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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Guy Nougher was charged following the incident in Hythe High Street on Saturday 13 June 2020. The 62-year-old, of Military Road, Hythe, admitted charges of affray and assault and was given a 21-month sentence at Canterbury Crown Court on...
It means all 12,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs when the chain’s 124 shops cease trading. Debenhams fell into administration for the second time in April and hopes had rested on a rescue bid from JD Sports. But that hope faded...
On 8 November 2020, a 22-year-old man from Maidstone was arrested on suspicion of stealing cycles. On the same day, a woman aged 19 from Maidstone and a man aged 43 from Snodland were detained on suspicion of handling stolen property. All three...
These dramatic images show the extent of a hay lorry blaze in Kent that started yesterday afternoon (Monday 30th November 2020) that is being tackled by firefighters from Sandwich, Deal and Dover. Crews this evening remain at the scene of...
A further 12,330 coronavirus cases have been reported in the UK, according to the latest government figures. And 205 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus, taking the total number of coronavirus deaths in the UK to 58,448...
Dashcam footage is sought following a report a motorist threw a bag of fishing bait at a woman in Tonbridge. The incident is reported to have taken place in Cannon Lane at around 4.40pm on Monday 23 November 2020, with no serious injuries...
Richard Robson was jailed after pleading guilty to a string of violent offences, which included striking the victim with a belt and beating her with a bottle. Robson, aged 35, of Lunsford Lane, Larkfield was responsible for a prolonged and sustained...
The safe contained a quantity of cash and is reported to have been stolen after a man entered Costcutter in Snowdon Parade, Snowdon Avenue on Monday 23 November 2020. The suspect is alleged to have accessed the store through a rear entrance at...
Plans on how Kent will deal with potential traffic disruption at the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 have been published. When the transition period ends, the UK will no longer be a member of the Single Market or the Customs Union...
GSE Commercial Estates, which is part of the GSE Group, a large civil engineering, construction and plant hire business, committed the offences on the Waterbrook Park development at Sevington, close to the M20 at Ashford. Last year, the company...
On Thursday 26 November 2020, staff at a warehouse in Phoenix Park, Parkwood reported the premises had been broken into overnight. It is alleged a large quantity of parcels was stolen, along with a van. Later the same day, the stolen van was...
According to guidance issued today (Sunday), carol singing (carol services) can take place if all attendees follow the advice in the suggested principles of safer singing. This includes limiting the length of time singing, limiting the number of...
The number of cases is down from the 15,871 cases recorded on Saturday – and deaths are also down from 479.
Kent Police received a report that at around 1.30pm on Thursday 26 November 2020, a pensioner was shopping in Tesco at Woodsgate Corner, Pembury when her handbag was stolen from a shopping trolley. Following enquiries, investigators are now...
At around 10.05am on 19 November 2020, a postman was making deliveries in Parrock Street when he was approached by a man who is alleged to have pushed him and stolen a quantity letters. The victim was unharmed. The suspect is described as being...
Darryl Carpenter was last seen in the Northampton area at around 10am on Saturday 28 November 2020 and may have travelled to Kent. Darryl is described as five feet and six inches tall, of medium build and with light brown hair that is...
Part of the A274 and Lester Road in Maidstone has been closed following a serious head-on collision this evening. The collision happened just after 5.30pm on Saturday afternoon four ambulances, a rapid response a Paramedic and critical care...
The number has been confirmed by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), which advises the government on its response to the pandemic. Scientists have estimated the reproduction number, known as the R number, is now edging below one...
Roy Watts, aged 70, was last seen at around 2.30pm on Friday 27 November 2020. Roy left his home wearing a waist-length grey coat, dark trousers and black shoes and was carrying a Tesco carrier bag. He is described as being around 5ft 4ins tall...
Officers were called to a property in Hernhill, at around 5.30pm on Tuesday 24 November 2020. It is alleged that the men loaded a Land Rover Discovery onto a truck before leaving the area. The truck was later located on the Londonbound...
The collision happened at around 8.30am on Friday 27 November 2020, in Hillingdon Avenue as a schoolgirl was crossing the road. Police and the South East Coast Ambulance Service attended, and the child was taken to hospital with leg injuries. ...
A drug dealer who claimed he would not have been caught by police during a pursuit had he not been stopped by a stinger has been jailed. Spencer Bowen was arrested with cocaine and a knife after his car was stopped near Sandwich on Tuesday 20...
At around 8.40am on Wednesday 25 November 2020, a man sitting in a parked Nissan Qashqai in Whistler Road is alleged to have asked a girl to get into his car. When she declined he is said to have made threats before driving off. The suspect is...
Tyrese Johnson was detained by officers in Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team on the morning of Wednesday 25 November 2020 following an investigation into the supply of both substances. The 19-year-old, of Churchill Avenue, Chatham, was...
