The Latest Breaking News from Kent

House prices in the UK: London commuter belt sees biggest growth in country since 2012

Property prices in the home counties towns outstrip the rest of Britain 

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2022

Locations with highest and lowest house price growth over past decade revealed

In some parts of Britain, asking prices have doubled, but in other areas, they have edged up only slightly, according to Rightmove.

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

Two Bristol property hotspots where house prices have nearly doubled

Asking prices have risen by 96 per cent in one of the areas

Bristol Post · Feb 10, 2022

Mum, 26, dies from breast cancer after lump was mistaken for blocked milk duct

Sophie Collins, from Maidstone in Kent, went to her GP after finding a lump on her breast - but her doctor sent her away, saying it must be a blocked milk duct related to her pregnancy

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2022

Levi Bellfield: Milly Dowler killer confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says

Levi Bellfield is said to have confessed to the murders of Mrs Russell and her daughter in Kent, for which Michael Stone is serving life sentences.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2022

Milly Dowler killer confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says

Levi Bellfield is said to have confessed to the murders of Mrs Russell and her daughter in Kent, for which Michael Stone is serving life sentences.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2022

Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff

Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2022

Delivery driver caught on CCTV hurling package onto anti-bird spikes 12ft in air

Customer Suzi Ashworth, 42, had to get a neighbour to use a broom to retrieve her parcel from outside an office building window in Folkestone, Kent

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022

Dog brutally thrown from car at 50mph by abusive owners survives impact

Freya was rushed to the vets, where she immediately underwent surgery for potential internal bleeding after being thrown from the car near the village of Yalding, Kent

Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2022

Shocking CCTV shows sparks woman drunkenly drive on to rail line in Kent as train approaches

The dramatic incident captured on CCTV could have turned fatal had the train driver not hit the emergency brakes in time.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2022