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Safety fears over 'ridiculous' new roundabouts

05 November 2021
Safety fears over 'ridiculous' new roundabouts

Urgent action needs to be taken to make a new road layout safer before there is a serious accident, a councillor and residents have warned.

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Traffic delays due to van fire

03 November 2021
Traffic delays due to van fire

Part of the A249 had to be shut this morning due to a van fire.

‘He was my rock, I will miss him for the rest of my life’

01 November 2021
‘He was my rock, I will miss him for the rest of my life’

A heartbroken family have paid tribute to a “loving and caring” former firefighter who died suddenly.

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Make sure your bonfire night goes with a bang

30 October 2021
Make sure your bonfire night goes with a bang

There are plenty of bonfire and fireworks displays to choose from in Swale this year, here’s everything you need to know...

‘Challenge is his way of marking great nan’s life’

29 October 2021
‘Challenge is his way of marking great nan’s life’

An eight-year-old boy is running and cycling a whopping 78 miles in memory of his great nan.

‘Can’t sing? Then come join our tuneless choir’

24 October 2021
‘Can’t sing? Then come join our tuneless choir’

A new group has launched for people who can’t sing but love it anyway.

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Postie's heaven-sent intervention helps boy, 11, after death of parrot

24 October 2021
Postie's heaven-sent intervention helps boy, 11, after death of parrot

A community effort was launched to cheer up a boy after a postman discovered his letter to 'heaven' following the death of his beloved parrot.

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Anger over brownfield funds loss

22 October 2021
Anger over brownfield funds loss

A parish council chairman says he is “angry" to learn his borough council did not apply for a share of funding to help protect the countryside.

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Campaigner calls for change as Lords debate Assisted Dying Bill

22 October 2021
Campaigner calls for change as Lords debate Assisted Dying Bill

A debate over whether people who have six months to live should be given help to die will take place in the House of Lords today.

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Farage duped into recording IRA message

21 October 2021
Farage duped into recording IRA message

Nigel Farage has once again been pranked on the messaging app Cameo – this time filming a birthday greeting with a hidden IRA message.

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Flood alerts and travel chaos after drivers stranded on M26

21 October 2021
Flood alerts and travel chaos after drivers stranded on M26

A number of flood alerts have been issued after heavy rain and flash flooding brought disruption to roads last night.

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Yellow weather warning as rain to hit Kent

20 October 2021
Yellow weather warning as rain to hit Kent

Flooding, interruption to power supplies and possible travel disruption could hit Kent according to the Met Office.

Bomb ship could detonate and cause tsunami, Sky drama predicts

19 October 2021
Bomb ship could detonate and cause tsunami, Sky drama predicts

A new Sky drama has predicted that an infamous 'bomb ship' off the Kent coastline could detonate and cause a huge tsunami.

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Rape arrest leads police to cannabis factory

19 October 2021
Rape arrest leads police to cannabis factory

Police arrested a suspect on suspicion of rape and sexual assault this morning and discovered a cannabis factory at the same time.

Free parking plans stalled

16 October 2021
Free parking plans stalled

A plan to make parking free on Saturdays in Swale’s town centres has been shot down.

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Firefighters tackle cargo ship blaze at docks

15 October 2021
Firefighters tackle cargo ship blaze at docks

Five fire engines, a technical rescue unit and the fire service's inflatable boat were sent to tackle a ship blaze.

Big sister scales peak as thanks for ‘saving family’

14 October 2021
Big sister scales peak as thanks for ‘saving family’

A 15-year-old girl took on a charity trek up the highest mountain in Wales for her little brother who beat cancer.

Family’s haunted house is fa-boo-lous

14 October 2021
Family’s haunted house is fa-boo-lous

Gravestones, a scorched scarecrow and a 7ft clown are just some of the spook-tacular decorations at one family’s haunted Halloween house.

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65ft phone mast plans are ‘too close’ to homes

13 October 2021
65ft phone mast plans are ‘too close’ to homes

Plans have been put forward for a 5G phone mast in a residential street - which would be equivalent to almost five stacked double decker buses.

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Film is for the outsider in us all

10 October 2021
Film is for the outsider in us all

A woman who struggled with her sexuality growing up in Kent has written and directed a short film celebrating the act of coming out to inspire others.

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