A survivor of sexual abuse and her mother have described their feelings after a man was jailed for 16 years yesterday.
Ian McCarthy, 42 of Central Avenue, South Ockendon appeared at Basildon Crown Court yesterday (8 March) where he was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for non-recent sexual offences against a child. The victim in this case bravely came to police in 2020, to report that McCarthy had subjected her to multiple sexual assaults between 2015 […]
Dartford police are looking for information after three reports of indecent exposure
On Monday 27 February 2023, between 2.30pm and 7.00pm, and again on Friday 3 March, a man was seen acting inappropriately in the Enchanted Woodland area near Chaucer Way. The suspect is described as white, slim, and wearing a black woollen hat at the time of the crime. North Kent Vulnerability Investigation Team Acting Detective […]
Police have released images of two people they’d like to speak to following a shop theft
Officers were called to Giles & Bella in Kirk Gate, Newark, after receiving reports that a number of items had been stolen. More than £1,000 worth of handbags and other garments were taken by shoplifters at around 3pm on 1 March 2023. A police investigation has since been launched, with officers looking to identify two […]
A suspect has been promptly arrested after damage was caused during the hours of darkness at Staplehurst businesses – (ID 553755)
At around 12.30am on Tuesday 7 March 2023, Kent Police received reports that windows at two shops in the village had been smashed. Officers were deployed to the scene and located a suspect in Station Road. It is alleged a constable was assaulted and the man was arrested and taken into custody. Once back at […]
A suspect has been promptly arrested after damage was caused during the hours of darkness at Staplehurst businesses
At around 12.30am on Tuesday 7 March 2023, Kent Police received reports that windows at two shops in the village had been smashed. Officers were deployed to the scene and located a suspect in Station Road. It is alleged a constable was assaulted and the man was arrested and taken into custody. Once back at […]
A suspect has been promptly arrested after damage was caused during the hours of darkness at Staplehurst businesses
At around 12.30am on Tuesday 7 March 2023, Kent Police received reports that windows at two shops in the village had been smashed. Officers were deployed to the scene and located a suspect in Station Road. It is alleged a constable was assaulted and the man was arrested and taken into custody. Once back at […]
City Council Fined £66k After School Caretaker Dies in Ladder Fall
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Brighton and Hove City Council, the local authority that employs staff at Blatchington Mill School, had failed to ensure that the cleaning of the school’s bike shed was properly planned, appropriately supervised, and carried out using a safe work method. Brighton and Hove City Council […]
City Council Fined £100k After School Caretaker Dies in Ladder Fall
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Brighton and Hove City Council, the local authority that employs staff at Blatchington Mill School, had failed to ensure that the cleaning of the school’s bike shed was properly planned, appropriately supervised, and carried out using a safe work method. Brighton and Hove City Council […]
A new facility designed to support the retrieval of waste from 2 of Sellafield’s most hazardous legacy facilities has gone active
The Silo Maintenance Facility will maintain the equipment used to retrieve radioactive waste from 2 of the Sellafield site’s legacy nuclear waste storage facilities, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo and the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo. It will also maintain the flasks that will transport the waste from silos to modern storage facilities that are being […]
Police are appealing for the public’s help to find missing 58-year-old woman Susan Macdonald from Waltham Abbey
Susan hasn’t been seen since earlier today and we need the public’s help to find her. Susan is described as a white woman with brown, shoulder-length hair. She was last seen wearing a black jacket. She has an Irish accent. Susan has mobility issues and it’s possible she is known to walk at fields in […]