East Kent Mercury

13 hours ago | kentonline.co.uk | Brad Harper

Police have uncovered a sprawling cannabis farm in a disused commercial site. Officers were carrying out patrols after a report of suspicious activity in Ramsgate yesterday when they discovered more than 1,000 plants. The illicit growing site was located in a disused commercial premises in Broad Street. Police say the electricity and the water supplies were also found to have been tampered with and engineers were called in as a precaution to ensure the area was safe.

20 hours ago | kentonline.co.uk | Brad Harper

A man and a woman have been flown to London hospital with serious injuries after an attack inside a home. Police arrested the man in connection with the assault at a home in Island Wall, Whitstable yesterday evening. An air ambulance landed at Cornwallis Circle Recreation Ground before heading to King’s College Hospital in London. A police spokesman said: “The man has also been arrested in relation to the incident and police are not currently looking for anyone else.

20 hours ago | kentonline.co.uk | Brad Harper

Police have discovered a body in the search for a missing man. Officers and paramedics were called to Seasalter near Whitstable yesterday evening, where a man was pronounced dead at the scene. The force had earlier issued an appeal to help find Edward Parry, who was last seen in the area at 3pm on Monday. A police spokesman says formal identification is yet to take place but the family of the missing 54-year-old man, who was from the area, have been informed.

1 day ago | kentonline.co.uk | Millie Bowles

A pair of kittens - one of which is pregnant - have been found dumped at an orchard in a sealed plastic box with no water. The RSPCA is appealing for information after the animals were rescued by a member of the public in Mill Lane, Canterbury, last week. April and Sgt. Major, as they have been named, are around five months old and neither is microchipped. RSPCA inspector Kirsten Ormerod said: “This must have been very stressful for these poor kittens to be abandoned in this way.

1 day ago | kentonline.co.uk | Brad Harper

This time next week, residents will be heading out to vote in the Kent County Council elections. Polls have predicted Reform UK could take a large number of seats - and might even become the biggest party. Reform UK campaign material has been vandalised in Ashford East over the past six weeks. Picture: Dean BurnsNigel Farage has already visited the county on the campaign trail and is set to return today.