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Council Updates Four new councils to replace Kent’s current structure by 2028
Government ministers have confirmed that Kent and Medway’s 14 existing councils will be abolished and replaced by four single-tier…
17 July 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police impose 48-hour dispersal orders across five east Kent coastal towns
Section 34 powers activated in Whitstable, Herne Bay, Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Margate from 4pm on Friday 17 July 2026, giving officers…
17 July 2026 -
Crime & Justice Four Sittingbourne schoolboys receive police awards after finding missing teenager in chalk pits
The pupils from The Sittingbourne School led officers to a vulnerable missing teenager found deep in chalk pits near Highsted Road, and…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone to join new West Kent council from 2028
The Government has confirmed Maidstone will merge with Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells into a single West Kent unitary…
17 July 2026 -
Crime & Justice CCTV appeal after theft from car in Sevenoaks supermarket car park
Kent Police have released images of three people they want to trace after a woman in her 70s had her phone, purse and card wallet stolen…
17 July 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police seek public help to find wanted man Tejay Grant
Kent Police are appealing for help to trace Tejay Grant, wanted for a recall to prison, with links to Gillingham and Enfield. The appeal…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Sevenoaks to lose its council as Kent moves to four new authorities by 2028
Sevenoaks District Council has confirmed the Government will replace Kent’s existing councils with four new unitary authorities from 1…
17 July 2026 -
Crime & Justice Gillingham man charged with heroin supply offences after dawn raid in Twydall
Marcus Campbell, 47, of Goudhurst Road, Gillingham, was remanded in custody after Kent Police and British Transport Police seized suspected…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone to merge into new West Kent council by April 2028
Maidstone Borough Council has confirmed the government wants to fold the borough into a new West Kent unitary authority alongside…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Dover District Council to be abolished as Kent splits into four new councils by 2028
Government ministers have confirmed that Dover District Council will cease to exist by April 2028, replaced by four new single-tier…
17 July 2026 -
Council Updates Ashford to join new mid Kent council with Swale and Folkestone & Hythe
Ministers are expected to confirm that Ashford, Swale and Folkestone & Hythe will merge into a single mid Kent unitary council, scrapping…
16 July 2026 -
Council Updates Kent Mineral Sites Plan to go before independent examiner
Kent County Council has approved sending its Pre-Submission Mineral Sites Plan to a Government-appointed Planning Inspector for independent…
16 July 2026