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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Please beware of venomous adders while walking your dogs. Poor Molly was bitten by an adder snake while out with her owner, Suzanne, near a popular beauty spot in. She was running in the woods when she let out a yelp and developed a tennis...
Robert Walter was reported missing from his home on Monday 5 October 2020. He was last seen just before 7am leaving on a bicycle and heading for Bridge near Canterbury. The 59-year-old is described as white and being around 5ft 11ins tall...
A car crashed into the front of a takeaway shop on The Strand in Deal on Saturday afternoon. The vehicle is believed to have been driven into Bengali Spice around 5:30pm. Fire crews Police and Paramedics all attended the incident. No...
British transport Police want to identify a man using a mobility rollator after three schoolchildren were approached at the Broadstairs railway station on 26 August. Inappropriate comments were made before a sexual assault took place. Contact BTP...
A jail term has been imposed on a man who spat in the face of a police officer after he was arrested in Ashford. Delroy Samuels was detained after being seen with a knife in a supermarket in the town on Wednesday 26 August 2020. Following...
Two suspects have been charged following an alleged robbery in Dover town centre. Kent Police was called to a report that a man had been assaulted by a group of men in Cannon Street and had his wallet stolen shortly before 12.30am on Thursday 24...
Yongqi Liang, 25, from Shanghai, instigated an alcohol-fuelled fight with fellow student Xiangyu Li in the city centre in March this year. Tragically Xiangyu, who was 26, was later found dead on Union Street. Xiangyu, originally from Ji Lin...
A technical issue, now resolved, resulted in cases between 25 September and 2 October not being included in the reported daily COVID-19 figures. Interim Chief Executive, PHE, Michael Brodie said: A technical issue was identified overnight on Friday...
Roads policing officers performed road checks looking out for motorists who were speeding, failing to wear a seatbelt, using their phone at the wheel or driving under the influence. They were supported by Special Constables who also...
Information is sought by detectives investigating a spate of reported burglaries in the Bidborough area. Between 9am and 9.45am on 24 September 2020, three houses were targeted in Bidborough Ridge and London Road. Damage was caused to...
Motorists in Kent are being reminded to check their tyres as part of a national campaign which highlights the dangers of defective tyres. National Tyre Safety Week begins on Monday 5 October 2020 and aims to encourage motorists to perform a safety...
Four charges have been authorised against a suspect who is alleged to have assaulted a man inside a Folkestone home before spitting at a police officer three times. The reported assault victim, a man in his 50s, sustained facial injuries as a...
A lorry driver arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle migrants OUT of the UK has been charged following an NCA investigation. A HGV was stopped by NCA officers, supported by Police colleagues, just outside the port of Dover at around 1.30pm...
A red car being pursued through harbour area of Folkestone on Sunday after has been stopped by Police we can reveal. The red Mazda 6 car pursued through Folkestone was stopped on the M20 motorway at Junction 9, Ashford. Kent Police have been...
Information is sought following a reported incident of indecent exposure in Folkestone. It was reported that a man was seen walking with his trousers partially down in Guildhall Street, near the junction with Sandgate Road, at around 4pm on 29...
It’s been announced that Donald Trump, the president of the USA, has being taken to hospital. This comes less than 24 hours after he tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier today, it was said Mr Trump was displaying ‘mild symptoms’ after it was...
A 15-year-old boy was found with a minor hand injury t after emergency services were called to a reported “stabbing” in Croydon Road near the launderette in Beckenham. Police say they were called at 4:23pm on Saturday . The boy was taken to hospital...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire involving two vehicles parked on the driveway of an East Peckham home on Seven Mile Lane. Firefighters arrived to find the family had safely evacuated from their home and were a safe distance from...
The officers spotted a suspicious vehicle driving through the town during the evening of Monday 28 September 2020, and followed it as the motorist travelled out of Kent. The vehicle was stopped with the assistance of a Metropolitan Police...
Do you recognise this man? Officers investigating a sexual assault on-board a train travelling from Sevenoaks, Kent, to London are today releasing images in connection with the attack. At 7.10pm on Sunday 20 September, a man approached the...
