Collision closes carriageway on the M20
Emergency services are currently dealing with a serious collision involving a lorry on the M20.The M20 is currently closed coast-bound between junction 8 and junction 9.Kent Police, South East Coast...
View ArticleHailsham nail bar owner found guilty of attempting to murder his...
A 52-year-old man has been found guilty of trying to kill his wife and son by setting fire to their nail bar business in Hailsham last year.Ducbac Vuong, known as Sammi, was found guilty of two counts...
View ArticleThousands of Kent and Sussex commuters demand Southeastern lose...
More than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for Southeastern to be stripped of its rail franchise.The petition, which was started on January 3 by Oliver Passey, has been signed by unhappy...
View ArticleOvernight closures on the A21 and the M20 this week
Highways England has announced overnight closures on the A21 and the M20 this week.See below for details.A21 Tonbridge to Pembury, Kent: Major improvementWork to improve journeys on the A21 between...
View ArticleWHAT'S ON: Things to do in west Kent and East Sussex today,...
Are you looking for something to do in west Kent or East Sussex today? See below for our listingsWeekly Event: Open MicThe Zed Music Cafe, 28-30 High Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1HX, 7.30pm, free entry, 3...
View ArticleSainsbury's recalls bread over fears it contains METAL
Sainsbury's is recalling its medium sliced Wholemeal Bread as products may contain small pieces of metal.Here are the products affected:Product: by Sainsbury's Wholemeal Bread Medium Sliced Pack size:...
View ArticleDrone footage of Tunbridge Wells in the snow
Tunbridge Wells became a winter wonderland over the weekend after the first snow fall of 2016.Photographer Louis Killick captured some magnificent drone footage over the town with a DJI Phantom 3...
View ArticleTunbridge Wells businesses can boost profits at meeting of BNI...
Businesses in and around Tunbridge Wells are being invited to a successful networking group with the promise of their sales, turnover and profits being boosted.The Royal Spa chapter of Business...
View ArticleMan charged over Tunbridge Wells bank robbery
Kent Police has charged a 44-year-old man following a reported robbery at a bank in Tunbridge Wells last Friday.Police were called following the incident in Mount Pleasant Road at 9:30am on Friday,...
View ArticleSouthborough road overhaul should solve congestion on A26
Journey times on the congested A26 in Southborough should be slashed after an upgrade of two major junctions, said highways bosses. Work on the traffic lights at the Yew Tree Road and Speldhurst Road...
View ArticleWoman attacked in St Leonards, East Sussex
Sussex Police is seeking witnesses after a woman was assaulted in Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, during the early hours of Sunday, January 3.The 24-year-old woman called police from a telephone kiosk...
View ArticleThe 25 words every child should know by the age of two, according...
Researchers have identified the 25 words every child should know by the age of two-years-old.The Child Study Institute at Bryn College produced the list as a guide for parents to track their child's...
View ArticleShould Easter be celebrated on the same day every year?
Easter has always fallen on a different Sunday every year, but that may be about the change. The Christian holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the spring equinox and can fall anytime...
View ArticleJunior doctors' strike suspended
The British Medical Association has decided to suspend next week's 48-hour industrial action. The decision comes as Acas talks continue this week between the BMA and the Government on the junior doctor...
View ArticleREVEALED- The most popular passwords of 2015
The most popular passwords of 2015 have been revealed- and if yours is on the list you should change it NOW.Online security app firm Splashdata looked at more than two million passwords to find the...
View ArticleDrug dealer who drove at police in Tunbridge Wells jailed for...
A heroin and cocaine dealer who drove at police officers in Tunbridge Wells has been jailed for more than 4 years.Kevin Oteng, 26, of Wodehouse Avenue, Camberwell, London, had been trying to evade...
View ArticleFrances Cappuccini court case: Doctor treating her had "fail...
Frances Cappuccini, the woman who died hours after giving birth at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, was treated by a doctor who had failed in his care of a mother months before, a court heard.Dr Nadeem Azeez...
View ArticleMercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter to align in spectacular...
Stargazers are in for a treat as five planets are set to align in a rare astronomical display that has not been seen for more than years. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will be visible in the...
View ArticleCrowborough astronaut Piers Sellers tells world he is dying
NASA astronaut Piers Sellers has revealed he has terminal pancreatic cancer.Dr Sellers, born in Crowborough and educated in Cranbrook, flew on three space shuttle missions between 2002 and 2010.He has...
View ArticleTwo car crash on the A21, Tunbridge Wells
Firefighters and emergency services have been called to the scene of a two car crash in Pembury this afternoon.Emergency services were called to the crash on section 4 of the A21, coast-bound at...
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