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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The M26 in Kent is closed eastbound between the M25/A21 and J3 (M20) due to a 2 vehicle collision involving a pick-up truck and a lorry. In addition the westbound carriageway is closed within J2A, with traffic diverting around the scene via...
Investigating officers believe each of the pictured men will have important information that can help them investigate the incident, which took place at an address in Beaver Lane between 2pm and 2.30pm on Friday 11 September 2020...
Investigators are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Herne Bay. At around 10.30pm on Wednesday 14 October 2020, a black Peugeot 3008 was travelling on the A291, Canterbury Road, towards the roundabout at the junction with the...
There are long delays on the M25 anti-clockwise in Essex and Kent due to a 5 vehicle collision between J30 (A13) and J29 (Romford). Lanes 3 and 4 are currently closed to allow the Emergency Services to safely work at scene, Essex Police, Ambulance...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire inside a conservatory at a house in Fleet Road, Rochester. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, before using...
Around a million pensioners across the UK will receive £140 off their fuel bills, thanks to government efforts working with energy firms to cut their costs. Eligible Pension Credit customers who qualify for the discount were identified after the...
There are long delays on the M25 anti-clockwise in Essex and Kent due to a 5 vehicle collision between J30 (A13) and J29 (Romford). Lanes 3 and 4 are currently closed to allow the Emergency Services to safely work at scene, Essex Police, Ambulance...
The Department for Transport, in partnership with Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK), has today announced the 22 motorway service areas that have been successful in their bid for a share of government funding for Changing Places toilets. A second...
We all know the supermarket is prone to selling a weird and wonderful range of eclectic items in their weekly Special Buy sales, but the latest item spotted in the middle aisle has well and truly taken the cake. According to the name across said...
Exams will go ahead next summer, underpinned by contingencies for all possible scenarios. Students now have more time to prepare for their exams next year, as most AS, A levels and GCSEs will be held three weeks later to help address the disruption...
A disqualified driver who collided with three women on a zebra crossing in West Malling and then drove away without stopping, has been jailed for more than five years. During the afternoon of 11 March 2020, Abie Ianson of Lunsford Lane, Larkfield...
Medway is in the ‘Medium’ risk category, which is lowest of the three. There is no Low Risk category, which reflects the fact that the risk to our health still remains, and will do so for the foreseeable future. This means that we are not currently...
Former Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) Director of Operations Sean Bone-Knell and current Head of Procurement at KFRS, Tina Butler, have been recognised in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Sean, who retired from KFRS in March 2020, after...
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a fire at a house on St Brides Close in Erith. The first floor and staircase between the ground and first floor of an end of terraced house were destroyed by the fire. Most of the ground...
Military veterans of every generation will soon benefit from cut-price rail travel, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced today (14 October 2020), as he presented Captain Sir Tom Moore with the very first Veterans Railcard. Aimed at supporting...
Tony Jackson was caught on CCTV breaking into the companies and was sentenced to three years and 10 months at Canterbury Crown Court. He had denied five charges of burglary, however a jury found him guilty on 9 October 2020 following a trial...
Police want to find two children with cycles who were on a bridge over Ashton Way around 12:15pm Sunday afternoon when the sunroof a car being driven on the A228 was smashed by an unknown object. Anyone with information is asked to call 01622...
A plan to use nets to stop dinghies carrying migrants across the English Channel is being considered by the government, it has been reported. Dan O’Mahoney, who leads the Home Office’s efforts to tackle illegal crossings to the UK...
Fire fighters have been tackling a fire in a flat above the Shanghai Massage shop in Barden Road which broke out around 7am this morning.
A suspected burglar has been charged following a reported break-in at a Maidstone address. On 18 September 2020, central heating fittings and a quantity of copper were allegedly stolen from a garage at a private address in Mallings Drive...
Witnesses are sought after a man in his 70s was assaulted in Minster on Sea. Kent Police is investigating after the victim reported being assaulted in his home in Kent Avenue by three unknown men. The men forced their way into...
Witnesses are sought after a man was found injured in Gillingham. Kent Police was called at 5.59am on 12 October 2020 to a report a man had been found unconscious in Canterbury Street. Officers attended along with South East Coast...
M20 motorway is currently closed between junction 7 and junction 8 coast bound. Traffic being held between J7 (Maidstone) & J8 (Hollingbourne) due to a trailer that has been engulfed in flames. Expect delays in the area. Kent fire and...
The UK has reported another 137 coronavirus deaths taking the total to 43,155, according to government figures.
The amount of positive cases reported in the last 24 hours was 19,724, compared to 17,234 on Tuesday.
Information is sought after a woman was threatened by the occupants of a van in Dartford. The victim has reported that at around 6.25am on Wednesday 14 October a white van pulled up alongside her in Highfield Road, close to the junction with Vaughan...
