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Photo released of wanted man with links to Maidstone
7+ hour, 46+ min ago (208+ words) Joseph Larder is wanted for a recall to prison. (Image: Kent Police) Kent Police is seeking the public's help to find a man who has been added to the force's most wanted list. Joseph Larder is wanted for a recall…...
Reality star who quit Kent for Australia considering returning after realisation
9+ min ago (457+ words) MAFS star Polly Sellman quit the UK for Australia(Image: Jam Press/@polly_sellman) A reality TV star who quit life in the United Kingdom for Australia is now considering returning after making a worrying realisation. Polly Sellman, who is originally from…...
Person taken to hospital with burns after garden fire spreads to house in Dover
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (161+ words) Paramedics and fire crews were called to Coombe Valley Road shortly before 3pm on Wednesday, April 8. (Image: Google Maps) Two fire engines were sent and crews used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames. One person sustained burns to their arm…...
Four people treated by paramedics after house fire
19+ hour, 53+ min ago (216+ words) Seven fire engines and a height vehicle were called to the scene (stock image)(Image: Kent Fire and Rescue Service/Twitter) People living and travelling in the area were urged to keep their windows and doors closed due to the…...
Jail for drug dealer who tried to flush phone down toilet
22+ hour, 35+ min ago (284+ words) A drug dealer who tried to hide evidence by flushing a mobile phone down a toilet has been jailed. Officers from Kent Police attended an address in Scotts Way, Tunbridge Wells, on October 2 last year as part of investigations into…...
Home Office denies 'conflict of interest' in "460m asylum seeker sites deal
1+ day, 48+ min ago (473+ words) Kent Live...
Kent residents moving into traveller sites to escape cost of living crisis
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (910+ words) Cllr Martin Round, who is currently Maidstone mayor and enjoys good relations with the traveller community in Headcorn where he lives and represents, said the trend is now "rife"(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Financial, housing and social problems are…...
Masts to be removed from 'iconic' Second World War shipwreck
1+ day, 21+ min ago (338+ words) The ship has been submerged since it sank in August 1944 (Image: Clem Rutter) The US Liberty ship, built in 1943, ran aground in the Thames Estuary in August 1944, between the Kent and Essex coasts. Salvage efforts were abandoned when the vessel…...
Six arrests after two men injured in 'assault' near taxi rank
20+ hour, 24+ min ago (184+ words) The reported assault took place in Canterbury Lane at around 4. 30am on Sunday, March 29. (Image: Google Maps) Six people have been arrested after two men were injured in an alleged assault in Canterbury city centre. Kent Police was called to Canterbury…...
Kent village with 'really friendly people', no lighting and tiny listed building
5+ day, 36+ min ago (753+ words) There are more than 400 villages across Kent and hundreds of little hamlets. They all have their own tales to tell, and here at Kent Live we love telling them. Their stories are shaped by history, climate, topography, geology, nature, wars,…...