Kent offers free bus travel for low-income families this summer
Families with children on free school meals can enjoy free bus travel across the county during the summer holidays. Thanks to funding provided through the government’s National Bus Strategy and…
Hundreds of Folkestone schoolchildren lay posies on Canadian soldiers’ graves
Photo: Folkestone Town Council On Friday 30 June, Folkestone honoured the 305 Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in WWI and rest in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. The Canada Day…
Dover man charged over assaults on women and girl
A man from Dover has appeared in court charged with three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and three counts of assault, in relation to offences against three women…
Child sex abuse attempt in Margate foiled
A man who used social media apps in attempts to groom a child for sex offences in Margate has been jailed. Salman Siddiqi, pictured below, sent explicit images of himself…
Eight-year jail term for paedophile who attempted to abuse child in Kent
Maidstone Crown Court A paedophile has been jailed after his attempt to abuse a young boy in Dartford was thwarted by police. On Friday 30 September 2022, Anthony Finnis travelled…
Maidstone man confesses to possessing horde of harrowing videos containing child sex abuse
A Maidstone man who downloaded hundreds of videos and images containing child sex abuse has been jailed. John Pattison stored the collection of harrowing material on several memory cards, which…