More migrants arrive by boat to Kent one day after Priti Patel announced new crackdown

More migrants have arrived on the Kent coast by boat, just one day after Priti Patel announced a new crackdown on the cross-Channel people trafficking trade. The Home Secretary announced yesterday that illegal migrants ‘should and could’ make claims in the European countries they pass through on their way to Britain, rather than the UK … Read more

Kent locals say the migration system is not fit for purpose, writes SUE REID

On the pleasant promenade of Hythe, Kent, two young male migrants on bicycles weave their way through family groups, dog walkers, pensioner couples and mothers with prams, all trying to stay two metres apart from each other. The men are from a migrant camp, Napier Barracks, on a hillside not far from the town’s seafront. … Read more

The Bachelorette: Angie Kent felt ‘humiliated’ by sleazy Jess Glasgow

Almost two years after her stint as The Bachelorette, Angie Kent has spoken out against her former suitor Jess Glasgow. The 31-year-old Gogglebox star infamously asked Jess to leave the show in 2019 after he subjected her to offensive and misogynistic behaviour. Last week, the former Noosa councillor was fined $4,000 following an investigation by the Councillor Conduct … Read more

Germany’s Chancellor Merkel blames Kent variant as she cancels Easter

Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early this morning after a lengthy video call with the country’s 16 state governors, nearly three weeks … Read more

Heart problems in PETS could be linked to the Kent Covid variant, vets warn

Heart problems in pets could be linked to the Kent Covid variant, often referred to as ‘super-covid’, a team of vets warn in a new study.  The experts from Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre (RVRC) in Marlow, Buckinghamshire found a small number of cats and dogs infected with B117, which was first identified in Kent in November.  … Read more

Tully Smyth’s awkward run-in with Angie Kent and Jess Brody after they ALL dated Ciarran Stott 

He was known as the long-haired Lothario on Bachelor In Paradise.  And it appears that Ciarran Stott has been living up his reputation.    Former Big Brother star Tully Smyth, 31, has revealed she attended the same party as not one, but two women who previously dated her ex Ciarran.  Awkward run-in: Speaking on her podcast Too … Read more

Kent Covid variant became rampant in care homes at the end of last year, research suggests

Kent’s Covid variant was quietly tearing through England’s care homes in December, a study has found.  Researchers from University College London found the strain accounted for 60 per cent of positive cases in care home staff and residents analysed between November 5 and December 17. It proved especially virulent in the South East where it was … Read more

Police launch hunt for two Kent schoolgirls missing from Ashford since yesterday afternoon 

‘Concerned’ police launch hunt for two Kent schoolgirls missing from Ashford since yesterday afternoon Chloe Sutton, 14, and Grace Perry, 13, reported missing in Ashford yesterday The two girls were last seen wearing school uniforms around 2.10pm on March 15 Kent Police appealing for information and are ‘concerned’ for the girls’s welfare By Sam Baker … Read more

Police probing Sarah Everard’s murder seal off recycling bins in Sandwich town centre in Kent

March 3: Sarah disappeared after leaving friend’s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend’s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes.   March 5: Sarah’s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with … Read more

Sarah Everard police seal off new wooded area in Sandwich, Kent

Sarah Everard police seal off new wooded area in Sandwich, Kent, as they continue carrying out searches in relation to her murder Police investigating Sarah Everard’s murder cordon off area in Sandwich, Kent  Body of missing 33-year-old was found in Great Chart, near Ashford Wednesday Serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, has been charged with … Read more