Councillor joins Folkestone Channel Rotary Sleep Out with Porchlight
On Friday 11 March Folkestone and Hythe LibDem Councillor Tim Prater will be joining local business people and community leaders at a Folkestone sleep out to raise vital funds for…
CCTV released following ‘New Year’s Brawl’ in Sittingbourne High Street
Officers investigating a report of disorder in Sittingbourne have released images of four men they would like to talk to. The incident happened outside a nightclub in the High Street,…
Seriously injured man discovered sitting in parked car with ‘stab wounds’ in Dymchurch
Officers are appealing for witnesses after a man was ‘stabbed’ in Dymchurch. Kent Police was called by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to the High Street near the junction…
Thieves jailed for stealing ‘end of life care drugs’ from East Kent patients’ homes
Two burglars who stole medication from terminally ill residents in east Kent have been jailed. Ruth Lambert, 33, and 29-year-old Jessica Silvester preyed on patients receiving end-of-life care packages, posing…
Two arrested at suspected brothel in Fairmeadow Maidstone
Two people have been charged and cash seized as part of an investigation into a suspected brothel in Maidstone. On Thursday 6 January 2022, officers from the town’s community policing…
Folkestone family’s Xmas lights raises hospital cash after staff save daughter’s life
Family’s lights display thanks NHS staff Photo: EKHT A family has raised hundreds of pounds as a way of thanking the NHS staff who saved their daughter’s life after she…
Three jailed for Canterbury knife attack on teenage woman
Three people have been jailed for a total of more than seven years following an attack in which a woman was stabbed in the leg. Naomi Roberts, George Roberts and…
Police motorcyclist sniffs out cannabis as he followed car on M20 in Kent
A motorist who smelled so strongly of cannabis it was detected by a police officer riding a motorcycle has been arrested. The officer was following the car near junction 7…
Gas engineer jailed over thefts of ‘priceless’ and ‘irreplaceable’ jewellery across Kent
A gas engineer who stole ‘priceless’ and ‘irreplaceable’ jewellery from people while carrying out work in their homes has been jailed for a year and a half. Gavin Seagar, 43,…
Van driver with £16.5m heroin and cocaine haul is jailed for 10 years after search in Dover
A van driver who attempted to smuggle heroin and cocaine worth £16.5m by hiding it within catering supplies has been jailed for 10 years. Ross Patrick Deffley, 26, from Solihull,…