KCC Leader urges Education Secretary to keep Kent primary schools closed
Photo by CDC on Unsplash In a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday (Saturday), Kent County Council Leader Roger Gough and Cabinet Member for Education and Skills Richard Long…
Appeal following serious collision of SUV and BMX in Maidstone
Witnesses are sought by officers investigating a serious collision in Maidstone. Kent Police was called at 5.40pm on Friday 1 January 2021 following a collision involving a white Volvo XC60…
Call for Kent schools to close for two months
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash Kent County Councillors Trudy Dean and Rob Bird are demanding immediate action to stem the spread of the new strain of the Covid-19 virus…
Hythe Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve issue closure notice for January
Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash It is with a heavy heart that we will be closing Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve to the public from 4th January 2021 until…
Stolen car recovered and suspects arrested after pursuit in Thanet
A stolen car has been recovered and two suspected thieves arrested by officers from Thanet’s Local Policing Team. Kent Police was called to a report of a Mercedes being driven…
Group in Romney Marsh fined £2,400 for breaching Covid-19 regulations
Melon Lane near Ivychurch Romney Marsh – Image: Google Kent Police’s Rural Task Force have handed out fines to a group of men for breaching Government Covid-19 regulations. Officers attended…
Man charged with murder following death of woman in Canterbury
Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a man with murder following the death of a woman in Canterbury. Kent Police was called at 11.25am on…
Cash and phone stolen during robbery in Folkestone
Witnesses are sought in connection with a robbery in Folkestone. A man in his forties was in Guildhall Street North, near Broadmead Road when he was approached by a woman…
Happy 2021 Folkestone from the USA
By Peter Jurzynski It will be only the 2nd New Year’s Eve that I am in the USA in a dozens years. What a year 2020 was for all of…
Appeal after man assaulted in car by group in Canterbury
Officers are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in Canterbury. Kent Police was called at 1.26am on Tuesday 29 December 2020 following a report that a motorist had…