Kent County, England News Archives

A fifth person has been arrested after a boy was stabbed in the legs in Shepway.

As a mother travelling alone with a newborn baby, Vicky Pachner might have expected a little help at her local train station.

The Royal Navy is regularly allowing Somalian pirates to go free because of the risk they would claim asylum if prosecuted in Europe.

A TEENAGE boy will miss out on Christmas presents after being caught stealing a Royal British Legion collection box on Remembrance Day.

Police investigating an attempted sexual assault in Dover have released an E-fit of the offender.

ROYAL aide Jane Andrews escaped from jail after being DUMPED by a boyfriend, The Sun can reveal.

A teenager was left with a broken arm and another with slash wounds after an attack by three men in Canterbury.

The parents of fugitive former royal aide Jane Andrews asked a taxi driver to take them and their daughter back home before she was recaptured by police in Kent, it has been reported.

A 10-year-old Kent boy suffering a bleed to the brain died after being shunted between hospitals and left waiting seven hours for an ambulance, his family has said.

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He's done the Swiss Alps and the English Channel, soaring over them on a jet-powered wing.

Jane Andrews, the former royal aide on the run from prison for more than two days, is back in police custody after being found near the jail where she was serving time for murder.

Edward Barry was described as "a very much loved brother and son" A 14-year-old boy found dead in Kent has been named as a year nine pupil at Gravesend Grammar School for Boys.

A nuclear power station has been shut down following a fire. Firefighters were called to the Dungeness B site at Romney Marsh in Kent just before midnight on Monday after staff spotted a small blaze in the boiler annexe.

A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after his van crashed into a ditch near March.

An investigation has been launched into the unexplained death of a 14-year-old Gravesend boy.

Three youths have been arrested after a boy was stabbed in the legs in Maidstone.

A nurse accused of assaulting a stroke victim at Medway Maritime Hospital will not face prosecution.

TWO lost her life after a tree collapsed in high winds - despite the best efforts of the family puppy who managed to find its way home to raise the alarm.

THE mum of a 21-year-old killed in a car crash says she is "dreading" the first Christmas without her son.

A man who witnessed the aftermath of a serious crash on the M2 claims part of the central crash barrier broke off after being struck by a car and hit a lorry travelling in the opposite direction trapping the driver.

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A CHURCH refused to host a Royal British Legion remembrance day service because the charity's chaplain is a woman.

A crash involving a lorry and three cars has led to a motorway in Kent being closed in both directions.

The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates said their captors were "losing patience" and they could be killed within a week.

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A man has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge after the discovery of a body at a house in Ramsgate.

When the mother of a girl left critically injured by a motorist saw him banned and fined in court she thought that was an end to the matter.

Rail passengers on some of the UK's busiest routes in London and the South East have suffered travel chaos after a series of problems including a power failure and continued staff shortages.

The same gang may be responsible for two violent raids on elderly people at their homes in East Sussex.

Cross-Channel ferry services have been subjected to delays as severe weather caused rough conditions, the Port of Dover said.

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Up to six people broke into a house and threatened young children during a "targeted" burglary, police in Kent have said.

Five drug dealers who supplied class A drugs in Thanet have been jailed for a total of 26 years.

A drug addict's plan to steal heroin went tragically wrong when he was stabbed in an alleyway by a teenage dealer, a court heard.

A PREGNANT woman driver who was crushed against her car in an horrific road rage incident turned detective to identify the woman who could have killed her unborn baby.

A man who died in hospital after a crash involving a car and a pick-up truck in Pilgrims Way at Westerham has been identified as John Smithers.

Representatives of the Somali community in Britain have appealed to the pirates holding a Kent couple to free them on humanitarian grounds.

Jurors in the trial of a man charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed in the heart in Kent have been sworn in.

A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a man's body at a Margate flat on Thursday.

The hospital boss at the centre of Britain's worst ever infection outbreak, in Kent, has been granted permission to appeal after losing a High Court battle over a A 175,000 severance payment.

The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean are ill and refusing to eat or drink, according to one of their captors.

From the President's diary President George Abela received a courtesy call from Enya Magri, who will be representing Malta at the international children's song festival,... From the President's diary Dr Abela met Francesca Sciberras and Mikela Bajada, who will represent Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Festival on Saturday.

The grieving widow of a veteran motorcyclist killed in a horror crash in which she was also seriously injured has spoken of her ordeal for the first time.

A man is fighting for his life in hospital after a serious crash on the A249. The Vauxhall Corsa he was driving left the road at Detling on the Sittingbourne-bound carriageway near the Three Squirrels pub and hit a tree at around 7.30am Thursday.

A Paddock Wood man has been jailed for four years - after stamping on a rival's head in a pub.

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ZIMBABWE'S government won't export diamonds from its disputed Marange diamond fields until it has put in measures to better monitor trading in the gems.

A man has been jailed for public protection after attempting to stab a Medway teenager to death.

The weekend will be washed out by the worst storm of the year so far, with gale-force gusts and heavy rain on its way, forecasters warned today.

The crew of a Royal Navy vessel watched helplessly as a British yachting couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates just yards away from them, it has emerged.

A father-of-two who was killed in a collision between two cars in Medway has been identified by police.

A speeding driver who knocked down and killed pensioner Syd Freeman as he walked hand-in-hand with his wife in Maidstone has been jailed for three years.

