#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Arsenal	32	21	7	4	62	24	+38	70	LWWWW
2	Manchester City	31	19	7	5	63	28	+35	64	WDDWW
3	Manchester United	33	16	10	7	58	45	+13	58	WLDWL
4	Aston Villa	32	16	7	9	43	38	+5	55	DWLLL
5	Liverpool	32	15	7	10	52	42	+10	52	WLDLW
6	Chelsea	33	13	9	11	53	42	+11	48	LLLLW
7	Brentford	33	13	9	11	48	44	+4	48	DDDDD
8	Bournemouth	33	11	15	7	50	50	0	48	WWDDD
9	Brighton	33	12	11	10	45	39	+6	47	DWWWL
10	Everton	32	13	8	11	39	37	+2	47	DWLWW
11	Sunderland	32	12	10	10	33	36	-3	46	WWLWD
12	Fulham	33	13	6	14	43	46	-3	45	DLWDL
13	Crystal Palace	31	11	9	11	35	36	-1	42	WDWLW
14	Newcastle	33	12	6	15	46	49	-3	42	LLLWW
15	Leeds	33	9	12	12	42	49	-7	39	WWDDL
16	Nottingham Forest	32	8	9	15	32	44	-12	33	DWDDL
17	West Ham	32	8	8	16	40	57	-17	32	WLDWL
18	Tottenham	33	7	10	16	42	53	-11	31	DLLDL
19	Burnley	32	4	8	20	33	63	-30	20	LLDLL
20	Wolves	33	3	8	22	24	61	-37	17	LLDWW

