18-year-old driver killed in Canterbury crash
Kent Police is keen to speak to witnesses following a fatal collision near Canterbury. The incident took place on the A2050 and involved a black Ford KA and a blue…
Victim in hospital after attack and street robbery by four women in Margate
Witnesses to a reported robbery in Margate are being urged to come forward by investigating officers. Kent Police was called to a report of a disturbance in Charlotte Square shortly…
Canterbury museum joins National Portrait Gallery partnership
Canterbury’s Museums and Galleries service has become one of 12 organisations in the country to join the National Portrait Gallery’s National Skills Sharing Partnership. Over the next two years, all…
Recovery Poem to light up Ashford this summer
Photo: Ben Raine How do we commemorate what’s been lost as we start to take tentative steps out of lockdown? What do we want to hold onto and grow? What…
Campaigners call on Government to confirm legal protection of threatened Swanscombe nature site
Buglife, the RSPB, Kent Wildlife Trust and CPRE Kent have come together to save one of Kent’s most important wildlife sites, home to the scarce brown-banded carder bee, the critically…
Two men charged after three 9mm guns discovered in Dover
Three 9mm firearms have been seized and two men charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. The firearms, believed to be forward venting blank firers converted to fire…
Folkestone and Hythe MP heaps praise on England team and scorn on abuse
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 14 July 2021. Heroes Last Sunday night the fantastic campaign of the England men’s…
Smoking across the South East costs local government £170 million in social care costs every year
New analyses of authoritative national datasets funded by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) shows that ill health caused by smoking has a substantial impact on…