A man who admitted being part of a plot to rob a security van making cash deliveries in Thanet and Canterbury only got involved because he was scared of one of his co-conspirators. Police arrested Darren Harvey several months after they collared the other two men involved - one of whom was found hiding up a tree! Harvey, 34, claimed he was unaware ...

Tom Sturridge and Talulah Riley star in Richard Curtis' film Pirate Radio. The new film Pirate Radio starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy tells the fictional tale of a bunch of renegade disc jockeys who broadcast rock 'n' roll from an old tanker in the North Sea to get around British law and play pop music on the air.

Two men were aggressive and provocative and spoiling for a fight before they attacked a university student, causing him fatal injuries, a court heard.

Actress Jenny Agutter has pledged to support campaigners fighting plans for a large rail and road freight interchange in Kent.

A man killed in a car crash in Chattenden has been named as 50-year-old Vaughn Lambird from Gillingham.

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Kent MP Michael Howard has vowed to fight the government's decision to reject Dungeness as a site for one of 10 new nuclear power stations.

AN ELECTRIC cable was the reason why it took half a day to remove an overturned lorry which brought Oxford to a standstill.

A 72-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision with a car in Kent. The crash happened on Dymchurch Road in New Romney on Monday afternoon.

A Northumbria University student on a "quiet" night out with friends was allegedly punched and kicked to death by two men after he told them to calm down, a court has heard.

A tourist became the two millionth visitor to Holyrood when she made a chance trip to the Scottish Parliament building.

A stag had to be put down after it leapt in front of a car in Kent. The incident happened in Stone Street, Stelling Minnis, at about 5pm.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced Monday that it plans to consolidate its research and development operations to five locations, including one in La Jolla.

DRIVERS on the A34 and Oxforda s ring road were gridlocked for hours today after a lorry overturned at a roundabout.

A soldier bidding to become Miss World said she hoped her attempt to win the crown would help charities working with British servicemen and women.

A body found in woods is that of a man who went missing several months ago. The body discovered in Pilots Wood, near Shoreham, Sevenoaks, on Sunday, November 2, is that of Bernard Coomber, police have confirmed.

About 100 bikers are expected take part in a funeral procession for a Kent motorcyclist killed in an accident in the mountains of northern Italy.

The soldier recently crowned Miss England has expressed her wish to one day serve on the frontline alongside comrades in Afghanistan.

The body of a woman has been recovered from the River Medway. Kent Police, the coastguard and the Sheerness Lifeboat were called to Sun Pier at Chatham at around 7am Sunday after a member of the public reported seeing the body in the river.

SOMALI pirates stepped up their threats yesterday against a British couple kidnapped on their yacht 16 days ago, saying they would be "punished" unless the commanders of a German warship allowed seven fellow pirates go free.

Two people were taken to hospital after the lorry they were travelling in overturned in Kent this afternoon.

Children who can't be bothered to turn up for PE lessons are being handed Nintendo Wiis to play on instead.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a driver was shot in a suspected "road rage" attack in Kent.

A second lorry has overturned in as many days at the same place on the Isle of Sheppey - after hitting the car of a man investigating the previous crash! Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the incident at about 10.20am on the Cowstead Corner roundabout, near to the bridge.

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Confused: Michelle Gower with Sharona, whose 'playground banter was taken as a sinister remark' The parents of a six-year-old girl are outraged after their daughter was branded a racist for telling a black girl she had chocolate on her face.

A Medway company has been fined 140,000 over the death of an employee in a horrifying work accident.

A FATHER and daughter from Spelthorne have been jailed for their part in a 300k gang operation to smuggle 4.2kg of pure cocaine into Britain.

Drugmakers Pfizer Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline launched Tuesday a new, independent company specializing in HIV treatments, naming it ViiV Healthcare, with worldwide headquarters in London.

A 21 year old from Margate's been sentenced to 14 years in prison for stabbing a man after a fight in Thanet.

A Medway man, convicted of an attempted murder in which his victim was blinded, has been jailed for public protection.

DOZENS of college pupils were involved in violent clashes with police yesterday afternoon , forcing the closure of Orpington High Street.

A fisherman's cottage advertised without any mention of the nuclear power stations on its doorstep is under offer, the estate agents have said.

A 42-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire in South Hill Road, Gravesend, this morning.

A FATHER who was part of a burglary in which a man was hit on the head with a golf club has avoided prison.

There was mounting concern among security experts last night that efforts to free two British hostages being held by Somali pirates were degenerating into a "circus". Paul, 59, and Rachel Chandler, 55, who were seized on their yacht 10 days ago, are now believed to be held in the Somali interior after the faction holding them fell out with local ...

A Gloucestershire vicar, Geoff Stickland, has banned pop songs at funerals after blaming the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, for increasing numbers of mourners requesting music such as "My Way" and "Grandad". Elton John sings 'Candle in the Wind' at the funeral of Lady Diana in Westminster Abbey Photo: PA The 68-year-old, from the St James ...

THE Foreign Office yesterday rejected demands for a ransom to be paid for the release of a retired British couple seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean nine days ago.

Our dog was truly an internationalist, a canine diplomat of sorts who had lived all over the world.

Dozens of motorcycles have formed the cortege for the funeral of a biker from Kent killed in an accident in the mountains of northern Italy last month.

Briton: Pirates 'Hospitable' - Somali pirates say a British couple kidnapped aboard their 38-foot boat are in good health at an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean.

A hijacked yacht with a British couple on board is believed to have been spotted off the coast of Somalia, sailing to a port which has become a stronghold for pirates and Islamist militias.