A major new survey and report, commissioned by the charity Crimestoppers, has shed light on general attitudes to sexual harassment and the age at which victims are targeted. Of those…
Detectives are appealing for information following a report that a man exposed himself to a child in wooded area of Tunbridge Wells. The incident happened at around 4.15pm on Friday…
A man and a woman have been jailed for sexual offences against children committed in the Ashford area more than 35 years ago. Richard Winfield carried out indecent assaults on…
Gifts for the children A happier Christmas is on the cards for many of the district’s most vulnerable children and young people, thanks to staff from Folkestone & Hythe District…
A sex offender from Milton Keynes has been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing a child in a Maidstone hotel. On 19 August 2022, Harrison Langford began using online chat…
A Folkestone family is giving Santa a helping hand this year by raising money for a hospital’s children’s ward. The Knight family is collecting donations from people who visit their…
Winter traditionally sees an increase in coughs, colds and other respiratory illnesses but this year, there has also been an increase in a bacteria infection, caused by the group A…
Families in Kent with children who receive benefit-related free school meals will once again be given food vouchers by Kent County Council to help them over the Christmas break. Those…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 6 December 2022 This week the Online Safety Bill returned to parliament, for the…
A registered sex offender from Medway has been jailed for breaching his sexual harm prevention order (SHPO). Jamie Gillett was convicted in 2018 of sexual offences involving children and has…
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