Local News
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Council Updates NHS halts routine autism and ADHD assessments in Kent and Medway until at least April 2027
The NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has capped assessment activity for autism and ADHD services, meaning patients assessed as…
25 August 2026 -
Council Updates What to do if your child with an EHCP has no school place as term starts
Kent schools return on Tuesday 1 September. What the law requires if your child’s EHCP names no setting, the appeal deadlines that matter…
25 August 2026 -
Local News Maidstone’s September events: Autumn Festival, hop harvest and Heritage Open Days all lined up
Maidstone Borough Council has published its September events bulletin, covering a free Autumn Festival at Mote Park, the Hops ‘n’ Harvest…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal to find wanted woman with links to Chatham, Margate and Broadstairs
Leanne Sweeney is wanted for failing to appear in court, and police are asking anyone who sees her to call 999 immediately. Kent Police…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Man in serious condition after two-car crash on High Road, Dartford
A man in his 50s was taken to a London hospital in a serious condition after a collision between a white Volkswagen Polo and a white…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal for missing 15-year-old Edward Sule-Ejeh from Ebbsfleet
Edward Sule-Ejeh, 15, was last seen in the Ebbsfleet area at about 9pm on 18 August 2026 and it is believed he caught a train to Essex…
24 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Teenage girl killed on M20 near Aylesford after being struck by vehicles
Kent Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a teenage girl was fatally struck by vehicles on the M20 coastbound…
23 August 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council moves to block automatic office-to-flat conversions in town centre
Maidstone Borough Council has begun the formal process to require full planning permission for office-to-residential conversions at named…
22 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Appeal after delivery driver allegedly cut with bladed object in Folkestone
Kent Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after a delivery driver was allegedly attacked with a bladed object…
22 August 2026 -
Local News The wolf in the window: what the record shows about the Fabian Society, eugenics and the dictators
A companion to GB Freedom Party’s ‘anti-fascist fascists’ broadside: the documented record of the society that helped found Labour — its…
22 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Canterbury man banned from supermarkets and shopping centres across Kent after 27 thefts
Daniel Rogers, 36, was sentenced in February 2026 and handed a Criminal Behaviour Order barring him from Tesco, Aldi, Asda, TK Maxx and…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Three men charged over attempted armed burglary at Folkestone home
Dylan Tawanyasha Malikebo, Jayden Petros and Sulayman Jammeh are charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and Class A drug…
21 August 2026