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20th April 2021DONATE: Tony Hudgell plans 100-step charity walk on prosthetic legs
A SIX-year-old amputee is getting ready to walk 100 steps without his crutches in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Tony Hudgell, from Kings Hill, has only ever walked six steps unaided before but ...
20th April 2021Kent Police rapped after officer preyed on 'vulnerable' women victims on patrol
A MAIDSTONE KentPolice employee, who had inappropriate relationships with vulnerable women victims of crime he met on patrol, has been dismissed for the force. His sacking without notice ...
CCTV APPEAL: Spate of burglaries across Maidstone
CCTV images have been issued following a spate of burglaries in Maidstone. Two men are alleged to have targeted several shed in Hayle Mill between 12.17am and 2.50am on March 20. It was ...
ARREST: 'Unlawful access attempted onto site' in Ulcombe
A MAN was arrested following reports of a disturbance in Ulcombe yesterday. Police were called to the scene in Pye Corner at around 12.10pm yesterday regarding a civil matter. Other people ...
SUMMER: Stones Community Trust to expand School's Out scheme
STONES Community Trust will be running its 'School’s Out' programme during the next three summer holidays. The club’s charity ran a fortnight of fun activities at Greenfields ...
M20 LATEST: Operation Brock to be lifted from motorway this weekend
OPERATION Brock, the post-Brexit contraflow system on the M20, is to be be lifted this weekend. Highways England staff are due to remove the barrier between Junctions 9 and 8 London-bound ...
CUSTODY: Headcorn man, 29, arrested over violent Staplehurst burglary
A MAN has been arrested following a violent burglary near Staplehurst. A victim, in her 60s, was assaulted during an ordeal in Staplehurst Road, Frittenden, after a man showed up at her home ...
CCTV APPEAL: Maidstone shop worker racially abused over face mask request
A MAIDSTONE shop worker was threatened and racially abused after asking a customer to wear a face mask. The incident happened at Greggs in The Mall at around 9.10am on April 2. Th suspect ...
BREAKING: Central reservation on M20 'hit by two cars' in Maidstone
A CRASH on the M20 is causing long delays this afternoon. Kent Highways says the central reservation barrier has been hit and pushed into the London-bound carriageway between junction 8 and ...
WARNING: Crash halts traffic on M20 near Maidstone
A CRASH on the M20 is causing long delays this afternoon. The incident happened between junction 8 (Leeds Castle)to junction 9 (Ashford) in the coastbound contraflow. Officers are en ...