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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A CCTV image has been issued after a reported theft at a store in Maidstone. At around 6pm on 1 September 2020 a man entered the Co-op in Week Street where it is alleged he placed a number of meat items into a bag and then left the premises without...
Detectives are investigating an alleged attempted abduction in Bromley. At around 3pm on Wednesday, 9 September, two 11-year-old schoolgirls were near a bus stop in Crofton Road, Orpington. They were approached by a man who got out of a car and...
#M20 motorway towards Dover Is Heavily Congested Due To Operation A huge queue of lorries has formed on the A20 as part of Operation TAP. Highways England confirmed the measure had been implemented to cope with a huge amount of freight traffic...
Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters dealt with a warehouse blaze on Thames Road in Crayford. The whole of a single storey furniture warehouse was destroyed by fire. There were no reports of any injuries. A London Fire Brigade...
Detectives investigating a county lines drugs network believed to be operating in the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton have today charged a man from Kent. Olaleye Oduola, 19 from Iris Crescent, Bexleyheath, Kent has been charged with following...
There are severe delays on the A2 eastbound in Kent, due to a collision involving an overturned van within the B255 (Bean) junction. Lanes 1, 2 and 3 (of 4) are closed for vehicle recovery and collision clear-up work. Those onboard the overturned...
There are severe delays on the A2 eastbound in Kent, due to a collision involving an overturned van within the B255 (Bean) junction. Lanes 1, 2 and 3 (of 4) are closed for vehicle recovery and collision clear-up work. There is approx. 7.5 miles of...
The officers will work closely with the Metropolitan Police as they support LAS staff who have been assaulted and who want to see their attackers face the courts. Louise Murray is one of the new Violence Reduction Officers and also works as an...
Scumbag Paddy Doran, 31, visited their property near Church Road, uninvited, on three separate occasions in March 2020. He told the two elderly residents that their roof tiles needed replacing. He said whoever had first installed the tiles had...
Large fire reported in the Brunswich Road Cobbswood Industrial Estate area. It’s understood that a large amount of tyres are on fire. A spokesman from Kent fire and rescue said: Six fire engines, height vehicle and bulk water carrier are at a...
Large fire reported in the Brunswich Road Cobbswood Industrial Estate area. It’s understood that a large amount of tyres are on fire.
Kent fire and rescue have been approached for comment.
The A2 coastbound #Bean/Bluewater has been closed by Kent Police following a collision. Traffic is being held whilst officers deal with the incident that has block the lanes.
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An investigation has been launched after cash believed to total around £60,000 was found inside a car at the Channel Tunnel. Officers seized the cash, most of which was inside a box of biscuits, after searching the vehicle in Folkestone at...
Hartlake Road, between Tudeley and Golden Green in Tonbridge has been blocked by a collision.
A tractor and dung trailer has ploughed into a tree.
Police have put in closed and local diversion route are in place
Two men have been jailed after officers from Kent Police found photographs of stolen property on their mobile phones that proved they were responsible for a spate of thefts across west Kent and Sittingbourne. Darren Mills (left photograph) and...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of an out-of-control bonfire at commercial premises in Maidstone Road, Chatham. Two fire engines attended and crews used hose reel jets, main jets and compressed air foam to extinguish the flames...
Between 11 and 12 September 2020, six sheds were targeted at properties on London Road. Items stolen included power tools, golf clubs and bicycles. Two further sheds were broken into at addresses in the High Street between 12 and 13 September...
A former Member of Parliament found guilty of sexually assaulting two women has been jailed for two years. Charlie Elphicke, 49, of St Margaret’s Bay, Dover, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, 15 September...
A young boy having been knocked down by a vehicle near Borden Grammar School, Avenue of Remembrance in Sittingbourne around 8:10am on Tuesday has been taken to hospitial. The Kent Sussex and Surrey air ambulance was called to the scene. Life saving...
An air ambulance has attended a serious crash that happened on the A20 coast-bound around 7:15am this morning. The Dover-bound carriage was closed at the B2011 Courtwood Interchange. Firefighters have used cutting equipment to rescued the driver of...
The Dover Traffic Access Protocol (TAP) scheme on the A20 at Aycliffe has been implemented due to heavy freight volumes. This is to prevent Portbound traffic from disrupting the local road network and the A20 through Dover town.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a record of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have arrested a 20-year-old man on...
Warehouse structure at Optima Trade Park appears completely destroyed by a major fire tonight on Thames Road in Crayford
A girl was stabbed in the leg after leaving Eltham Hill School, Eltham Hill, this afternoon. The assault happened a short distance away by the Mecca Bingo Hall. The girl is not believed seriously injured. A masked male ran off, but was arrested...
