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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A Yellow weather warning has been put in place for the South and South-East advising of Icy stretches likely to form from Wednesday eveningWhat to expect Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle pathsSome injuries from...
Following the initial closure of French borders to those travelling from the UK on Sunday 20 December and then the subsequent requirement for negative Covid-19 tests before heading to France, Kent found itself at the forefront of widespread...
H Samuel in Military Road was burgled between 12.45am and 3.10am on Sunday 13 December 2020. During the incident, thousands of pounds of jewellery was reported to have been stolen. Officers have carried out a number of enquiries and as part of...
A level two cold weather warning alert has been announced for Kent by the Met Office which triggers actions in the NHS, public health, social care and other community organisations, to support vulnerable people who have health issues that increase...
On Thursday 17 December 2020, Kent Police received a report that bottles of spirits had been stolen from Tesco in Grovewood Drive North, Grove Green, at around 12.30am. Officers are now able to issue CCTV images of two people...
The peak time for completing tax returns was 2pm to 3pm, with more than 200 customers pressing send on their online form. The Self Assessment deadline is on 31 January 2021. Customers can complete their tax returns online ahead of the deadline and...
“I just want to thank all emergency service workers, many of whom will leave their warm houses as they kiss their family’s goodbye this Christmas, to head off to work” A Christmas Message from Lissie Harper to thank all those who have supported the...
Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 7.49am on Sunday, 27 December, to a report of the death of a child at a flat in Invermore Place, SE18. The boy was found lifeless and, despite the efforts of emergency services, he was pronounced...
An investigation is underway after a man is believed to have walked through the Channel Tunnel from Britain to France. The man – who’s thought to be British – was discovered last Monday.
A person has been hit by a train at Stratford West railway station. Emergency services were scrambled to platform three Stratford West on International Way just before 12pm on Monday All lines remain blocked, meaning no trains are...
Early days yet but could bring some disruption. Details to be refined. We’ve got to deal with one thing at a time and there are snow risks sooner than that. Continuing cold with sunny spells. Wintry showers affecting coasts. Widespread frost...
COVID-19 testing for HGV drivers using the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel How HGV drivers get their COVID-19 test before leaving the UK for France. HGV drivers should not travel to Kent until further notice. Although congestion has eased, there...
The drivers trying to get through Kent and over the border into France. Typifies the fantastic cooperation which has helped so many over the past few days. Thank you so much! the advice being given now is: Lorry drivers heading to the Port of...
Three fire engines have been sent to the scene and crews are working to extinguish the fire. Due to a large amount of smoke caused by the incident, people who live or work in the Kemsley area, are asked to keep their windows and doors closed as a...
#M25 Clockwise the #Dartford #QEIIBridge is closed due to high winds. Traffic will be diverted via the tunnels. Please take care if travelling in the area.
Food has been donated from station shops, including Pret A Manger, Starbucks and M&S The food is being offloaded at Ashford International Railway station and distributed by the Salvation Army Southeastern and Network Rail colleagues have been...
Working closely with other agencies and partners as part of the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF), with a shared priority of keeping people safe, HM Coastguard is on the front line distributing the KRF’s welfare supplies. So far, the 60 HM Coastguard...
The Salvation Army has been working with the emergency services to provide welfare support for a number of stranded lorry drivers caught up in severe traffic delays on the M20. The South-East Division has been asked by Kent County Council to support...
The collision, which occurred at 8.30pm on Thursday 24 December 2020 near to Spitfire Way, involved a blue Harley Davidson motorbike. The rider, a man in his 20s, suffered serious injuries and was taken to a London hospital for treatment. Officers...
COVID-19 testing for HGV drivers is underway. Once you have been tested, it will take upward of 40 minutes to obtain a result. If your result is negative, you will be directed to your departure point. If your result is positive, further...
An extra are to be sent to Kent on Christmas Day to help clear a backlog of thousands of lorries waiting to cross to France. About 6,000 lorries, Private Coaches and vehicles an are still waiting to cross the English Channel after the French closed...
For the following regions: London & South East England South West England Wales Storm Bella will bring disruption to travel and utilities over parts of south and southeast England and south Wales Longer journey times and cancellations likely...
French firefighters with 10,000 covid testing kits are in Kent helping UK officials to clear the backlog of trucks.
They just arrived, at 5:15 this morning, started working British colleagues in the port of Dover to help clear the back log.
Limited resumption of the movement of people from the United Kingdom to France subject to negative health tests sensitive to the variant At midnight on Sunday 20 December, in view of the rapid development in the United Kingdom of the VUI-2020-12-01...
