Mersham man sentenced after guilty verdict over waste offences
Photo: Ashford Borough Council – An Ashford landowner who ignored repeated warnings to stop allowing waste to be brought onto his land and burnt has been sentenced to 26 weeks…
Folkestone and Hythe roads closed ’til’ end of May
By Ray Duff – To allow carriageway resurfacing works to be carried out, Kent County Council has made an Order to temporarily prohibit through traffic on A2034 Cheriton Gardens and…
No mow Folkestone and Hythe kind to bees but colourful formal displays remain
Colourful displays across the town – Folkestone & Hythe is looking picture perfect this spring thanks to the hard work of the council’s grounds maintenance team. A staggering 90,000 bulbs…
Cheriton Library back in business
Cheriton Library forecourt dressed for the event Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff – Around 50 people came along to the official launch of the re-furbished library…
Lydd man who sprayed bleach at victims after kebab shop row is jailed
A jail term has been imposed on a man who sprayed bleach towards a group of people during an altercation in Lydd. Andrew Maloney was given a 16-month sentence at…
Police vehicles damaged while parked in Canterbury High Street
Officers investigating damage caused to police vehicles in Canterbury have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to. It was reported that at around 4am…
Tunbridge Wells man who ‘bragged’ he would murder and bury partner in garden is jailed
A man from Tunbridge Wells has been jailed after making threats to murder and bury his partner during an abusive relationship which saw her also repeatedly beaten. John Kirby was…
Appeal following ‘stabbing’ in Maidstone
Victim taken to London hospital by air ambulance – Investigators are appealing for witnesses following a report of a serious assault in Maidstone. At 9.56pm on Sunday 22 May 2022,…
Woman killed and child injured after crash near Sittingbourne
Witnesses are being urged to come forward after a woman died in a single-vehicle collision in Yelsted, near Sittingbourne. The incident happened on Yelsted Road, near the junction with Yelsted…
Witness appeal following assault on woman in Gravesend flat
Detectives investigating an assault on a woman in Gravesend have released an image of a man they would like to speak to. On the evening of Sunday 15 May 2022,…