The New Year is looking significantly brighter—and warmer—for several local hubs in Chatham and Folkestone. Thanks to a generous wave of funding from Southern Water, fourteen community centres across the…
MAIDSTONE — A 28-year-old man has been jailed for two years and nine months following a month-long series of sophisticated distraction thefts targeting bank customers across Medway. Job Khoeseb, from…
The Met Office is warning people in Kent of Patchy ice which is likely to form on untreated surfaces by Wednesday morning and may lead to some disruption. Clearing skies…
Library image A suspected drug driver has been arrested during a road traffic operation in Ramsgate by the Kent Special Constabulary and police cadets. On Saturday 24 January 2026, a…
Ashford Borough Council (ABC) has successfully completed essential roofing works at International House, securing a £10,000 social value donation for local causes as part of the project contract. Following the…
Maidstone Crown Court Image: SCOPIX MAIDSTONE – Three members of an organized crime gang have been sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court after carrying out a series of high-value vehicle thefts…
Library image KENT — A flood alert has been issued for the Upper River Medway as heavy overnight rainfall threatens to trigger rising water levels by tomorrow morning, January 27.…
A former prison officer who entered into a romantic engagement with an inmate has been jailed for three years and six months following a corruption investigation into drug smuggling and…
The old bus station in Folkestone Image: SCOPIX The ambitious vision for a revitalized Folkestone is rapidly becoming a reality as the £20m Folkestone – A Brighter Future project charges…
Officers searching for a missing man from Canterbury have located a body. Kent Police attended the Chaucer Road area shortly before 5pm on Sunday 25 January 2026, where a man…
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