Corrections

Last Updated: July 10, 2026

Kent Local News is committed to accuracy in all of our reporting. In accordance with the Standards Code adopted by Impress (Clause 1: Accuracy), we maintain this rolling 12-month record of all articles that have been amended to correct a significant inaccuracy, as required by Section 10.3 of the Impress Regulatory Scheme.

Where we identify or are notified of a significant inaccuracy in our published content, we will correct it promptly. All corrections are clearly marked on the relevant article and recorded below.

Corrections Log

10 July 2026 — Removal of 34 automated articles. A review of articles generated by an automated news-sourcing process between 2 and 9 July 2026 found that the process could introduce significant inaccuracies when it was unable to retrieve the full text of the official source it was reporting on. Thirty-four affected articles — principally police and council stories — were removed from publication on 10 July 2026, and the associated social media posts were deleted. Two further articles (a county-lines enforcement report and a proceeds-of-crime confiscation report) were checked against their official sources, corrected where required, and remain published with source links added. The automated process has been fixed so that articles are generated only from retrieved source text, and any story whose source text cannot be retrieved is held for human review before publication. We apologise for these errors.

10 July 2026 — Kent Police Release Image After Woman Followed and Filmed in Hoo: an earlier version of this article, published on 9 July 2026, incorrectly reported that a school-age girl had been accosted in Hoo and framed the incident as a child-safeguarding matter. Kent Police’s appeal — the source for the story — states that a woman was followed and allegedly photographed and filmed on Ratcliffe Highway on 5 July 2026. The article has been rewritten to reflect the source, the headline amended, and a correction notice added to the article.

This page is reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis. Entries older than 12 months are removed.

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