Folkestone memorial gathering marks the latest tragic channel crossing deaths
Memorial gathering for the migrants who lost their lives Photo: Ray Duff – Words by Ray Duff – On Wednesday evening an albeit hastily arranged memorial to the deaths of…
Memorial gathering for the migrants who lost their lives Photo: Ray Duff – Words by Ray Duff – On Wednesday evening an albeit hastily arranged memorial to the deaths of…
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally, as part of an investigation into a Channel boat crossing which resulted in the…
KCC’s Roger Gough and Neil Baker with Emma Ward and Paul Biles from the Port of Dover Photo: KCC In preparation for upcoming EU border ID checks, the Leader of…
Officers have seized approximately 120,000 illicit cigarettes across Dartford and Gravesham in a multi-agency operation last week, Friday 8 March 2024. Officers from the Community Safety Units in Dartford and…
Natalie pictured with Transport Secretary, the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, Doug Bannister (CEO at the Port of Dover) and Jason Holt (Chairman of the Port of Dover) in Parliament…
In an unusual turn of events, three suspects were swiftly arrested following a daring purse theft in Tonbridge. The incident unfolded around 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, when…
A Russian HGV driver has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to smuggling migrants ‘from the UK to France’. Nikolai Kuznetsov, aged 39 was stopped by Border Force…
Part of the Manston site The Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr Rick Everitt, has called for the Home Office to be open with the public over its plans for…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 9 December 2023 ‘Illegal’ immigration During a recent visit to Dungeness, I saw the…
A lorry driver who smuggled migrants into the UK for a London-based people smuggling gang has been jailed for two-years-and-eight months. Vasile Balcovei, 49, from Tulcea in Romania dropped two…
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