Emergency services scrambled to rescue teenager at Folkestone Harbour Arm
Kent Fire and Rescue Service and HM Coastguard was called to reports of a person stuck in mud off the Harbour Arm, in Folkestone just after 11.30 this morning, 2…
Blazing sheds light up midnight sky in Whitstable
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of multiple sheds alight in Acton Road, Whitstable just after midnight on 30 May. Two fire engines arrived on the scene…
Walkie-Talkie radios dished out to businesses in Ashford to help keep residents safe
Photo: Ben Hammond (centre), manager of Ashford Picturehouse, receiving a new radio from Glyn Walker (left), manager of Ashford Partnership Against Crime, and PC Alistair Pringle (right), Kent Police’s licensing…
Joint effort by Dungeness and Littlestone RNLI to rescue yacht
On Saturday 8 May 2021 at 08.01am, the Dungeness Shannon-class lifeboat was called to assist a yacht that had run aground off Littlestone. It was reported the yacht had damaged…
Immense bravery displayed as Police Officers pull man from burning building in Sellindge near Hythe
Two police officers have pulled a man from a burning building during a fire in Sellindge. The officers from Folkestone’s Local Policing Team were called following concerns for a man…
Busy day for Margate Lifeboat after seaside visitors cut off by high spring tides
Margate’s RNLI inshore lifeboat has been in action responding to reports of people cut off by high spring tides in the Kingsgate area. UK Coastguard received a report around 2pm…
Seven injured including two seriously as explosion rocks homes in Ashford
An explosion in Ashford has resulted in two people sustaining serious injuries. Kent Police, Kent Fire and Rescue Service and South East Coast Ambulance Service were called to Mill View,…
Emergency services respond to explosion in Mill View Ashford
Officers from Kent Police are currently working alongside colleagues from Kent Fire and Rescue Service and South East Coast Ambulance Service after being called to a report of an explosion…
Investigation launched after man dies in Folkestone flat blaze
An investigation has been launched following a blaze in Folkestone which left one man dead. Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in a flat in Castle…
M20 reopened after Army explosives team give all clear to vehicle forced to stop by Kent Police
The M20 between Junctions 8 and 9 reopened on Sunday evening following the stopping of a speeding car and arrest of a man by Kent Police. Shortly after 11.25am on…