Major gas leak sees Leicester Square sealed off
Cordons are in place at Leicester Square due to a suspected gas leak. Emergency services are in attendance and managing the incident. A number of buildings have been evacuated as a precaution, and the square is currently closed to pedestrians. Please avoid the area.
A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of sexually abusing a…
Astrid Hilton, previously of Northampton, began abusing the boy in 2004 when he was seven-years-old, forcing him to engage in sexual activity over a webcam to satisfy paedophiles overseas. The abuse continued for about a year and resulted in a paedophile travelling from Canada to Northampton where the boy was forced to engage in […]
A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of sexually abusing a child
Astrid Hilton, previously of Northampton, began abusing the boy in 2004 when he was seven-years-old, forcing him to engage in sexual activity over a webcam to satisfy paedophiles overseas. The abuse continued for about a year and resulted in a paedophile travelling from Canada to Northampton where the boy was forced to engage in […]
Officers who stopped a vehicle in Totton have charged a man with numerous driving offences
The charges come after officers witnessed a vehicle driving suspiciously in the early hours of Sunday 12 December on Salisbury Road. David Frederick Burn, aged 29, of Warren Place, Calmore has been charged with one count of drink driving, one count of driving without a licence and driving without insurance. He will appear before […]
Information is sought to help locate a missing girl from Paddock Wood
Emily Durkin was reporting missing shortly before 5pm on Monday 13 December 2021 and officers are concerned for her welfare. The 13-year-old is believed to have last been seen near Paddock Wood railway station at around 4pm and may have since travelled to London. Can you help? She is described as around five feet, two inches tall, with light brown hair in a ponytail and […]
Witnesses to a Gillingham collision, which left an elderly woman injured, are urged to come forward
At around 4.30pm on Tuesday 7 December 2021, a pedestrian and a red Ford Fiesta collided in Wigmore Road, between Bredhurst Road and the roundabout which connects with Hoath Way. The pedestrian is a woman in her 80s and she was taken to a local hospital for treatment to leg, arm and chest injuries. […]