The Latest Breaking News from Kent

Claire Knights: Kent dog walker died from blunt force injury and drowning, inquest told

Claire Knights was reported missing on August 23 and found dead two days later

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023

Leaving London: how one couple swapped city life for a Victorian cottage and new careers in Kent

This couple found a much-needed lifestyle change, a charming cottage and new careers in the historic town of Staplehurst in Kent

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023

Child arrested after boy killed in Kent ‘altercation’

Both children involved are believed to be under 12

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Police searching for missing woman find body near beach in Kent

Man from Margate in his 20s remains in custody on suspicion of murder, Kent police say

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

BTCC Donington Park: Cammish time unbeaten as rain hits FP2

With the Berkshire-domiciled Yorkshireman’s Ford Focus ST already southbound on the M1 en route back to Motorbase Performance’s Kent premises after his hefty FP1 shunt, the second session began with angry black clouds looming beyond the Melbourne loop.

Autosport · Aug 26, 2023

Health alarm as tide of rotting seaweed chokes UK holiday beaches

Potentially lethal to fish and dangerous for humans, the summer’s toxic invader is caused by warming seas and strong winds

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Man arrested over damaged gravestones in Jewish cemetery in Kent

Police are treating the incident at Chatham Memorial synagogue in Rochester as a hate crime

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

Man, 41, arrested after gravestones are damaged in Jewish cemetery in Kent

The community expressed “disbelief, horror and disgust”

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023

Man arrested after gravestones are damaged in Jewish cemetery

A number of headstones were wrecked in the attack at Chatham Memorial Synagogue in Rochester, Kent.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

Beagles held in testing laboratory for 12 years to be rehomed in UK

The Beagle Freedom Project UK said the dogs will be taken to an animal sanctuary in Kent.

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023