No messing! Motorist given on-the-spot fine for using phone at the wheel
Library image A driver was stopped by police on Blue Bell Hill near Maidstone after being caught using his mobile phone. The man was driving a van when he was…
Mum pushing child in pram felt threatened after man got out of black BMW which stopped next to her
Officers are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious incident involving a BMW in Edenbridge. At around 7.05pm on Wednesday 27 September 2023, a woman was pushing her child in a…
Woman falls victim to sexual assault by stranger in Maidstone town centre alleyway
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted in Maidstone. The incident happened in Gabriel’s Hill, between 4.15am and 4.30am on Saturday 23 September 2023.…
11 years in jail for man behind ‘horrific attack’ on woman in Herne Bay
An 11-year jail term has been imposed on a man who carried out a serious assault on a woman in a flat in Herne Bay. Ian McQuaide attacked the woman,…
Folkestone East Cliff Dig sheds new light on Iron Age history
An overview of the 2023 Iron Age excavations Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff – The Canterbury Archaeology Trust, along with local and regional archaeology groups and university students, have…
MP applauds Folkestone School for Girls student’s innovative ‘Auxi Pen’ for dyslexia correction
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 29 September 2023 Net Zero Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels like coal, gas…