Officers have appealed for information to locate a 40-year-old man from the Sittingbourne area last seen near the East Sussex coast at Beachy Head at 12.27pm on 23 December 2020. Jonathan Burton was wearing dark blue jeans, light brown shoes...
Following the announcement yesterday that passenger transport and accompanied freight from the UK will be unable to access France, the advice remains that hauliers must avoid travelling to Kent ports (including Eurotunnel) and other routes to...
Blaise Golding, 14, was last seen in The Sandpipers area of the town at about 8pm on Sunday 20 December 2020 and officers are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare. She is described as being slim and about five feet tall, with long...
Dover’s ferry terminal has closed to “all accompanied traffic leaving the UK” after France moved to shut its border. French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari tweeted on Sunday that the country was suspending all traffic from the UK from...
The incident happened at Card Factory in The Mall at around 10am on Friday 11 December 2020. It was reported that the victim, a woman in her 80s, left her purse containing a bank card and driving licence on the counter. The bank card was later...
. The incident happened in an alleyway between Luton Road and Magpie Hall Road, near the Luton Arches roundabout, between 11.30pm and midnight on Saturday 19 December 2020. It was reported that a man in his fifties was assaulted and...
Officers are appealing for information about the location of two teenage girls, who have been missing since the evening of Saturday, 19 December 2020. Sophie Cromarty was last seen in the Sutton Vallance area, near Maidstone, at around 9pm and...
Kent Police was contacted on Sunday 13 December 2020 and it was reported that a woman had been raped at an address in the town centre in the early hours of that morning. Enquiries are ongoing and officers are releasing a CCTV image of a man who...
Across September and October 2020, Lucretia Stanescu committed 14 theft offences against members of staff working at shops in Dover, Whitstable, Canterbury, Maidstone, Hoo and Gillingham. She also targeted victims in Essex and Warwickshire. ...
A jail term has been imposed on a man who carried out a sexually-motivated assault on a woman in Canterbury. Jack Smith punched and kicked the woman on a riverside path near Kingsmead Road on Tuesday 17 December 2019. The 24-year-old, of St...
Kent Police was called at 9.40pm on Thursday 17 December 2020 following a report that a man had suffered serious injuries in Crabble Hill. Officers attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service and a 59-year-old man from south-east...
Kent Police was called at 9.40 pm on Thursday 17 December 2020 following a report that a man had suffered serious injuries in Crabble Hill. Officers attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service and a 59-year-old man from south-east...
The Merit has been awarded for all the hard work have done since March 2019 Kent Search and Rescue have deployed every Sunday, with members in Force Control Room, working alongside Kent Police Control Room staff to allocate and deploy KSAR team...
The BeYou Project reaches out to children and young adults who may feel upset and scared about their feelings, or have worries about how they fit in at school and in their communities. BeYou is a support service in Kent for those who identify as...
A break-in was reported at a house in St Botolphs Road on 12 September 2020 during which mobiles, phones computer tablets, bank cards and a quantity of cash were stolen. A further report was received by Kent Police that a premises in Amherst...
Margaret Rossiter, 45, was last seen at Dover Priory Railway Station at around midday on Thursday 17 December 2020, and officers are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare. Margaret is described as white, with shoulder length...
Further fines have been issued over the past week to individuals breaching Government Covid-19 regulations. In Canterbury on Wednesday 16 December 2020 officers were called to a suspected breach at a property in Lancaster Road where a party...
Cannabis cultivators who were found with plants that had a street value of £650,000 have been jailed for a combined total of six years. Kent Police officers uncovered 930 plants when they carried out a search warrant at an industrial unit in...
The new post-Brexit customs area was scheduled for completion by 1st January 2021 – the day Britain officially leaves the EU. According to official sources, heavy rain has caused delays to the works, which now mean the customs side of the...
The Government are expected to reveal the results at lunchtime today (17th December) and the prediction is that Kent will remain a Tier 3 county. London is expected to go into Tier 3 also, so it would seem unlikely that Kent would drop to...
The girl is believed to be with a neighbour and family friend, Annmarie Lawton, and an unknown man, pictured today in East Street, Bedminster. Right to left: Annmarie Lawton, Tiolah and man in East Street Annmarie, 29, visited Tiolah’s home on...
Annette Denicolais was stopped by patrols close to her home in May 2019 and, while speaking with a constable, attempted to discreetly drop the class A substance on the floor before kicking it out of view. The 56-year-old, of Dundonald Road...
Jonathan Norman, Christopher Charlton, James Martin, Zena Watts and Samantha McKeown were responsible for distributing Class A drugs to users in Ramsgate for almost a year, through a supply chain known as the ‘Scouse’ line. Their criminal...
