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Read Time:1 Minute, 24 Second An inmate who threw excrement at a prison officer has been sentenced to more than two years’ imprisonment. Edward Highton threw the substance at a member of staff while he was residing at HMP Swaleside in September 2018...
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Read Time:39 Second Just before 9.40pm on Friday 6 August 2021, it is believed a grey Ford Fiesta was travelling along Minster Road when it collided head on with a white Jaguar XE. The driver of the Fiesta, a man in his 40s died at the...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 43 Second Colin Hinds had known the victim for more than 30 years and travelled nearly five miles to commit the assault following a disagreement in August 2020. The 38-year-old, of Manor Road, Queenborough, admitted...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 12 Second Russell Harris was handed an 18-month custodial sentence on Tuesday 27 July 2021 after admitting a charge of actual bodily harm when he appeared at Maidstone Crown Court. He also admitted seven counts of being in...
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Read Time:37 Second A blackmail charge has been authorised against a man alleged to have illegally accessed private photographs online. In October 2020 a victim from the Merseyside area reported that he had been asked to pay £3,000 to regain...
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Read Time:25 Second Kent Police was called at 9.12pm on 22 July 2021 to a report of a collision involving two vehicles on Minster Road, Sheerness. Following the incident a disturbance is reported to have ensued. Officers attended the incident and a...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 28 Second A prisoner who was found in possession of improvised knives, and mobile phones, at HMP Swaleside has received a new jail sentence. Martin McCartney was found with the items during a routine inspection of his cell...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 53 Second The 28-year-old, of Warden Bay Road, Sheerness, admitted robbery and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday 25 May 2021 to five years and four months’ imprisonment. McNair was one of three men who...
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Read Time:58 Second Kent Police was called at 12.03am on Saturday 22 May 2021 to a report of an assault at a Holiday Park on Plough Road, Sheerness. Armed police officers and Paramedics from South East coast ambulance service attended and a man in...
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Read Time:37 Second Police were called to Alsager Avenue on the morning of Thursday 25 March 2021 after a man was found on board a boat for which he did not have permission. Officers arrived at the scene and found the man on the boat. Having...
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Read Time:12 Second Two fire engines were sent to the scene, and crews arrived to a pile of waste alight. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. No casualties were reported and the cause is not yet known...
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Read Time:53 Second Police and Kent Fire and Rescue have closed the A249 between Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey in Kent following a vehicle fire. At around 8.30 am on Tuesday morning, four fire engines and a water carrier attended a...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 21 Second Members of the shooting party were attempting to kill ducks, geese and marsh harriers (who are included in the Amber list of UK species of conservation concern and are legally protected), shooting the birds as they were...
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Read Time:2 Minute, 0 Second Increased police patrols will be taking place in public spaces and on beaches over the coming days to help remind people about social distancing advice, deter illegal mass gatherings and deal with any associated crime...
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Read Time:30 Second Firefighters were called to reports of smoke issuing from an industrial unit in Rushenden Road, Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey just after 3pm on Wednesday afternoon. Crews worked hard in extremely taxing conditions to...
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Read Time:16 Second Please help find Shannon Reid 13 #missing from #Peckham. Shannon has links to #Nunhead, #Elephantandcastle #Dartford #isleofsheppey. Wearing a Black bomber jacket with silver inner hood, black tshirt with coloured pattern, hair...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 10 Second Armed police officers from Kent Police and around six SECAmb vehicles have been called to an incident on the the Isle of Sheppey. Police were seen to enter Saddlebrook Park site in Leysdown. After a woman is...
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Read Time:7 Second A Beach rave is currently going on at Leysdown beach. Officers from Kent Police are said to be observing but not intervening. Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Happy 0 0 % Sad 0 0 % Excited 0 0 % Sleepy 0 0 % Angry 0...
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Read Time:15 Second The A249 Sheppey Crossing in Kent is closed southbound between the A250 (near Queenborough) and the B2005 due to a broken down vehicle in the carriageway. The closure will remain in place until the vehicle is recovered. Road...
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Read Time:19 Second A second landslide has taken place at Surf Crescent in Eastchurch, on the Isle of Sheppey. Fire crews rushed to the scene on Saturday now a second slide has resulted in part of a property and a car falling over the cliff...
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Read Time:14 Second A house in Surf Crescent is in danger of falling over the cliff edge after large cracks appeared in the ground around it due to erosion. Emergency services were alerted around 10:45pm last night. Twenty residents in the area have...
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Read Time:22 Second A key worker on the Isle of Sheppey has been the latest to fall victim of crime during the lockdown. If anyone sees a yellow Kawasaki ER6N reg MX56TXU. It has a very loud exhaust so you may hear it. It also has a few bungee...
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Read Time:36 Second Police were sent to Kent Avenue in Minster on Sea Police were sent to Kent Avenue at 8:25am this morning to search for a man with a weapon. They are thought to have entered a bungalow looking for the male. A police helicopter was...
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Read Time:16 Second Armed police attended St Clements Road in Warden on the Isle of Sheppey around 12:15pm on Friday. Two men are said to have been arrested for suspected ‘firearms offences’. Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Happy 0...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 4 Second A Sheerness man who threatened a woman and her family with violence has been sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment. Lewis Jacobs, of Rosemary Avenue, Minster-on-Sea, made almost 350 phone calls to the...
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Read Time:27 Second The A249 in Kent is closed in both directions between the B2005 and A250 due to strong winds on the Sheppey Crossing. Traffic is being diverted by the Kingsferry Bridge. Drivers planning to travel are encouraged to plan their...
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Read Time:45 Second A computer-generated image of a man has been issued by our officers investigating a report of a robbery in #Queenborough. At around 7pm on Saturday 16 November 2019, a woman left a shop in Main Road and crossed over the street...
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Read Time:26 Second Armed police descended on to Victoria street in Sheerness this afternoon after a concerned call to police stating a man had a gun. Two guns have been seized and a 22 year old man has been arrested by officers in the shakedown...
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Read Time:29 Second A man has been rushed to hospital after suffering serious burns. Emergency crews were called after garage fire in Minster-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey. Fire crews gave a man oxygen therapy and first aid for burns after a fire...
