As the busy Bank Holiday weekend approaches, the Met is set to deploy thousands of police officers to London’s streets to help keep communities safe and respond to any serious disruption or crime and disorder related to protests or other events
A number of demonstrations are being organised by various groups during the course of the weekend, this includes on-going direct action by Extinction Rebellion. Separately, the Met will deploy officers to a number of football matches, music festivals as well as to the footprint of where the Notting Hill Carnival would have been taking […]
Representatives from Crimestoppers have joined officers in Dartford town centre this week to remind local teenagers about the dangers of …
Salus, an Ashford-based support organisation, also joined patrols from Kent Police’s Violence Reduction Unit on Wednesday 25 August 2021, as they spoke to young people in Central Park and then near the train station. The event was held as part of ongoing work to reduce violence in the area and as a way […]
Representatives from Crimestoppers have joined officers in Dartford town centre this week to remind local teenagers about the dangers of being involved in knife crime
Salus, an Ashford-based support organisation, also joined patrols from Kent Police’s Violence Reduction Unit on Wednesday 25 August 2021, as they spoke to young people in Central Park and then near the train station. The event was held as part of ongoing work to reduce violence in the area and as a way […]
Police charge second Man charged over Waltham Forest murder
Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Abdi Khadar Adan in Waltham Forest on Sunday, 22 August have charged a second man in connection with the murder investigation. Mahi Noor, 23 of Lea Bridge Road, E10 was arrested on Wednesday, 25 August on suspicion of murder. On Thursday, 26 August, he was charged with murder. Noor […]
Cause of Gravesend fire under investigation
Firefighters were called to reports of a kitchen fire at a house in Havelock Road, Gravesend. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames. No casualties were reported. The cause has not yet been established.
Police appeal after brawl near Swindon town centre
Police are looking to speak to anyone who was out in Swindon town centre in the early hours of Saturday 14th August (14/08) and saw a number of fights take place in Bridge Street. They happened between 2.55am and 3.20am when a group of men assaulted a number of people in the area, resulting in […]
A suspect has appeared in court charged with assault offences in Margate
A suspect has appeared in court charged with assault offences in Margate. Officers were called at around 6.32pm on Sunday 22 August 2021 to a report that a man had been seriously assaulted in Garlinge High Street. Officers attended and the victim, a man in his 30s, received treatment from medical personnel at […]
UK adds Thailand to COVID travel ‘red list’
The British government has added Thailand and Montenegro to its travel “red list”, with foreigners banned from travelling to England from those countries, and nationals required to quarantine. “Thailand and Montenegro will be added to the red list from 4am (10am Phuket time) on Monday 30 August 2021,” reflecting the increased coronavirus […]
A jail term has been imposed on a man found with equipment to make methylamphetamine at his home near Dover
Edward King’s property in St Margaret’s at Cliffe was searched after he was found with blank credit cards in March 2021. As well as further blank credit cards, which could be used for fraud, officers found chemicals for use in making the illegal drug commonly known as ‘crystal meth’ and a taser. […]
A man has appeared in court in Swindon charged in connection with County Lines drug dealing
Ramel Appleby, 22, of Tyrwhitt Road, London, has been charged with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.He was arrested at an address in London on Monday (24/08) following a joint investigation by officers from Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude team and the Metropolitan Police.He appeared at Swindon Magistrates Court yesterday (26/08) and was […]