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CCTV images released after spate of motorbike thefts

24 January 2025
CCTV images released after spate of motorbike thefts

Detectives investigating a series of at least 10 motorbike thefts at people’s homes are not ruling out the possibility the events are linked.

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‘It’s time this restaurant was remembered for its food, not the sinkhole nearby’

23 January 2025
‘It’s time this restaurant was remembered for its food, not the sinkhole nearby’

It’s a restaurant known for its unfortunate position more than anything, but our reviewer was there for one reason only - the curry.

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‘I was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer at 35 weeks pregnant’

22 January 2025
‘I was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer at 35 weeks pregnant’

A mum had to have a c-section at 35 weeks pregnant after discovering she had brain cancer.

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Landlord hit with £12k fine for refusing to demolish outbuilding

20 January 2025
Landlord hit with £12k fine for refusing to demolish outbuilding

A landlord who flouted planning laws and refused to knock down an outbuilding in his garden is now thousands of pounds out of pocket.

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‘My phone died so I couldn’t charge my vehicle - then I was hit with a fine’

18 January 2025
‘My phone died so I couldn’t charge my vehicle - then I was hit with a fine’

An electric car owner has been left bemused by a council’s reluctance to accept his reasoning why he shouldn’t be fined for charging his car.

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Handcuffed drug dealer captured on camera trying to run from police

17 January 2025
Handcuffed drug dealer captured on camera trying to run from police

Body-worn footage shows the moment a handcuffed heroin and crack cocaine dealer tried to flee from the police.

Escalating costs force family-run gin makers to shut restaurant with ‘heavy heart’

17 January 2025
Escalating costs force family-run gin makers to shut restaurant with ‘heavy heart’

A family-run distillery has been forced to close their restaurant amid “rising costs” and the impact of the recent government budget.

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Businessman who crashed car into house while six times the limit ‘could have killed a child’

17 January 2025
Businessman who crashed car into house while six times the limit ‘could have killed a child’

A former high-flying business manager who drunkenly crashed his car into the front of a house when a young boy was inside has avoided jail.

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Drug dealer filmed himself delivering and weighing cocaine

17 January 2025
Drug dealer filmed himself delivering and weighing cocaine

A drug dealer who filmed himself delivering and weighing cocaine has been sentenced after police found the footage on his phone.

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Road closed to prevent ‘breach of peace’ during civil enforcement action

17 January 2025
Road closed to prevent ‘breach of peace’ during civil enforcement action

A road has been closed by police while officers help with a civil enforcement action.

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Missing man, 33, found safe and well

16 January 2025
Missing man, 33, found safe and well

A missing 33-year-old man has now been found safe after a police appeal to find him.

Drug dealer claimed to be tourist on sightseeing trip

15 January 2025
Drug dealer claimed to be tourist on sightseeing trip

A member of a criminal gang who told police he had made the 223-mile journey from his home to Kent to see the sights has been jailed.

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Woman at centre of murder probe died from stab wounds

15 January 2025
Woman at centre of murder probe died from stab wounds

An inquest has opened into the death of a 39-year-old woman found in a bedroom with fatal injuries to the head, neck and chest.

Screw head, broken equipment and swabs left inside patients after surgery

14 January 2025
Screw head, broken equipment and swabs left inside patients after surgery

A Freedom of Information request has revealed the number of clinical claims relating to items left in patients after surgery at Kent’s hospitals.

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‘We went from tidying a friend’s flat for cash to cleaning castles and TV sets’

14 January 2025
‘We went from tidying a friend’s flat for cash to cleaning castles and TV sets’

A couple who started a cleaning firm have shared how they went from scrubbing for mates to cleaning castles and major TV show sets.

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Spoons forced to shut for deep clean after staff illness

13 January 2025
Spoons forced to shut for deep clean after staff illness

A pub unexpectedly closed for the weekend for a “deep” clean after several members of staff fell ill.

‘We’re feeling stuck’: Housing estate without internet for over 24 hours

08 January 2025
‘We’re feeling stuck’: Housing estate without internet for over 24 hours

People living on a housing development of almost 400 homes which has been left without internet for more than 24 hours are growing “frustrated”.

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Search to find missing couple last seen together in high street

07 January 2025
Search to find missing couple last seen together in high street

Residents are being urged to check for relevant CCTV footage as concerns grows for a missing couple, aged 31 and 26.

‘I got kicked out of my local pool for wearing a snorkel’

03 January 2025
‘I got kicked out of my local pool for wearing a snorkel’

A swimmer with a medical condition which needs the use of a snorkel says he was “humiliated” when told to leave a leisure centre’s pool due to a ban.

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Three burnt-out cars found in woodland

02 January 2025
Three burnt-out cars found in woodland

Mystery surrounds the discovery of three burnt-out cars, part of a bonnet and a number plate found in woodland between two parks.

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