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	43	25	11	7	85	43	+42	86	DDDWW
2	Millwall	43	22	10	11	58	47	+11	76	WDLWD
3	Ipswich	41	21	12	8	71	42	+29	75	LWWDW
4	Southampton	43	21	12	10	75	51	+24	75	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62	42	+20	72	LDLDD
6	Hull City	43	20	9	14	65	61	+4	69	DLDDW
7	Wrexham	43	18	13	12	65	60	+5	67	WLLDW
8	Derby	43	19	9	15	62	53	+9	66	WLWLW
9	Norwich	43	18	7	18	59	52	+7	61	WLWDW
10	Bristol City	43	16	10	17	54	55	-1	58	LDWWL
11	QPR	43	16	10	17	58	65	-7	58	LDDWW
12	Sheffield Utd	43	17	6	20	61	59	+2	57	WWLDL
13	Watford	43	14	15	14	52	53	-1	57	LLDLD
14	Birmingham	43	15	12	16	52	53	-1	57	DWLLL
15	Swansea	43	16	9	18	51	56	-5	57	LWDDL
16	Preston	43	14	15	14	50	55	-5	57	LWDDW
17	Stoke City	43	15	10	18	49	48	+1	55	LDLWL
18	Portsmouth	43	13	12	18	44	57	-13	51	WWWDD
19	Charlton	43	12	14	17	40	52	-12	50	DLDLL
20	West Brom	43	12	13	18	44	56	-12	49	WDDDW
21	Blackburn	44	12	13	19	39	54	-15	49	DLDDW
22	Oxford United	43	10	14	19	41	55	-14	44	LWDDL
23	Leicester	43	11	14	18	54	65	-11	41	LLDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	43	1	12	30	26	83	-57	-3	DDDLL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Lincoln	43	28	10	5	81	38	+43	94	DWWWW
2	Cardiff	43	25	10	8	80	44	+36	85	WDWDD
3	Bolton	44	19	17	8	67	48	+19	74	DWLDW
4	Bradford	43	21	9	13	54	48	+6	72	DLWWL
5	Stockport County	42	20	11	11	64	53	+11	71	DWDWW
6	Stevenage	43	19	11	13	46	45	+1	68	DLWWD
7	Plymouth	43	20	6	17	69	59	+10	66	WDWLW
8	Luton	43	18	11	14	61	53	+8	65	DWWWD
9	Huddersfield	44	17	13	14	69	60	+9	64	DDDWD
10	Reading	44	16	14	14	63	58	+5	62	LLLDW
11	Wycombe	44	16	12	16	63	52	+11	60	LDLLW
12	Barnsley	42	14	14	14	65	67	-2	56	DDWLD
13	Doncaster	43	16	8	19	46	65	-19	56	WWLLW
14	Mansfield Town	42	13	16	13	52	45	+7	55	DDLDW
15	Wigan	43	14	13	16	49	56	-7	55	WWWDL
16	Blackpool	44	15	9	20	52	65	-13	54	WWLWW
17	Peterborough	42	15	6	21	61	61	0	51	LLDLD
18	Burton Albion	43	13	12	18	46	56	-10	51	WDDLW
19	Leyton Orient	44	14	9	21	57	68	-11	51	LDLLD
20	AFC Wimbledon	44	14	8	22	50	68	-18	50	LLLLL
21	Exeter City	44	12	12	20	50	58	-8	48	DDWLD
22	Rotherham	43	10	10	23	38	65	-27	40	WLLLD
23	Port Vale	41	9	11	21	33	55	-22	38	WDWLL
24	Northampton	43	9	8	26	36	65	-29	35	LLLLL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Bromley ★ KENT	44	23	15	6	68	43	+25	84	DLWDL
2	Milton Keynes Dons	44	23	13	8	82	44	+38	82	WWDDL
3	Cambridge United	43	21	15	7	62	31	+31	78	DWDDL
4	Salford City	44	24	5	15	59	51	+8	77	WDLWW
5	Notts County	44	23	7	14	72	51	+21	76	LLWLW
6	Swindon Town	44	22	9	13	69	53	+16	75	DLWDD
7	Chesterfield	44	19	16	9	67	55	+12	73	DWDWW
8	Grimsby	43	20	11	12	67	48	+19	71	WLWWL
9	Barnet	44	19	13	12	62	50	+12	70	WWWDW
10	Crewe	44	19	9	16	64	56	+8	66	LLWLW
11	Oldham	44	17	14	13	55	41	+14	65	LLLDW
12	Walsall	44	18	11	15	55	51	+4	65	WLLDD
13	Colchester	44	17	12	15	58	47	+11	63	LWWWL
14	Fleetwood Town	44	15	14	15	54	55	-1	59	DWLLD
15	Bristol Rovers	44	18	4	22	51	64	-13	58	WWWWW
16	Accrington ST	44	14	10	20	44	52	-8	52	DLLLW
17	Cheltenham	43	14	10	19	51	68	-17	52	WWWDL
18	Gillingham ★ KENT	44	12	14	18	50	66	-16	50	LLDWD
19	Shrewsbury	44	13	9	22	40	66	-26	48	DWLWL
20	Crawley Town	44	8	14	22	41	65	-24	38	DLLWW
21	Tranmere	43	9	10	24	50	74	-24	37	LDLLL
22	Newport County	44	10	7	27	43	74	-31	37	LWLLW
23	Barrow	44	9	9	26	44	73	-29	36	LWLLD
24	Harrogate Town	44	9	9	26	36	66	-30	36	WLLWL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	York	45	33	8	4	113	40	+73	107	WWWWW
2	Rochdale	45	33	6	6	87	40	+47	105	WWDLW
3	Carlisle	45	28	8	9	84	51	+33	92	WWDDW
4	Boreham Wood	45	26	9	10	94	58	+36	87	WWLWD
5	Scunthorpe	45	23	13	9	77	61	+16	82	DWLDW
6	Southend	44	22	12	10	78	42	+36	78	WWDWW
7	Forest Green	45	22	12	11	77	52	+25	78	LWDWW
8	FC Halifax Town	45	19	10	16	68	66	+2	67	LDDWL
9	Hartlepool	44	17	14	13	49	53	-4	65	WLDDL
10	Woking	45	16	15	14	69	53	+16	63	WDWDD
11	Tamworth	45	16	11	18	58	70	-12	59	DLDWW
12	Wealdstone	45	15	11	19	66	72	-6	56	DDLWL
13	Boston United	45	14	14	17	60	66	-6	56	WDWDL
14	Altrincham	45	16	6	23	52	64	-12	54	WWLLD
15	Solihull Moors	45	13	14	18	67	71	-4	53	LDDWL
16	Yeovil Town	45	15	6	24	47	64	-17	51	LDLWL
17	Gateshead	45	14	8	23	53	87	-34	50	LWWDW
18	Sutton Utd	45	11	14	20	59	78	-19	47	LLLDL
19	Eastleigh	45	12	11	22	56	80	-24	47	DLWDL
20	Aldershot Town	45	13	7	25	69	85	-16	46	LLLLD
21	Brackley Town	45	10	12	23	40	72	-32	42	WLDLL
22	Morecambe	45	9	11	25	66	98	-32	38	LLDWL
23	Braintree	45	8	12	25	37	71	-34	36	LLDLL
24	Truro City	45	7	10	28	40	72	-32	31	LLDLD

