The Latest Breaking News from Kent

Prisoner who escaped jail 23 years ago is back behind bars for running drugs factory

Barry Doughty was finally caught when police carried out a raid on a property in Dover, Kent, having received intelligence suggesting it was being used to produce drugs

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022

Stunning mansion house with pool has secret Lord of the Rings-themed garden

The stunning Grade II listed home in St. Margarets-at-Cliffe, Dover, Kent is on the market for £6.5 million and would be a favourite with Lord of the Rings fans

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022

Junior paramedic, 21, on 999 call killed as ambulance hit cement truck in slip road

Alice Clark had only been in the job for a few weeks when her ambulance hit the kerb and smashed into the back of the tanker parked in the lay-by near Tonbridge, Kent

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2022

Asylum seeking children set to be homed in North Ayrshire amid Kent humanitarian crisis

Councillors expected to approve proposals and extend an existing commitment to help to those caught up in humanitarian issues.

Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022

Family welcomes first girl born in 75 years with touching photo of 5 generations

Great-grandmother Gwen Smith, 100, from Northfleet, Kent, welcomed baby Maeva - the first girl born into her family since her own daughter in 1947

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

Woman 'mortified' after going through freebies in wedding fair goody bag

Rebekah, from Sittingbourne, Kent, was outraged after attending a wedding show as she was given a bag of freebies to take away with her but it contained a very outdated item

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

Daniel Venes: Artist missing for five months found dead on French beach

The body of a Kent artist missing for more than five months has been found on a beach in northern France.

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2022

‘Teen’ migrants win fight with Priti Patel after ‘unlawful’ age assessments

The pair took High Court action, saying they were teenagers but had been judged by social workers to be adults after arriving in Kent.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

Cocaine worth £5m seized at Kent port

The discovery is the second haul of cocaine found at Sheerness Port within the last month.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

Mum who died when car collided with lorry 'may have been distracted by Love Island'

Charlotte Buesden, 28, was killed after she dropped her son off at school when her Nissan Qashqai collided with the front of the HGV on a busy road in Sittingbourne, Kent in August

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2022