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Updated 16:09, 29 Mar 2026

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WILD CHASE

Luxury Watch Thief Busted After Brazen Tunbridge Wells Break-In

FLASHER PROBE

Police Hunt Pervert Who Exposed Himself Near Sevenoaks

NOT THE BRIGHTEST

Burglar Who Left East Kent in the Dark Gets Jail

MAJOR HAUL

Massive Drug Bust Sees 47 Arrested and £100k Cash Seized in Kent

Kent Police Smash Fraud Ring: 41 Arrests, £50,000 Saved from Scammers

SARAH'S LAW

Kent Detectives Lock Up Child Abusers and Protect the Vulnerable

FIND HIM

Urgent Appeal to Find Missing Man from Kent

Police Issue Warning Over Alleged Organised School Fights Linked to Social Media Trend in Kent

Man Stabbed on Kent House Road in Early Morning Attack

TRAFFIC CHAOS

M20 Westbound In Kent Closed After Safety Defect Discovery

DRAMA ROLLS ON

Danny Dyer Slammed by Caravan Guest After Missing Kent Park Launch

CAT ATTACKER

Horror in Kent: Cat Found Brutally Mutilated on Quiet Street

AVOID THE AREA

Traffic Nightmare on Kent’s A2 as Lorry Fire Shuts Major Route

CODE CRACKERS

Kent Drug Dealer ‘Zanyenergy’ Locked Up After Police Crack EncroChat Codes

CANTERBURY BLAZE

Kent: Firefighters continue to Battle Huge Fire at Derelict Building in Canterbury

MORE CREWS HAVE BEEN SENT

Kent: Derelict Building Blaze Sparks Urgent Warning in Canterbury

URGENT WARNING

Kent: Huge Blaze Tears Through Derelict Canterbury Building

Kent: Former Odeon Cinema in Canterbury Catches Fire

PHONE DATA

Pair sentenced for Edenbridge burglaries

URGENT APPEAL

Missing Woman Vanishes from Chatham

BRING HIM HOME

Missing Teen from Maidstone Feared Near Canterbury

Tragic Crash: Four-Year-Old Boy Killed After Being ‘Rammed’ Off Kent Road

APPROACH WITH CAUTION

M20 and M26 Chaos: Car Crashes Off Road, Delays Mount

THROUGH THE ROOF

Kent’s Asylum Seeker Bill Shoots Up – Now Highest in UK

PAEDO STING

Boy Admits Stoning Man to Death at Kent Beach Over ‘Paedophile’ Claim

TRAFFIC CHAOS

Crash Brings Traffic to a Standstill on the M2 in Kent

HAND IT IN

Kent Police supporting national firearms amnesty

SWIFT POLICE ACTION

Car Theft Duo Jailed After Brazen Kent Driveway Heist Spree

NO CAR

Kent Man Hauls Caravan with Shopping Trolley in Heartbreaking Scene

MANSLAUGHTER

Teen Admits Manslaughter Over Brutal Bottle Attack That Killed Kent Electrician

The #M20 in #Kent is CLOSED in both directions

Met office issue Yellow Snow weather warning for Kent and Sussex

A man who murdered two women from Kent and Sussex has been sentenced to two life sentences

A man who murdered two women from Kent and Sussex has been sentenced to two life sentences

A man who murdered two women from Kent and Sussex has been sentenced to two life sentences – (ID 549922)

A suspect has been charged with stealing from a shop in west Kent on multiple occasions

The Kent couple has been described as a “devoted, selfless, and loving”

Kent Police has appointed Peter Ayling as the force’s new Deputy Chief Constable

Two burglars have been jailed for a total of nine years for break-ins around east Kent

A man has been charged with 19 offences following a police pursuit in east Kent

Kent Police are appealing for information into the whereabouts of a missing Medway teenager

First Picture of Woman named as Taiwo Balogun who was found in Bluewater Lake in Kent

Two men have been arrested and charged following the seizure of weapons in west and north Kent as proactive patrols continue to enforce a clampdown on knife crime

Two men have been arrested and charged following the seizure of weapons in west and north Kent as proactive patrols continue to enforce a…

A Christmas Day power outage has affected hundreds of families in parts of Kent

An inquest into the deaths of four men two Afghans and two Senegalese who died in the English Channel has begun in Kent – (ID 537942)

An inquest into the deaths of four men two Afghans and two Senegalese who died in the English Channel has begun in Kent

An inquest into the deaths of four men two Afghans and two Senegalese who died in the English Channel has begun in Kent

Drivers need to slow down if they want to get home safely for Christmas – (ID 537929)

Drivers need to slow down if they want to get home safely for Christmas

Drivers need to slow down if they want to get home safely for Christmas

Kent Police’s dog section has added three new recruits to their team

Over 600 vehicles have been stopped by Kent’s Special Constabulary this year as part of their efforts to promote safer driving in the eas…

Over 600 vehicles have been stopped by Kent’s Special Constabulary this year as part of their efforts to promote safer driving in the east of the county

A major search and recovery operation is still underway in the sea off the coast of Kent after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsized

A major search and recovery operation is still underway in the sea off the coast of Kent after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsized – …

A major search and recovery operation is still underway in the sea off the coast of Kent after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsized

A fisherman whose crew rescued 31 people stranded in the English Channel said they began “screaming for help” in the early hours of the morning

A fisherman whose crew rescued 31 people stranded in the English Channel said they began “screaming for help” in the early hours of the m…

National Highways has confirmed that the Operation Brock contraflow system on the M20 in Kent will be operational tonight (Tuesday, December 13), after being delayed due to heavy snow