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Crime & Justice Appeal after delivery driver allegedly cut with bladed object in Folkestone
Kent Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after a delivery driver was allegedly attacked with a bladed object…
22 August 2026 -
Local News The wolf in the window: what the record shows about the Fabian Society, eugenics and the dictators
A companion to GB Freedom Party’s ‘anti-fascist fascists’ broadside: the documented record of the society that helped found Labour — its…
22 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Canterbury man banned from supermarkets and shopping centres across Kent after 27 thefts
Daniel Rogers, 36, was sentenced in February 2026 and handed a Criminal Behaviour Order barring him from Tesco, Aldi, Asda, TK Maxx and…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Three men charged over attempted armed burglary at Folkestone home
Dylan Tawanyasha Malikebo, Jayden Petros and Sulayman Jammeh are charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and Class A drug…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Two Longfield men arrested after pub assault in Dartford
Two men have been arrested following an assault at a Dartford pub that left a victim hospitalised. Kent Police was called at around 9pm on…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Herne Bay man jailed for over three years after jumping from window to escape police
Benjamin Knowles, of Canterbury Road, Herne Bay, was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison at Canterbury Crown Court after a jury…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal for witnesses after woman dies in Ramsgate
A woman in her 40s was found unresponsive on a footpath in Manston Road on 31 July 2026 and later died in hospital, with her death being…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice More than 100 vehicles stopped in Gravesend traffic crackdown
Kent Police’s Special Constabulary stopped over 100 vehicles, issued 72 Traffic Offence Reports and seized multiple vehicles across two…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Chatham strangler jailed for nearly three years after petrol station escape
Charlie Stefano, 33, of Dagenham, was sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to intentional strangulation and…
21 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council backs Government crackdown on illegal waste dumping
Kent County Council has welcomed new Government plans for tougher enforcement against serious and organised waste crime, pointing to the…
20 August 2026 -
Council Updates Government takes control of East Malling 1,300-home planning decision
The Secretary of State has called in a planning application for up to 1,300 homes on land west of Hermitage Lane in East Malling, meaning…
20 August 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge and Malling approves retrospective planning change for Ditton demolition
A Section 73 application varying four planning conditions at Park Farm Cottage, Bradbourne Lane, Ditton, has been approved by Tonbridge and…
20 August 2026