Kent Police’s Rural Task Force has now recovered suspected stolen items worth more than £2 million since the start of the year. The team of officers, who patrol the whole…
Small rural businesses and community groups are welcoming grants totalling £300,000, providing a boost to the rural economy. Dover District Council (DDC) was allocated the funding through the Rural England…
An image has been issued by officers investigating allegations of an assault near Maidstone which left a pensioner suffering a serious injury to her arm. The victim, a woman in…
Police forces across the South East will be working together to intensify their operations to tackle rural crime this week. Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Thames…
Tim Bamford By Tim Bamford, Regional Director Country Land and Business Association (CLA). – People in the countryside have faced a generation of economic neglect. Despite covering 85% of our…
Kent Police was called just after 9.30am on Sunday 11 February 2024, to a report that two small, brown, terrier-like dogs were worrying sheep in a field off Chartway Street,…
Kent Police have dismantled a cannabis production site at a rural premises in Rolvenden, near Tenterden after visiting an address in Hastings Road on Tuesday 6 February 2024 following concerns…
Rural Task Force officers from Kent Police helped to return £400,000 worth of stolen vehicles to their rightful owners in one month, that’s £13,000 worth each day. Working closely with…
Following overwhelming public support, the Government announced in June 2023 to abolish the fees which some local authorities charge for disposing of DIY waste at household waste recycling centres. It’s…
The Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr Rick Everitt, has said that a letter received last week from Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Rachel Maclean MP, provides no…
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