Firefighters spent the afternoon at the Tower of London yesterday as part of a multiagency training exercise
Crews from across the North East area of London Fire Brigade were joined by Historic Royal Palaces staff and colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Service and London Ambulance Service. The exercise was to practice the response of all partners to an incident at the iconic castle and World Heritage Site. As well as testing […]
Firefighters have rescued two people from a fire at flats above a shop on Berwick Street in Soho this morning
A flat on the first floor of the building was damaged by the fire. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued one man from the affected flat. He was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews. Firefighters also rescued a man from the flat above, which was heavily smoke logged. He was rescued using a fire […]
Can you help us find 69 year old Kathleen
She has been missing since 05/12/21? Description 5’6, medium build, possibly wearing a long purple coat and using a crutch. Kathleen has links to #Welling Call 101 and quote 21MIS037994
Saving more lives in London through rapid response and cutting-edge care
On 1 December 2021, an additional medical team was launched by London’s Air Ambulance, meaning that for the first time, the service will operate with two duty teams on call for London. The additional team, known as “Medic 3”, will operate in a rapid response car, Monday to Saturday from 2pm to Midnight helping the […]
Her Majesty’s Coastguard, share the heartbreak over the tragic loss of life in the English Channel last week
On Wednesday 24th November, They received over 90 alerts from the English Channel area including 999 emergency calls. Every call was answered, assessed and acted upon. In the early hours of that morning, in response to the calls and alerts we received, we launched a search and rescue operation which included a UK Border Force […]
Three people were arrested and drugs were seized after warrants were executed at two addresses in #Stanstead Abbotts
The operation marked the start of 24 days of action across the district under Operation Advent* The warrants were carried out by officers from the Safer Neighbourhood and East Herts Operation Scorpion teams, with assistance from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Dog Unit. Officers entered two addresses, following intelligence that the properties were suspected […]
Officers are appealing for information to help find a missing teenager from Swanley
James Quilter-Adams was last seen in the town at around 11.15pm on Tuesday 30 November 2021. The 13-year-old is described as being white, around five feet and four inches tall and of slim build with short curly blond hair. When he was last seen, James was wearing a black jacket with white shoulders and a […]
A computer-generated image has been released by officers investigating a burglary in Ramsgate
Officers are investigating a report of a house being broken into between 7.50am and 8.05am on 18 November 2021 in Nixon Avenue. During the incident a burglar was reported to have gained entry to the house by a front door, before stealing a safe which contained family jewellery and paperwork including wedding certificates and passports. […]
An arrest has been made following reports of people trying car handles in Ashford
Kent Police was called to the Orchard Heights estate area of the town after residents reported suspicious activity taking place near a number of vehicles shortly before 2am on Thursday 2 December 2021. While carrying out enquiries, patrols from the Local Policing Team stopped a man they had seen running near Chart […]
Concern for welfare of missing woman Leah Ware from Hastings
Police are increasingly concerned for the welfare of Leah Ware. Leah, 33, who has been living in the Hastings area, has not been in contact with family and friends for some time. She is described as 5’ 6”, slim, with long black hair and blue eyes. Chief Inspector Sarah Godley said: “We are increasingly concerned […]
Cocaine worth an estimated street value of up to £78 million has been seized by officers from Northamptonshire Police
The Class A drugs were discovered after police received reports of a theft from a lorry which was making a delivery at a depot in Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton, on Friday, November 26. On arrival, officers discovered holdalls filled with blocks of cocaine and a short time later, with the aid of ANPR, traced […]
Praise for call handler who recognised risk of silent 999 call
A quiet 999 call was quickly identified as something more serious thanks to a call handler in Kent Police’s Force Control Room (FCR). During the early hours of Thursday 2 September 2021, Megan Turtle was on duty when she received a call from someone who had dialled 999 but would not speak. She conducted a […]
Officers searching for a woman who had been reported missing from Banbury very sadly located a body
Willow Du Plooy, aged 21, was last seen on Friday afternoon at around 5pm and was reported missing to the force yesterday. Following a search, the body of a woman was found at Cherwell Valley Services. The woman’s death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the […]
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s director of public health, Krishna Ramkhelawon, has welcomed the government’s temporary strengthening of Covid-19 measures in response to concerns over the newly identified Covid-19 Omicron variant
What are the new measures? From Tuesday 30 November, it is compulsory for you to wear a face covering in shops and on public transport in England, unless exempt. If you come into contact with someone with a suspected case of the Omicron variant, you must self-isolate for 10 days, regardless of your vaccination status […]
The Government has mandated the wearing of face coverings on public transport from Tuesday 30th November
Hovertravel have asked all customers to follow this important guidance for the wellbeing of all of us. We understand there will be some customers with exemptions and ask you to respect those individuals accordingly. We have supplies of free masks available for customers, as well as hand sanitiser dispensers in both terminals and onboard.
Detectives investigating the disappearance of a woman from Sissinghurst have been granted more time to question a man arrested on suspicion of her murder
. The man, who is 40 and from St Leonards-on-Sea, was arrested on Thursday 25 November. Officers have been granted extra time to question him whilst a 53 year old man from Hastings, who was arrested in connection with the investigation on Friday 26 November, has now been released without charge. Mother of […]
Officers patrolling Frinton have directed a number of people to leave under a dispersal order put in place
Officers have been investigating reports of a group of young people causing anti-social behaviour in recent weeks, and the order was put in place following further reports on Friday night (26 November). The legislation is one of the tools we are using to address the issue, alongside extra patrols and working with the local […]
A councillor has resigned from the Conservative Party just six months after being elected over plans to force front-line health workers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
Leigh Park Councillor Tom Moutray, who has represented the Battins ward since May, cut ties with the Tories over a ‘disagreement’ with the government’s mandatory vaccination programme for NHS workers. The proposals, set to come into force in April 2022, will see health workers who refuse to get the jab facing possible dismissal. But […]
