Kent Fire and Rescue Service have rescued a person from an upturned vehicle on Wednesday evening (16 August) near to the Aldi Supermarket at St Andrews Close, Canterbury. Together with…
A tragic incident occurred in the English Channel in the early hours of Saturday, 12 August, when a boat carrying around 60 migrants, thought to be Afghans and Sudanese, from…
Two adventurous climbers had a close call when they found themselves stranded on a precarious ledge near Townwall Street, in Dover, today 22 July 2023. The fearless pair had been…
D799 ‘Buster’ with the casualty craft in tow Photo: RNLI/Vic Booth Two people on a 23-foot yacht were rescued by the Sheerness lifeboat volunteers on Saturday 15 July, after their…
Library image A tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning (18 July) when a person lost their life after being in the water on a Kent beach. It’s been reported an incident…
Saturday will be a stormy day, with heavy rain and thunder hitting Kent and many other parts of the country say weather experts from the Met Office. The worst of…
PCSO Sophie Lusher It was 12:45 pm on a sunny Tuesday, 27 June 2023, when PCSO Sophie Lusher was cruising along Pembury Road in her police vehicle. She noticed a…
Library image A blazing inferno erupted in a Folkestone garden on Saturday evening (24 June), sending flames and smoke into the air. Firefighters rushed to the scene in Shorncliffe Road,…
RNLI/Mark Richardson Dungeness lifeboat The warmer weather this weekend has meant that the volunteers of Dungeness RNLI lifeboat were called out twice on the afternoon of Saturday 10 June. The…
Emergency services and partner agencies are coming together today (5 June) to trial their response to a critical incident at a large Kent attraction. Firefighters, police, paramedics, and event organisers…
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