James Pallant

1 week ago | kentonline.co.uk | James Pallant

An investment banker who injured three women in a head-on crash while driving on the wrong side of the road has been spared jail. John Spayne’s Audi A4 was said to have been like a “guided missile” as it hurtled towards an oncoming Land Rover along Stone Street in Canterbury. The accident left three generations of the same family hurt, with an 89-year-old grandmother spending two weeks in hospital with nine broken ribs and a deep cut to her stomach.

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | James Pallant

Inspectors have put a dementia care home into special measures after finding residents were at risk of infection. Hamilton's Residential Home in Canterbury has been graded “inadequate” overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The care watchdog visited the Island Road site after receiving concerns about the facility’s management. Now under new leadership, the care home says that while it was disappointed with the poor rating, it has made all necessary improvements.

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | James Pallant

By Emma DunnA groom-to-be almost lost his life after he slipped and fell down a 100ft cliff in Greece two days before his destination wedding - and had to cancel his £45k nuptials. Jake Elliot, 41, from Folkestone, was walking back to his hotel in Santorini, Greece, after a meal with his friends when he jumped onto the coastal wall to avoid some passers-by.

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | James Pallant

A mother and her two children were left terrified when a burglar armed with a large knife kicked down the door to their home. Phillip Ebanks was the ringleader in a brazen four-man attack on the Margate property in broad daylight, a court heard. The 29-year-old was arrested and later charged after being picked out of a police lineup. Canterbury Crown Court heard how the mum had been home with her two sons when the gang struck March 9 last year.

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | James Pallant

Pictures of a Kent RNLI crew dispatched to the famous Dunkirk rescue have been reproduced in full colour for the first time to mark the 85th anniversary. A crew at Margate Lifeboat Station answered the government’s call to send small vessels across the Channel to evacuate some of the nearly 340,000 stranded British, French and Belgian troops in May 1940.