Dog dies in Margate flat blaze
Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) was called to reports of a fire at a flat in Dane Road, Margate shortly after 11.00pm on Saturday 27 February. Three fire engines…
Woman needed oxygen after reported electric blanket blaze in Lydd
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a house fire in Harden Road, Lydd, in Romney Marsh on Saturday evening 27 February. Three fire engines attended and…
Seriously injured pedestrian in Canterbury flown to London hospital
Witnesses are sought to a collision in Canterbury in which a pedestrian was seriously injured. A red Jaguar XF car was travelling east in Broad Oak Road, towards the junction…
Woman rescued from house fire at Naseby Road in Folkestone
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have rescued a woman from a fire in Folkestone following a 999 call received at 17.20 on Monday 15 January, stating that a neighbouring property was…
Dungeness RNLI called to recover fisherman with severed finger in Channel
On Saturday 23 January at 7.35am, the volunteer crew of the Dungeness Shannon-class lifeboat, The Morrell, were called to a fishing vessel half a mile east of the station station…
Folkestone and Hythe MP – Channel migrant boat tragedy
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 14 December 2022 Today we received the tragic news of deaths in the Channel…