Local News
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Economy Dartford Borough Council sets out business support services and awards scheme
The council’s business webpage directs Dartford firms to advice, licensing, property services and an awards programme. Dartford Borough…
15 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Hythe man charged with eight thefts after Aldi meat raids
Tristan Crisford, 25, was charged after neighbourhood officers investigated a series of alleged meat thefts from a Hythe Aldi store worth…
15 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police release CCTV images after alleged attempted burglary in Folkestone town centre
A group of men allegedly tried to force their way into a town-centre property and threatened the occupier before fleeing on foot, and…
15 August 2026 -
Council Updates Swale Local Plan consultation opens as council reorganisation plans confirmed
Swale Borough Council is inviting residents and businesses to comment on its Draft Local Plan until 21 September 2026, while confirming…
15 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Two spaniels stolen from barn in Ide Hill, Sevenoaks
Kent Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after entry was reportedly forced into an agricultural barn in Penn Lane and two named…
15 August 2026 -
Council Updates Dymchurch beach gets second sewage warning on top of existing poor-water notice in Folkestone & Hythe
The Environment Agency has added a precautionary bathing warning for Dymchurch on top of the long-standing poor-water-quality notice…
15 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent students get A-level and T-level results today – here’s what support is available
Schools, colleges and a range of national services are on hand across Kent to help students work out their next step, whether results went…
15 August 2026 -
Local News GB Freedom Party turns the “fascist” label back on its accusers in new broadside
The Kent-based party has published a checklist of twenty-four behaviours it says show parts of the anti-fascist movement using “the methods…
15 August 2026 -
Council Updates Sevenoaks District Council opens final public consultation on plan for 17,460 new homes by 2042
Residents across Sevenoaks District have until 17 September 2026 to comment on a draft Local Plan that would shape where thousands of new…
12 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Man jailed for racially aggravated attack on taxi driver in Dartford
Oliver Dryden, 30, of Orpington, was sentenced to two years and three months at Maidstone Crown Court after pleading guilty to racially…
12 August 2026 -
Local News Six Planets Align Over Kent: The 4,000-Year History of Celestial Fear
From Babylonian omen tablets to a 1524 flood panic that sent Londoners fleeing to Blackheath, planetary gatherings have carried dread for…
12 August 2026 -
Local News Kent’s best sky night in 27 years: deep eclipse, Perseid peak and six planets in 24 hours
A deep partial solar eclipse covering more than 90 per cent of the Sun, the Perseid meteor shower at its peak and six planets before dawn…
12 August 2026