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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Plans for 135 new homes on the remainder of the former Buckland paper mill site in Dover have been submitted to Dover District Council by Homes England, the government’s housing accelerator. Phase one of the regeneration of Buckland Mill has seen...
A money laundering charge has been authorised against a Swanscombe woman linked to a £37,080 fraud offence. In October 2018 an employee working for a company based in London paid the sum to what they believed was their solicitors after...
People arriving in England from Turkey and Poland will now have to self-isolate for 14 days from the early hours of Saturday morning. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said that those coming back from the countries, as well Bonaire, St Eustatius and...
The Metropolitan Police Service investigation into the murder of Sgt Matt Ratana continues at pace. Led by homicide detectives from the Specialist Crime Command, the team is supported by forensic specialists, search teams and local officers...
Officers from the Met Police say they want to identify two males allegedly involved in a robbery on the 4th August in the SE13 area where a young male had his phone stolen.
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Officers from Kent Police charged Ylber Perhati with conspiring to produce the class B drug. The 38-year-old, of Mungo Park Road, Rainham, London, appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 1 October and has been remanded in custody to...
The cause of a fire in a derelict building in Whitstable is being investigated by Kent Police. Officers were called to the scene in Graystone Road at around 4.20am on Thursday 1 October 2020. Crews from Kent Fire and Rescue Service were...
Stark statistics which show that assaults on emergency service workers rose by 29 per cent in August compared to the same period last year have been condemned by the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). Reacting to the NPCC’s release...
A teenage boy was cycling in Clements Road in Ramsgate at around 1.30pm on Saturday 26 September 2020 when he was approached by a group of four people who asked for his bike. When he refused, he was reportedly kicked and the bicycle was taken...
Great Northern, Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink, are working in collaboration with the British Transport Police as part of a new pilot scheme, which launches today (28th Sept) in London to further encourage people to wear face coverings. The...
Monday 28 September 2020 Jail for man following nightclub assault in Herne Bay A nightclub-goer who assaulted a member of staff before driving a car into the venue’s gates has been jailed. Kenny McMahan was arrested after the victim was...
Two suspected shoplifters from London have been charged with high value thefts from a Maidstone supermarket. Quantities of alcohol including spirits valued at almost £3,500 have been reported stolen during a spate of offences at...
This is national guidance that applies to England only – people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should follow the specific rules in those parts of the UK. If you live in an area that is experiencing a local COVID-19 outbreak and where local...
Investigators are appealing to anyone who witnessed a disturbance in Folkestone town centre. Kent Police was called at 2.30am on Sunday 13 September 2020 to a report that a group of men were involved in an altercation in Middelburg Square. ...
Digital devices like smart doorbells, dashcam footage, car GPS systems and even Amazon Alexas are providing increasingly more evidence in criminal trials, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said in a speech today. Addressing the Westminster...
Police are appealing for witnesses and any drivers who may have dashcam footage following a serious collision in Orpington. Officers were called at approximately 4.45pm on Friday, 25 September to reports of a road traffic collision on Sevenoaks Road...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of an electrical fire in a dining room at a house in Mabledon Road, Tonbridge. Two fire engines were sent to the scene and crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the flames using hose reel...
Police Murder Investigation Update; The suspect who is suspected Murdering Sgt Matt Ratana has been named as 23yr Louis De Zoysa who lives in Norbury 4 miles from Croydon Police Station; he remains in a critical condition in a London hospital under...
Officers investigating the murder of Sgt Matt Ratana continue to work around the clock as part of a detailed and thorough investigation. A man has been arrested in the early hours of Sunday 27 September in Norwich, on suspicion of supplying a...
Sinkholes have appeared beneath the Burham Reservoir near Aylesford in Kent we can reveal. Several million litres of water is thought to have been lost and an investigation by South East Water . Properties in the Barming area have been seriously ...
Nine motorists are facing enforcement action for speeding following a road safety operation in the Medway towns. An uninsured car was also seized by officers from Kent Police’s Medway Community Safety Unit, who carried out road safety checks...
Two people have been charged with being involved in supplying heroin and crack cocaine in Chatham. Officers were on a routine patrol when they witnessed what they believed to be a drug deal taking place inside an alleyway near to Constitution Road...
Police are on scene of a serious collision on the London-bound side of the #M11 near #Harlow. It was reported four vehicles, including an Audi, a BMW, and a VW Passat, were in collision shortly after 10.10pm on Saturday 26 September. A woman who...
On this day in 2013, Air Ambulance KSS became the UK’s first 24-hour Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. Last year alone they attended 425 missions at night.
