East Kent Mercury

2 days ago | kentonline.co.uk | Millie Bowles

Police are continuing to search for a driver more than six weeks after a hit-and-run crash with a pedestrian. The collision happened on White Hill near Challock at about 11.30am on March 27, and a man was taken to hospital with injuries. Police closed White Hill, between Wye and Challock, after the hit and runIt was reported that he was hit by a dark green estate car, which left the scene.

2 days ago | kentonline.co.uk | Millie Bowles

A man has been charged with criminal damage after he was removed from a roof on an industrial estate. A huge emergency response descended on Wincheap, Canterbury, on May 8, following emergency calls. Firefighters safely removed him from the rooftop, and he was arrested. Anthony Agnew, of no fixed address, was later charged with criminal damage. He attended Margate Magistrates' Court on May 9 and was remanded in custody until his next hearing on May 29 at the same location.

2 days ago | kentonline.co.uk | Nicola Everett

A Kent Police Inspector is due to face a misconduct hearing after being found guilty of assaulting a woman. James Beautridge was suspended from duty after the attack in Maidstone in September 2023. Also in today's podcast, a refugee charity's calling on the Prime Minister to apologise for language he used in a speech about immigration.

2 days ago | kentonline.co.uk | Chris Britcher

If I were to tell you one place in Kent was recently described in a national magazine as in “general decline”, awash with the homeless, and a potential “no-go zone where authority fears to tread”, what would be your first guess as to where this could be? I won’t pander to stereotypical views of some of the county’s towns, but I would hazard a guess Canterbury isn’t the first on your list of prime suspects. Canterbury? That big, bustling, culture-rich medieval-meets-modern city?

2 days ago | kentonline.co.uk | Daniel Esson

A shop owner has been told he can keep selling alcohol despite what officials described as “one of the highest” volumes of complaints about underage sales at any premises in Kent. Police and trading standards had called for the removal of the licence at Kaneera Express in Herne Bay following claims children were being sold alcohol and vapes on a daily basis. But owner Akeepan Balasubramaniyam saw off the challenge after his team questioned the credibility of the allegations.