Police remain at Ramsgate station after a man fell on to the live rail. An investigation has been launched into the incident. Emergency services remain at scene. No trains running between Ramsgate and Margate. British Transport Police have been...
Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are dealing with a blaze in a range of warehouse units on Thames Road in Crayford.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service has been called to reports of an outbuilding and an area of grassland alight at The Wildwood Trust on Herne Common, in Herne Bay. Four fire engines have been sent to the scene, and crews wearing breathing apparatus are...
Due to emergency services dealing with an incident between Ramsgate and Margate, trains in the area are at a stand. No trains in the area will not be running until further notice. Ticket acceptance on buses being arranged between Ramsgate...
Kent Police was called on Sunday 13 September 2020 following a report that the victim had been assaulted by another man in Harbour Street. The incident is believed to have taken place at around 6.10pm. The victim received treatment for...
The first charge for refusing to wear a face mask in a public place has been handed to a man in north Kent. Sam Francis, 30, of Slades Drive, Chislehurst, was charged after he was reported to have refused to wear a face mask when requested to...
A week of awareness to encourage people to report incidents of child exploitation is being supported by Kent Police. The Children’s Society #LookCloser campaign is being launched on 14 September 2020 and urges people to look out for young...
Detectives from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime (Extradition and International Unit) are appealing for information to locate five wanted men. Detective Sergeant Peter Rance appeared on BBC Crimewatch Roadshow on Monday, 14 September to appeal for...
A man has died and several other people have been injured in a collision in Kidbrooke. Police were called at approximately 8.05am on Monday, 14 September to Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, SE3 by London Ambulance Service to a road traffic...
Three men have been sent to prison for a total of more than 16 years after officers found £90,000 pounds in cash and Class A drugs with a street value of around £100,000 during warrants in south Essex Initially officers stopped a grey Range Rover as...
Police say they are investigating after a woman reported having been raped at Church Street Saint Paul’s. In Canterbury Two men (aged 28 and 25) have been arrested after officers were called around 3am this morning.
Over £40,000 was seized and more than 30 arrests were made in a multi-police force operation to tackle drug supply and associated with violent crime. On Wednesday, 22 July, officers from Essex Police worked alongside colleagues from the Metropolitan...
M2 motorway has been closed coastbound between J5 and J6 due to a rod traffic collision,
As the Great British September Clean kicks off, we’re urging people to ‘snip the straps’ from disposable face masks, as we reveal that we’ve helped more than 900 animals caught in litter since the start of lockdown. Dumped...
Police have persuaded a distressed man to leave the Farleigh Road bridge over the railway line. Trains now able to run through Canterbury West Station again. Trains have been unable to run through the station, with many services being cancelled . A...
This image is not from a war zone, it’s from a UK city centre. This is someone’s daughter, partner, mother. Uniformed members of the public carry a special burden on our behalf, so violence against them must be met with the severest...
Harper’s Law will recognise the sacrifice Emergency Services workers make to protect society, the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. John Apter was speaking after meeting with Lissie Harper this week and giving her his...
An army of street marshalls are going to patrol streets and cities across Britain to enforce the new virus laws What some of the newspapers are calling a “Dad’s Army of busybodies” will be expected to break groups up – but is it a...
Netflix, amid a backlash over the sexualized portrayal of children in recently released drama “Cuties,” is encouraging critics to watch the movie — which it says makes a statement about pressures young girls face in conforming to societal role...
Once again its eyes to the skies as the “Thank you NHS” Spitfire will be taking to the air. The planned flypasts have been released and after take off at Goodwood Aerodrome it will pass over Hampshire heading for Torbay Hospital in...
Due to emergency services dealing with an incident at #Belvedere, services cannot currently run between Charlton and Slade Green. Trains will be diverted and may be delayed or cancelled. Services towards London are unaffected by the incident at...
A man has been charged with the murder of his wife in Bexley. Leslie Winnister, 68, of Becketts Close, Bexley was charged on the evening of Friday, 11 September, with the murder of his wife, Suzanne Winnister. He will appear in custody at Bromley...
The criminals have used the victim’s account to send messages to her contacts and friends – encouraging them to harm themselves. They have then demanded money from the victim so she can regain control of the account. Detective Inspector...
Police urge dog owners to ensure pets are microchipped following recent recovery of missing dogs. In the early hours of Wednesday, 9 September, officers from the Met’s South Area BCU recovered 24 dogs from a site in Orpington following an early...