Two fire engines remain at the scene of a barn fire in Main Road, Hoo. The fire is now out and crews are dampening down any remaining hot spots after being called on Saturday evening. Whilst crews tackle the blaze, residents in the local area...
Detectives investigating the murder of Met Police Sergeant Matt Ratana have been working around the clock. Police officers and police staff from across the Met are assisting the investigation into his murder, since it was launched by homicide...
Three people have been charged after two men were robbed of their possessions in Tunbridge Wells. On Thursday 24 September 2020 at around 8.40pm a group of people are reported to have approached two men in Merrion Way. The victims were threatened...
Ten thousand UK volunteers will from today (Friday 25 September) be invited to join a leading phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial, as the number of people who have signed up to take part in research hits 250,000. The Phase 3 study will test the safety...
Highways England is today calling on more of its supply chain to register for the benefits of its innovative Passport scheme. Nearly 600 companies have already signed up for the Passport scheme which delivers a more efficient and consistent...
Officers in Folkestone have charged a suspect with shoplifting, theft and burglary. The town’s local policing team has been investigating after items were taken from a number of shops in August and September this year. Andrew Short has...
Officers reported finding the class A substance after they stopped a van travelling in the Thomsett Way area at around 7.50pm on 15 September 2020. On 24 September, as part of enquiries, officers charged Vilmantus Jocius, 33, of Kesteven Way...
Three arrests have been made by officers investigating a robbery, an attempted robbery and a public order offence in Canterbury. The incidents are reported to have happened between 10.30pm and 11.30pm on Friday 18 September 2020. At 10...
A Tonbridge man has been jailed for more than eight years after he was found guilty of multiple sex offences against a child including rape. Courtney Porter had denied carrying out offences in woodland off Higham Lane last year, but was convicted...
A computer generated image has been released as part of an investigation into a sexual assault in Sevenoaks. Around midday on Wednesday 23 September 2020, a woman was walking along Bradbourne Vale Road when it is reported a man asked her if...
Two men have been charged with raping a woman at a private address in Chatham. A bank card belonging to the victim is also reported to have been stolen during the incident, which took place on 25 July 2020, before being used in fraudulent...
Residents across north Kent are reminded to be vigilant for potential fraudsters following reports of telephone calls from people claiming to be police officers. Since 1 September 2020, Kent Police has been notified of 11 incidents where a...
Two burglars who tricked their way into the home of an elderly woman in Thanet and stole her handbag as she asked them to leave, have been jailed for over three years each. Christopher McDonagh and Bradley Thompson took the bag containing...
Following the death of the police officer in south London, Commissioner Cressida Dick has issued the following statement. “This morning we learnt of the shocking death of a much loved colleague, a long-serving sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who...
Kent Police is appealing for witnesses following a serious collision on the M25, near Sevenoaks. Shortly after 5am on Friday 25 September 2020 a road sweeping vehicle and lorry, with crane attached, were involved in a collision, anti-clockwise...
The M2 London ha been closed following a serious vehicle fire. All lanes have been stopped due to a large black smoke cloud that is billowing across the carriageway. Three appliances from Kent fore and rescue were scrambled to the incident on...
The M2 London ha been closed following a serious vehicle fire. All lanes have been stopped due to a large black smoke cloud that is billowing across the carriageway. Three appliances from Kent fore and rescue were scrambled to the incident on the...
A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a police officer in south London. At approximately 02:15hrs on Friday, 25 Septemberthe officer was shot by a man who was being detained at Croydon Custody Centre in Windmill Lane...
#M25 still no signs of movement on the M25, Many drivers are at the brunt of it and have been sitting here since 5.15am, lots of emergency services working hard with traffic backing up as far as you can see. The M25 in Kent is closed in both...
#M25 still no signs of movement on the M25, Many drivers are at the brunt of it and have been sitting here since 5.15am, lots of emergency services working hard with traffic backing up as far as you can see. The M25 in Kent is closed in both...
The M25 is closed anti-clockwise between Junction 5 and Junction 4 due to a collision Kent police are in attendance after a road sweeper has been involved in a collision with a crane. The Kent Sussex and Surrey air ambulance has also bene...
A Kent Police officer who was stabbed multiple times by a psychotic drug taker he had been trying to help has been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards. PC Daniel Stride was on patrol with a colleague when a report came through about a...
As tougher restrictions are brought in across the UK in response to the increased R level of Coronavirus cases, shoppers across Kent and the rest of the UK are hitting the supermarkets once more in a panic for items in fear of a second lockdown...
PC Daniel Stride was stabbed multiple times by a psychotic drug user he had been trying to help. He was on patrol with a colleague when a report came through about a suspected burglary. They found the property in darkness and were concerned for the...
