Appeal for information after three Heathfield burglaries on Bank...
Police are appealing for witnesses after three burglaries in Heathfield on Bank Holiday Monday (May 30) which are believed to be linked.Between 10am and 1.30pm two houses in Halley Road and one in...
View ArticleTonbridge Castle flower beds to be reinstated
Council bosses have admitted a green-fingered "misunderstanding" left a colourful Tonbridge flower bed turfed over.There was outcry on social media earlier this week after several flower beds were...
View ArticleLidl recalls 'potentially deadly' food warning customers not to...
Lidl has recalled a 'potentially deadly' food warning customers NOT to eat it.The supermarket is recalling Vitasia 8 Chapattis because they contain wheat (gluten) which is not mentioned in English on...
View ArticleKent and Sussex set for sunshine this weekend
Kent and Sussex residents can put a week of rain misery behind them as the sun is about to return.The Daily Mirror reports temperatures will hit 27C in some parts of the UK as the weather threatens to...
View ArticleSussex justice system is slowest in England
CRIME victims in Sussex are being forced to wait more than a year before court cases are heard – longer than any county in England and Wales.A report from the Ministry of Justice shows inefficiencies...
View ArticleLangton Green stonemasons win award at Chelsea Flower Show
A LANGTON Green firm was thrilled to be given the populist vote for a garden it helped create for the Chelsea Flower Show.The garden, named Meningitis Now Futures, was the work of Chilstone stonemasons...
View ArticleTonbridge man wants to raise awareness of "hidden disability...
IT HAPPENED in the blink of an eye. But the split second accident that beset Tonbridge businessman Dean Strachan was to change his life forever.The dad-of-four, who ran his own business as a gas boiler...
View ArticleSevenoaks traffic chaos may continue as TWO more sets of...
Two more sets of roadworks are planned for next week despite days of traffic chaos in Sevenoaks.There will be overnight closures on Morleys Roundabout, where the A21 meets Riverhill, from...
View Article​Muhammad Ali's greatest quotes as boxing icon dies aged 74
Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time - but his sharpness was not reserved for the boxing ring.The sporting legend died aged 74 on Friday evening local time in Phoenix, Arizona having been taken to...
View ArticleDriver dies after four car collision on M25 in Kent
A woman in her 70s was pronounced dead at the scene after a four car collision on the M25 yesterday.Kent Police is appealing for witnesses to come forward following the fatal collision.A spokesman for...
View ArticleTravellers set up camp on Tunbridge Wells Commons
A group of travellers have set up camp on Tunbridge Wells Commons.It was reported vans and caravans turned up around 10pm last night.Kent Police have confirmed they have been to the location and are...
View ArticleKent firefighters ranked one of the top search and rescue teams...
Firefighters from Kent have been ranked as having one of the top international search and rescue teams in the world.Six firefighters from Kent Fire and Rescue Service's Urban Search and Rescue team...
View ArticleKent County Council admits grammar system is failing poorer...
FAR more needs to be done to allow Sevenoaks' poorer children access to grammar schools, Kent County Council admitted this week.A grammar school taskforce has put forward 16 key recommendations aimed...
View ArticleSevenoaks Summer Festival launches brochure
The brochure for the Sevenoaks Festival 2016 has hit the streets, and can be collected from Stag Theatre and other locations around Sevenoaks.Mailings and wider distribution are also underway and...
View ArticleFire in Paddock Wood
A fire has been reported in Paddock Wood just before 6pm this afternoon. Reports began coming in at around 6.15pm today (June 4) of a large fire on the east side of town. Kent Fire and Rescue Service...
View ArticleEight fire engines called to Paddock Wood industrial estate fire
Eight fire engines attended the scene of a huge fire in Paddock Wood yesterday.Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire on Queen Street, Paddock Wood, at 5.54pm but stayed until midnight. The...
View ArticleKent Police issue safety warning ahead of Euro 2016
With less than a week to go before the start of the 2016 European Football Championships and with the nation soon to be gripped by football fever, Kent Police is offering advice to the public to help...
View ArticleSerious crash in Heathfield closes A267
Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious road traffic collision in Heathfield.At about 8.55am today (Sunday 5 June) police were called to reports of a crash of the A267 at Little...
View ArticleApplications for Kent Young Persons Travel Card open on Monday
Applications for the Young Person's Travel Pass and the 16+ Travel Card open on Monday (June 6).People have until July 15 to apply to be sure of having the pass for the first day of the new term this...
View ArticlePictures: Tunbridge Wells' Race for Life in Dunorlan Park
Crowds of thousands of women runners dressed in pink turned out for Race for Life in Dunorlan Park today. The event was the second fundraiser for Cancer Research UK to take place this weekend, and the...
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