Kent businesses and organisations including voluntary, community and social enterprise groups can apply for a £1,000 grant from Kent County Council (KCC) to make their premises more breastfeeding friendly for…
A 76-year-old man who raped and sexually assaulted a young teenage girl has been jailed at Maidstone Crown Court for 18-and-a-half-years. Between 2017 and 2022 Raymond Bareham subjected the victim…
Mark Clover was found guilty of inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, sexual communication with a child and attempted sexual communication with a child following a…
A man who admitted to multiple child sex offences will have to wait until January 2024 for sentencing. Matthew Lockwood, from St Mary’s Island, Chatham was arrested by officers on…
Sunny Sands beach – Library image At around 6.55pm on Saturday 9 September 2023, it was reported to Kent Police that an unknown man had approached a girl near Sunny…
A sex offender from Herne Bay has been sentenced to 17 years in prison following an investigation by detectives from Kent Police. Jamie Kennedy blackmailed a number of children into…
An application by Kent County Council (KCC) to establish two new special free schools in the county has been approved by the Secretary of State for Education. Both schools will…
An 84-year-old man from Ramsgate, who carried out sexual offences against girls, has been jailed for 10 years by a court in Canterbury. Victor Walkom, formerly of Dumpton Park Road,…
A 77-year-old man who carried out a series of sexual offences against two girls in the 1970s and 80s is beginning a 15-year jail term. Fred Livesley, was investigated by…
Dover is set to become a dinosaur lover’s paradise on Wednesday 9 August, when Pencester Gardens transforms into a Jurassic Park for one day only. The event, organised by Dover…
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