At around 6.05pm on Saturday 21 November 2020 a collision between a silver Jaguar X-Type and a Kent Police car took place in The Broadway, Minster, close to the junction with Clovelly Drive. The Jaguar was travelling towards The Leas and the...
The officer was in a supermarket in Millennium Way when at around 4pm on 25 November 2020, a man was reported to have assaulted a person and attempted to steal alcohol before he threw bottles on the floor. Having been made aware of the...
Lee Murphy was part of a trio of thieves who, wearing balaclavas, burst into a property before making threats to harm the occupants. They knocked on the front door of the flat, in Trench Road, at around 8.45pm on 28 January 2020. When the door...
Figures from Action Fraud show that criminals conned 17,407 shoppers out of almost £13.5 million over the Christmas period last year, an increase of over 20% when compared to the same period in 2018. Action Fraud is warning the public to take extra...
The scheme would be part of a wider range of measures to help the lowest income households with food and fuel costs over winter. Following on from the council’s half-term holiday food voucher scheme, families with children who are in receipt...
The local system will continue to support the NHS Test and Trace service, using the experience of the Kent Together helpline with KCC commissioned call handlers contacting people that the Government Test and Trace system has not been able to...
Officers are investigating a theft of more than £500 worth of Vichy Dermablend products from a business in Tenterden High Street on 3 August 2020, at around 11.15am. A second theft was reported on 20 October 2020 at 10am from a business in Mill...
Our neighbours across the county of Kent, including Swale, Gravesham, Dartford and Maidstone, have also been put into the highest tier level. It is disappointing and concerning this news will be for residents and affected businesses, especially...
David Lockyer, 74 of Vinson Close, Orpington, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday, 26 November charged with causing death by careless driving and causing death while driving a motor vehicle while unlicensed. He was convicted by a jury...
A total of 48 premises – many of them car-washes – were targeted in all districts across the county on Friday (20th November), resulting in officers serving 13 prohibition notices. Operations Manager Clive Phillips said the visits were the result...
A single-vehicle fatal collision has seen a major Kent road closed for over six hours this evening to aid collision investigation work. Emergency services were called to the A21 near to Pembury hospital after the white BMW Mini Cooper rolled and...
The A21 is closed northbound between A228 (near Pembury) and the A26 (near Tonbridge) due to a serious collision. Kent Police are on scene conducting an accident investigation. Road users are being diverted via the hollow square diversion route:Exit...
Chief executive Pascal Soriot said it followed the accidental discovery that it performed best when half a dose was given, followed by a full one. “Now that we’ve found what looks like a better efficacy we have to validate this, so we...
Darryl Carpenter is last known to have been in the Gillingham High Street area on Thursday 19 November 2020. The 17-year-old is described as being 5 foot 4 inches tall with a medium build and short, brown hair which is slicked back. He was last...
On Monday 14 September 2020, patrols were called to Well Field in Hartley where a man alleged he had been assaulted and his van stolen. The vehicle was recovered near Cliffe with a quantity of parcels missing from the rear. Later the same day...
The incident happened at around 3.30pm on Monday, 31 August at a bus stop on Broadway, Bexleyheath. A 35-year-old woman and her seven-year-old child were waiting at a bus stop along with a man, described as white and aged in his late 50s. The man...
Detectives investigating the robbery of an elderly woman in Bexleyheath have charged a man. Jay Makwana, 40 of Northumberland Park, Erith, Kent was arrested on Tuesday, 24 November. He was taken to a south London police station and was charged on...
The tortoises are classed as endangered and it is alleged they were taken from an outbuilding in Colt Stead, between Friday 20 November and Saturday 21 November 2020. Officers investigating the theft have issued images of the animals. They are...
Kent Police was called to Lakemead after a man was seen stealing tools from a garage at around 6.40pm on Monday 23 November 2020. The suspect, who is described as wearing a dark hoodie, jumped over a fence after being disturbed by the victim...
A suspected dealer has been charged after drugs were seized at a Maidstone address. At 6am on Wednesday 25 November 2020, a search warrant for drugs was executed at the premises in Grove Road. Officers from Kent Police’s County Line and Gang...
Both suspects were arrested on Monday 23 November 2020 after enquiries carried out by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate identified them as suspects involved in coordinating the supply of the cocaine, and also ketamine and cannabis. ...
Theft charges have been authorised against a man who is alleged to have stolen ink cartridges worth around £1,500 from a supermarket in Faversham. Albert Ramsden is accused of targeting the business, in Bysing Wood Road, on three occasions...
A 27-year-old man who pointed a loaded shotgun at police in Ramsgate has been jailed for three years and nine months. Police were attending a disturbance on the seafront when Joshua Chambers was seen to brandish the live firearm as he sat in his...
