Kent Morning Briefing
Monday, 7 September 2026
3 stories · 2-minute read
1978: Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated on Waterloo Bridge, London, poisoned via a ricin pellet fired from an umbrella.
On this day in history
The day in Kent · Anti-immigration protesters brought the roads into the Port of Dover to a standstill for an entire Saturday morning, disrupting one of Britain’s busiest freight and passenger gateways. Kent Police described the action as spontaneous; no arrests were made. With a missing New Romney woman found safe, the day ends on a quieter note.
The day ahead in Kent
Weather
Today: Mostly clear morning, becoming cloudy in the afternoon, high 25°C, low 17°C.
Tomorrow: Drizzly morning, becoming mostly clear in the afternoon, clearing in the evening, high 21°C, low 14°C.
Travel
Roads: All major Kent routes clear.
Rail: All Kent services running to schedule.
As of 02:30 from National Highways + National Rail.
Coastal tides
Dover: Low 02:49 (2.35m) · High 08:40 (5.40m) · Low 15:29 (2.15m) · High 21:20 (5.64m)
Margate: Low 02:54 (1.53m) · High 09:12 (3.87m) · Low 15:44 (1.21m) · High 21:56 (4.18m)
Tides via tidetimes.co.uk.
3 things to know
- Dover Port roads shut all Saturday morning by anti-immigration protesters wearing face coverings
- Missing New Romney woman, 28, found safe after public appeal to Kent Police
- New leukaemia drug trial results published in New England Journal of Medicine
Top Kent Stories
- Anti-mass-immigration protesters shut the roads into the Port of Dover for the whole of Saturday morning.
Published 11:19 BST
Why it matters · Closing Dover’s port roads hits Kent’s economy and cross-Channel travel directly. - Missing New Romney woman found safe after public appeal
Published 17:50 BST
Why it matters · Reassuring resolution to a missing-person alert affecting the New Romney community. - New Leukaemia Treatment Trial Results Published in Major Medical Journal
Published 07:50 BST
Why it matters · Medical trial results may affect treatment options for Kent leukaemia patients.
Crime & Justice
- Missing New Romney woman found safe after public appeal
Published 17:50 BST
Missing New Romney woman found safe after public appeal Kent Police have confirmed that a 28-year-old woman from New Romney, reported missing on 6 September 2026, has been safely located. Kent Police…
Financial markets
Markets via Yahoo Finance; ONS + BoE via official feeds.
What’s on today
- 10:30 · Previously scheduled for 3 August 2026, Licensing Sub-Committee — Sittingbourne
- 14:00 · Licensing Sub-Committee — Dover
- 18:00 · Cabinet — Dover
- 18:30 · Finance, Innovation and Transformation Cabinet Advisory Board — Tunbridge Wells
- 19:30 · Cabinet — Gravesend
Coming up tomorrow
- 09:15 · Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) — Maidstone
- 10:00 · Regulatory Committee — Dover
- 10:00 · Devolution and Local Government Re-organisation Cabinet Committee — Maidstone
- 14:30 · Selection and Member Services Committee — Maidstone
- 18:00 · Cabinet Sub Committee (Medway Development Company Ltd Shareholder Board) — Chatham
- 18:30 · Cabinet — Maidstone
“Dover Castle’s Great Tower, built by Henry II in the 1180s, is one of the largest and most expensive medieval building projects ever undertaken in England.”
Kent fact of the day