Conservative candidate, Matthew Scott has held onto the position of Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent. He beat Labour’s Lola Oyewusi and the Liberal Democrat’s Graham Colley, with 56% of…
Two men from the north west have been convicted after attempting to smuggle 243 kilos of cocaine into the UK on an empty passenger coach. The National Crime Agency investigated…
Terence Standage secretly accessed thousands of indecent images and videos A registered sex offender from Maidstone who used a neighbour’s Wi-Fi signal to download illegal images of children has been…
Information is sought following a report a girl was assaulted by a man dressed in black in Kings Hill. The incident happened in an area of land between Lavenders Road…
Witnesses are being sought after an expensive classic watch was stolen from a property in Folkestone. The victim, a man in his seventies, reported that an unknown man called at…
A Maidstone thief who burgled the home of a woman he knew and then sold her possessions at a local jewellery store has been jailed. Paul Bruce targeted the victim’s…
Volunteers from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex area are being asked to sign up to the latest COVID-19 vaccine study to be rolled out across the UK. The National Institute…
More than 70 weapons including knives, a knuckle duster and a hammer have been seized by officers across the county during the latest clampdown on knife crime. Operation Sceptre, a…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 12 May 2021. EDF energy, the operators of Dungeness B nuclear power station are…
CCTV appeal following theft – Maidstone Photo: Kent Police CCTV images have been issued by officers investigating a reported theft at a Maidstone school. At around 1pm on Friday 30…
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