunday 21 March 2021 a three-car collision took place in Oakfield Lane. It is reported to have involved a red Peugeot 207 and two parked cars – a red Jeep Cherokee and a silver Mini. Five men wearing dark clothing...
