Kent Police urges drivers to buckle up for road safety
As part of a national campaign to promote road safety, Kent Police will be cracking down on motorists who do not wear seatbelts or secure their children properly in their…
Tunbridge Wells crime hotspots see anti-social behaviour crackdown
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged as part of an increased focus on tackling anti-social behaviour in Tunbridge Wells. The boys were detained following allegations residents at an address…
Campaign to protect Maidstone retailers sees burglar and thief jailed
The ongoing campaign to protect Maidstone retailers from crime has continued with a prison sentence for a burglar and thief. On 28 February 2023, a man who went to a…
Officers recover over 30 knives during week of action to tackle knife crime
Library image Kent Police’s latest enforcement to tackle knife crime has seen officers seize 34 knives and arrest 11 suspects. Between Monday 15 and Sunday 21 May 2023, the force…
Kent Police joins national week of action against knife crime
Monday (15 May 2023) marked the start of Operation Sceptre, an initiative to tackle knife crime across the UK which brings together all 43 police forces and British Transport Police…
Twenty-four arrests in Kent during National Stalking Awareness Week
Library image Twenty-four people were arrested as part of enforcement activity to mark National Stalking Awareness Week. Suspects from across the county were brought into custody on suspicion of stalking,…
Shakespeare’s support for Folkestone Library fight
A performer reads quotes from Shakespeare’s works Photo: Ray Duff – By Ray Duff – Despite the weather, Save Folkestone Library campaigners once again gathered outside the town’s main library.…
Folkestone and Hythe MP has talks with Government Minister over library closure
Folkestone Library protest at the weekend Photo: Ray Duff – Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 30 April 2023. The…
Overground underground Wombling MP, is heaping Spring Clean praise on DDC!
Natalie Elphicke MP in Parliament, with Orinico the Womble This year’s litter-picking campaign, from 17 March to 2 April, brings together individuals, community organisations, businesses and councils to get litter…