A major gas leak from a pipe in a field on Ratling Road has finally been repaired. Gas started roaring from the ruptured pipe Saturday night. The Yodel depot opposite the leak was evacuated as a precaution, which is thought to have delayed some...
A man from Kent is due in court next month charged in connection with a series of warrants that were carried out in south and west Essex and London.Stephen Hart, 53, of Thornden Wood Road, Herne Bay, was arrested one of nine people arrested on...
Four men have been charged and remanded in connection with county lines drugs supply following a search warrant at a caravan site in Romney Marsh. The suspects were arrested by officers from the County Line and Gang Team, who...
Investigators are appealing for information after receiving a report that a moving car was damaged on the West Malling bypass. At around 12.15pm on Sunday 11 October 2020, a motorist was driving on the A228 Ashton Way when his sunroof was struck by...
Police officers investigating the theft of a motor vehicle in Eastleigh have charged a man. The charge come after a hire van was stolen from a car park on Sopwith Road in the early hours of Friday 2 October. Benjamin Pratt, 31, of Faversham Road...
Here is a short clip of the appalling incident that occurred yesterday while sabbing the East Sussex & Romney Marsh hunt. After blocking the South Coast Hunt Sabs in for 20 minutes, supporters of the hunt repeatedly drove their tractor in to...
Brusthom Ziamani, 25 and Baz Macaulay Hockton, 26 were both convicted at the Old Bailey today, Wednesday 7 October, of attempted murder. Ziamani was also convicted of actual bodily harm and common assault of a nurse and another officer who both...
A suspect has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a man was seriously injured in Dover. Kent Police was called at 9.40am on Tuesday 6 October 2020 following a report that a man had been found injured in Beaconsfield Road. Officers...
Traffic has been stopped whilst Police and Fire crews deal with a car ablaze on the A2 near Lydden Lights. The incident in on the coast-bound carriage way but drivers on the London bound are slowing to rubber neck.
More than 300 mature cannabis plants have been seized in Ashford following a pre-planned drugs warrant. Kent Police officers from Ashford’s Community Policing Team searched an industrial unit in Mace Lane under the Misuse of Drugs Act at around 4pm...
A driver was Tasered by Police this morning after officers stopped his vehicle at the Texaco filling station on Sevenoaks Road in Orpington at around 8:30am on Wednesday. It is believed that Kent Police vehicles had been following the man’s car...
A low-loader carrying a JCB has crashed into the railway bridge at Wincheap, near Canterbury East Station. No trains currently able to run between Faversham and Dover.
Some batches of Roosters Southern Fried Poppin’ Chicken and Roosters Breaded Poppin’ Chicken may cause food poisoning Aldi is recalling some batches of Roosters Southern Fried Poppin’ Chicken and Breaded Poppin’ Chicken, as the products may...
NHS Nightingale hospitals in some worst affected regions in the North of England have been told by the government to get ready to start taking COVID-19 patients. Government advisers said during a press conference this morning that admissions...
Across Kent victims of romance fraud reported losses of £1.8 million between August 2019 and August 2020. Over 180 romance fraud, or dating fraud, crimes were reported to Action Fraud in the same period with just over half of the victims being...
Jed Bedford, 24, of Goodwin Close, was arrested on Thursday 8 October 2020. He has been charged with grievous bodily harm, the assault of an emergency worker, theft, actual bodily harm and criminal damage. The charges follow the serious assault of a...
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Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a gas leak on Ratling Road, Aylesham. Crews offered assistance to SGN. Southern Gas networks will be remaining in attendance until the leak is repaired Crews are continuing to ask that residents of Aylesham...
Officers on a routine patrol in Sittingbourne have arrested a man on suspicion of drug offences. The 21-year-old man from Sittingbourne was arrested on 8 October 2020 at around 9:50pm after the vehicle he was travelling in came to the...
Aserving prisoner has had his jail time extended after he attacked another inmate at HMP Swaleside. Baz Hockton, who previously lived in Ramsgate, was handed a 10-year sentence after admitting one count of wounding with intent to cause grievous...
A CCTV image of a man who may have information on an assault in Ashford has been released by Kent Police. The incident is reported to have taken place in the High Street at 1am on 9 September 2020 and saw two men assault a third person. The...
Experts from the NHS, Metropolitan Police Service, and Crown Prosecution Service are working together to improve the prosecution rates of criminal investigations following assaults on NHS workers. The pilot scheme, called Operation Cavell, will help...
A stolen medal has been recovered and will be returned to its rightful owner more than 30 years after its theft. The ‘Past Masters’ masonic medal, which was issued in 1980, was inside a briefcase which was stolen from a car in...