Drug charges have been authorised against an 18-year-old man. Mason Philips of Bedford Hill, Balham, has been charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and possession with intent to supply crack cocaine. He was charged on 1 October...
An HGV driver has been sent to prison and issued with a fine of more than £5,000 for a series of offences after sharp-eyed patrolling officers spotted a defect when his vehicle drove past them on the A406 in north London. The Roads and Transport...
Police are appealing for information following a serious collision in Canterbury. At around 12.20am on Thursday 1 October 2020, a red Subaru collided with a white Vauxhall in Ashford Road, Thanington. A nearby Kent Police patrol arrived at the...
At around 5.30pm on 28 July 2020 the victim reported that he had been approached in Woodlands Park, Dashwood Road by an unknown man and his electric scooter had been stolen as a result. Officers have been conducting enquiries since the incident...
On Thursday 14 May 2020 officers were called to a property in Gordon Road following an allegation that William Parker had stabbed a man he knew in the neck and shoulder. On attendance, Parker, 43, was found to be extremely aggressive and his...
Information is sought following an allegation of an attempted robbery in Folkestone. At around midnight on Tuesday 29 September 2020, it is reported that while walking down Green Lane, near Joyes Road, a man was pushed to the ground by two people...
Detectives investigating an alleged sexual assault in Sevenoaks are carrying out roadside checks of vehicles as they continue to appeal for witnesses. Officers have been speaking to motorists and pedestrians in the town as part of their...
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@asda at 9 am this morning… Has your local supermarket seen any empty shelves
Storm Alex will bring wet and windy weather on Friday and over the weekend.
A yellow warning is in force, take care on the roads: Switch your lights on
Reduce your speed and Maintain a safe stopping distance.
Investigators have issued an appeal for information following a suspected arson in Sevenoaks. Kent Police was called at around 11.15pm on Saturday 26 September 2020 to a report a car was on fire whilst parked on a driveway on Garth Road. ...
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences as part of an investigation into a disturbance in Ashford. Officers were called to Monkton Close at midnight on Wednesday 30 September 2020 following a report that a suspected...
Two lanes of the M2 motorway London bound remain closed after a driver escapes serious injury in a vehicle rollover this morning. Officers from Highways England have been called to single vehicle incident. Paramedics from South East Coast...
Kent Police and partner agencies have visited nail bars, car washes and barber shops in Dover during a day of raising awareness about modern slavery. Officers from the town’s Community Safety Unit worked with representatives of Dover...
As part of partnership work to crackdown on fly-tipping, Dover District Council teamed up with Kent Police’s Rural Task Force on Tuesday for a day of action to stop vehicles and check licences and paperwork of commercial waste carriers. The...
Kent Fire and Rescue say they were called to multiple industrial units alight at commercial premises, believed to be Oakview Stud Farm, in Lombard Street at 8:42pm last night. Six fire engines and a bulk water carrier were sent. The cause of the...
Ninety-three new state of the art gritters will be patrolling England’s motorways and major A roads this winter as part of a multi-million investment to help keep traffic moving in severe weather. The new gritters will improve safety for drivers and...
Armed officers have been sent to Canterbury this morning after Police were called around 11:15am to a report involving concern for a woman in a property at Longport. The incident, involving a Police helicopter observing the scene from above. ...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire in a bedroom at a house in Springfield Road, Gillingham. Two fire engines were sent to the scene and crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, before...
A lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling offences following a National Crime Agency-led operation in Kent. An HGV was stopped by NCA officers, supported by police colleagues, just outside the port of Dover at around 1.30pm...
Residents are being warned to be vigilant of doorstep callers following a burglary report in Gravesend. Kent Police was called at 11.30am on 27 September 2020 after two men were reported to have knocked on a door in Milton Road. They then...
A man was taken to hospital with head and back injuries after being assaulted on Tontine Street in Folkstone shortly before 8pm Wednesday evening.
The assaulted man was a homeless rough sleeper who was attacked by around 10 young males.
Tributes continue to come from around the world for Sgt Ratana. From The Met Family, The Blue Light Family, Friends, Members of the public and even past prisoners of his that have come to lay flowers, commenting on how honest, fair and good he was...
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.
Call 101 or the independent charity quoting the reference: 3911346/20.
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...
