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22nd April 2021COURT: Woman, 60s, left restrained for TWO DAYS by cash thief
A SUSPECTis due to appear in court today charged with an aggravated burglary near Staplehurst. The offence took place at around 6pm onApril 4 where a woman was left restrained ...
22nd April 2021ATTEMPTED MURDER: Maidstone man charged in connection with police knife attack
A GRAVESEND man has been charged with attempting to murder a Kent Police officer. Kuran Gill allegedly assaulted a Kent Police officer with a knife at around 6am on April 21. The officer was ...
FINED: Maidstone driver was NINE times legal limit
A DRUG driver found almost nine times over the limit has been banned from the roads for more than three years. Mark Pays, 33, of St Heliers Close, Maidstone, was sentenced on April 6 at Maidstone ...
POLICE ELECTION: Who will you vote for to be Kent's commissioner?
JUST three candidates have put themselves forward for the role of Kent Police and Crime Commissioner on May 6, the same day as the local council elections. Current PCCMatthew Scott will be ...
JAILED: Snodland man planned to meet 12-year-old for sex
A SNODLAND man who arranged to meet a child for sex has been jailed. Reece Cano repeatedly sought indecent images of a girl he believed was only 12 years old and then arranged to meet her in ...
CLOSED: Jets of water caused by burst water pipe shuts village
HEAVY traffic has been blamed for a massive column of water that was sent spurting into the air in the centre of a rural village near Maidstone. Hollingbourne residents in Eyhorne Street ...
DETAILS: Testing sites to close next week across Kent
RESIDENTS can now pick up COVID-19 tests from 322 pharmacies across Kent. Some symptom free testing sites will also be closing at the end of April, but one site in each district will remain open ...
UPDATE: Dean Street works cancelled
OPENREACH works in East Farleigh havebeen cancelled. Dean Street was due to shut April 25 for one day(08:00-15:30) for We Are Openreach works. ...
M20 LATEST: Two miles of traffic due to crash and broken down lorry
THEREare long delays on the M20 this afternoondue to a broken down lorry and a crash. Twolanes are closed on the eastbound carriageway between Junction 7 for Detling Hill, and ...
M20 BLOCKED: Two lanes shut due to broken down lorry near Maidstone
TWO lanes are closed due to broken down lorry on the M20. The incident happened on the coastbound carriageway between J7 Maidstone and J8 Leeds Castle. A Kent Highways spokesman said: "2 ...