A man found dead at a chalet park had been shot twice in the chest, an inquest has heard. Ambulance crews were called to the Cliff Cottage Chalet Park in Fourth Avenue, Eastchurch, Sheppey, at around 9.40am on the morning of Sunday, June 11, where they found the body of...
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What better way to spend a summer’s day than in a beautiful Kentish beer garden? With temperatures set to soar this weekend, we’ve got some of Kent’s best pub gardens where you can grab a pint, sit back and soak up the sun… The Bedford Inn, Ramsgate This coastal pub...
A man is trekking the coast around Wales and England in a bid to raise money to stop the country’s hunger and food crisis. Peter Singleton, from Strood, set off on March 19 to walk 3,800 miles around the country’s coastline – starting and finishing in Gravesend – to raise...
Changeling Theatre has brought young talent from around the county to star in its annual tour, staging Love’s Labour’s Lost at venues across Kent this summer. Shakespeare’s play about young love is one of his early comedies and is widely believed to be the prequel to Much Ado about Nothing,...
A prison officer who grabbed an inmate around the neck in a “momentary loss of control” has been sacked. Simon Fisk was a senior officer running a wing at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey when he got hold of the prisoner and shouted in his face that he...
A grieving mother says she still has unanswered questions about the tragic death of her four-year-old son. Harry Broughton died at Medway Hospital after he went into cardiac arrest due to his airways being blocked by a mucus plug. But his parents have been left with questions about his care...
There’s only one thing that can make a summer stroll in the Kentish countryside even more picturesque, and that’s rows upon rows of beautiful flowers. Now, in mid-June, is the perfect time to start finding lavender, one of England’s most distinctive summer flowers, growing in fields all over the country....
Pay tribute to those who have put their lives on the line in some of the biggest battles in history this Armed Forces Day. The annual event, formerly known as Veterans’ Day, brings together military personnel, veterans and the public for family activities, fundraising and wartime artefacts. Here’s where you...
A man who was caught crossing the channel in a small boat had been living in this country for years illegally but popped to France for a week for a visit. Dalyit Singh was found in a boat along with others crossing the English Channel on June 11, as he...
An application for another home on a controversial development site has been refused. Medway Council’s planning committee has rejected plans for a bungalow to be built on Avenue Tennis Club’s former grounds in Glebe Road, Gillingham. Protesters marched on Second Avenue back in 2019 This comes weeks after the Secretary...