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Local News ‘Predators live in silence’: the Kent care specialist who wants adults to stop whispering about abuse
Lucy Clifford spent more than eight years in a Medway children’s home and five as a deputy head of care. Her memoir, published on 18…
18 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Police seek witnesses after M20 patrol car collision near Charing
An unmarked Kent Police car responding to a fatal crash in Tilmanstone was involved in a collision with a blue Nissan Qashqai on the M20…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Ashford woman charged with four thefts across Kent villages
Shantel Brooker, 37, of Falcon Way, Ashford, appeared before Folkestone magistrates on 12 September 2026 charged with four theft offences…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Three Kent Police officers honoured for saving man’s life after Sheerness crash
PC Braden Farrow, PC Abbie Penfold and PC Emily Savage received Royal Humane Society recognition after keeping a trapped, unconscious…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Three arrested after suspected rogue trading in Whitfield, Dover
Kent Police detained two men and a teenage boy after a group allegedly arrived by van in Castle Drive, approached residents about home…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal after reported burglary at Maidstone shop
Two men are alleged to have broken into a shop in Mangravet Avenue and stolen tobacco products in the early hours of 7 September 2026. Kent…
17 September 2026 -
Council Updates Four Canterbury groups win wildlife grants — including the district’s first funding for adder habitat
Canterbury City Council has awarded biodiversity grants totalling £9,264 to four local organisations, with two further projects backed by…
17 September 2026 -
Council Updates Whitstable Harbour gets £1.6m quay rebuild to cut flood risk
An 85-metre stretch of Whitstable Harbour’s east quay wall, corroded after more than 60 years in seawater, is being replaced in a £1.6…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Cannabis parcel delivered to Gillingham home sparks police witness appeal
Kent Police are investigating after a parcel containing several bags of cannabis was delivered to a house in Livingstone Road, Gillingham…
17 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council projects broadly balanced budget for 2026/27 but flags Lockmeadow and planning appeals overspends
A first-quarter finance update presented to Maidstone Borough Council’s cabinet on 16 September 2026 showed an overall underspend of…
17 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tenterden vicarage site earmarked for 15 homes considered by Ashford planners
Ashford Borough Council’s planning committee considered a proposal by the Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance to build 15 dwellings on…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Dover man jailed after cannabis farm fills five rooms across three floors
Florjan Prengezaj, 40, was sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty at Folkestone magistrates to producing 141 cannabis…
16 September 2026