Ashford News
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Council Updates Primark Confirmed for Ashford Town Centre, Says Local Councillor
Primark Confirmed for Ashford Town Centre, Says Local Councillor Cllr Sojanah Sabapathy says she has been working with Primark’s team to…
18 June 2026 -
Crime & Justice Suspect Arrested After Serious Assault on Road Between Paddock Wood and Five Oak Green
A 32-year-old man from Ashford has been arrested on suspicion of assault and drink-driving following a serious assault on the road between…
18 June 2026 -
Crime & Justice Three arrested after overnight lorry theft attempt at Ashford industrial estate
Kent Police seize knife and reportedly other items following swift response to suspicious activity around parked HGV. Swift Police Response…
17 June 2026 -
Fire & Rescue Residents in High Halden urged to close windows due to smoke from barn fire
Residents in High Halden urged to close windows due to smoke from barn fire Kent Fire and Rescue Service advises people near agricultural…
9 June 2026 -
Council Updates Ashford Household Waste Recycling Centre Fully Reopens After 10-Week Upgrade
Major improvement works completed at strategic Kent site, restoring full services from Saturday 23 May 2026. The Numbers Behind the Closure…
4 June 2026 -
Crime & Justice Magistrates Grant Three-Month Closure Order for Swanscombe Property
Kent Police secure court order to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour on Keary Road following community complaints. The front door of a…
31 May 2026 -
Local News South East Water outage leaves hundreds of Ashford-area homes dry during hottest May weekend on record
Technical failure at Charing pumping station and heatwave demand blamed as villagers queue for bottled water in Charing, Challock and…
27 May 2026 -
Council Updates Ashford launches Tenterden PSPO consultation after projectile reports
Ashford Borough Council has launched a public consultation on a proposed Public Spaces Protection Order for Tenterden Urban, following…
12 May 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s housing-capacity gap: the documented numbers
South East Water has formally told Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council that of the 19,620 homes the council is mandated to deliver by 2040…
11 May 2026 -
Council Updates What’s Really Happening to Kent’s Rivers, Beaches and Water Bills
Almost every monitored river in the Medway and the Stour now fails the legal environmental tests. Eleven Kent sewage treatment works are…
7 May 2026 -
Crime & Justice Ashford Man Jailed Over Fake-Kidnap Blackmail Scheme That Netted £10,000
Christopher Sellman, an Ashford man, has been jailed for two years and four months after a months-long extortion scheme that saw him stage…
5 May 2026 -
Investigations The Cost of Crisis: How Kent’s Water and Sewage Networks Are Failing
Ninety-seven per cent of monitored water bodies in the Medway basin, and one hundred per cent of those in the Stour, now fail the legal…
4 May 2026