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	AFC Fylde	45	31	4	10	108	49	+59	97	WLWLW
2	South Shields	45	28	11	6	99	42	+57	95	DWWLD
3	Kidderminster Harriers	45	24	12	9	73	51	+22	84	WWWWW
4	Macclesfield	44	23	7	14	79	66	+13	76	LLWLW
5	Scarborough Athletic	45	19	15	11	60	51	+9	72	WLWWD
6	Chester	45	20	12	13	66	64	+2	72	WWWWW
7	Buxton	45	21	7	17	79	60	+19	70	WDWWL
8	Merthyr Town	45	22	4	19	93	82	+11	70	LWLLD
9	Darlington 1883	45	20	9	16	77	65	+12	69	DLWLL
10	Spennymoor Town	45	19	10	16	61	68	-7	67	WLLDW
11	AFC Telford United	45	17	14	14	85	63	+22	65	DWLLD
12	Marine	44	18	7	19	60	69	-9	61	LLWLW
13	Worksop Town	45	16	9	20	65	72	-7	57	WWLDW
14	Radcliffe	45	17	6	22	75	83	-8	57	LLLLD
15	Southport	44	15	12	17	61	69	-8	57	LLWWW
16	Chorley	45	14	12	19	64	64	0	54	DLLWL
17	Oxford City	45	14	11	20	59	66	-7	53	LWDWD
18	Bedford Town	45	13	13	19	65	76	-11	52	DDWWD
19	King's Lynn Town	45	12	15	18	56	64	-8	51	DLLDL
20	Curzon Ashton	45	13	12	20	64	85	-21	51	LWLDL
21	Alfreton Town	45	12	13	20	46	79	-33	49	WDDWD
22	Hereford	44	13	9	22	60	76	-16	48	WLDWW
23	Peterborough Sports	45	10	8	27	49	94	-45	38	LLLDL
24	Leamington	45	7	8	30	40	86	-46	29	LWLLW

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Worthing	45	24	9	12	97	52	+45	81	LWWWD
2	AFC Hornchurch	45	23	11	11	81	64	+17	80	WDWLW
3	Dorking Wanderers	45	23	9	13	77	60	+17	78	LLLLW
4	Hemel Hempstead Town	45	23	9	13	54	47	+7	78	WWDLD
5	Torquay	45	23	8	14	85	61	+24	77	LWWWW
6	Ebbsfleet United ★ KENT	45	22	11	12	73	52	+21	77	WLWWW
7	Weston-super-Mare	45	23	8	14	60	47	+13	77	DWWWL
8	Maidenhead	45	22	10	13	66	41	+25	76	WDWDW
9	Maidstone Utd ★ KENT	45	21	11	13	69	48	+21	74	WDWWW
10	Chelmsford City	45	21	10	14	72	59	+13	73	WDDDW
11	Chesham United	45	21	8	16	66	53	+13	71	LLWWW
12	AFC Totton	45	20	6	19	59	73	-14	66	WWWLW
13	Dagenham & Redbridge	45	17	13	15	59	59	0	64	DLDLW
14	Tonbridge Angels ★ KENT	45	16	12	17	65	63	+2	60	WWDLL
15	Horsham	45	14	14	17	50	52	-2	56	LLDLW
16	Salisbury	45	14	10	21	49	64	-15	52	WLLLW
17	Slough Town	45	14	9	22	66	85	-19	51	LLLDL
18	Hampton & Richmond	45	13	11	21	55	72	-17	50	LDLWL
19	Farnborough	45	13	11	21	66	91	-25	50	LWWLD
20	Dover ★ KENT	45	13	10	22	58	73	-15	49	LLLLL
21	Bath City	45	10	13	22	48	74	-26	43	WLWLW
22	Chippenham Town	45	11	9	25	51	77	-26	42	LDWLL
23	Enfield Town	45	9	13	23	55	81	-26	40	WLDLL
24	Eastbourne Borough	45	8	9	28	56	89	-33	33	LLDLD

14-Year-Old Boy Missing from Hythe Since 10 April Safely Found by Kent Police

April 18, 2026

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14-Year-Old Boy Missing from Hythe Since 10 April Safely Found by Kent Police

A teenager reported missing from Hythe on Friday 10 April has been located safe and well, with Kent Police thanking the public for their assistance.

View tweet from @kent_police

Relief spreads through Hythe tonight. The 14-year-old lad who’d vanished eight days ago is home safe.

Kent Police broke the news via social media, thanking everyone who’d helped with the search. The boy was first reported missing on Friday 10 April – sparking a week-long hunt that brought officers and locals together across the Folkestone and Hythe district. Quick work, considering how these cases can drag on.

When Community Efforts Pay Off

This one shows what happens when everyone mucks in. Kent Police’s Shepway team coordinated the search while residents shared appeals across Facebook, WhatsApp – you name it.

Hythe’s got around 15,000 residents, and it felt like half of them were keeping their eyes peeled. Missing kids always get people moving in Kent. And rightly so.

The Numbers Behind Missing Person Cases

Kent Police dealt with 4,256 missing person reports last year. Found 98% safely.

That’s pretty decent going. Nationally, around 170,000 children go missing each year across England and Wales – though most turn up quickly enough once the appeals start flying around social media. Eight days isn’t unusual, but it’s long enough to worry parents sick.

How These Appeals Work

Modern policing runs on public cooperation and smartphone screens. When Kent Police puts out an appeal for a missing child, hundreds of shares follow within hours. Sometimes thousands.

The Hythe case proves the system works. Local residents, shop owners, community groups – they all become extra pairs of eyes. And often it’s that random share from someone’s mum in Ashford that reaches the right person at the right moment.

Key Takeaways

A 14-year-old boy missing from Hythe since 10 April has been safely located by Kent Police
The eight-day search involved both police officers and community members sharing appeals
Kent Police achieved a 98% success rate for missing person cases in 2024/25

What This Means for Kent Residents

Parents across the county should remember: report missing children immediately. Call 101 for non-emergencies, 999 if there’s immediate danger. Don’t wait – police can’t start looking until they know someone’s gone.

But this Hythe case shows the flip side too. Community cooperation works. So when you see those police appeals pop up on your timeline, share them. Your network might be the one that brings someone home safely.

Source: @kent_police

Published: 18 April 2026

Transparency Notice: This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our editorial team before publication. Kent Local News uses artificial intelligence tools to help deliver fast, accurate local news. For more information, see our Editorial Policy.

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14-Year-Old Boy Missing from Hythe Since 10 April Safely Found by Kent Police

14-Year-Old Boy Missing from Hythe Since 10 April Safely Found by Kent Police

When Community Efforts Pay Off

The Numbers Behind Missing Person Cases

How These Appeals Work

Key Takeaways

What This Means for Kent Residents

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