UK provides new life-saving support for Rohingya people
Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced new UK funding to support Rohingya people living in camps in Bangladesh Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan will visit Cox’s Bazar this week to see first-hand how UK support is providing a lifeline to Rohingya people in the camps. During her first visit to Bangladesh in the […]
Government-backed Taskforce is tackling the entrepreneur gap, as stats reveal the North East has the least female-founded high-growth businesses
The government-founded High Growth Enterprise Taskforce is tackling the high-growth business entrepreneur gap, as they today reveal stats highlighting gender and regional disparities across the UK. Zandra Moore – regional sub-group head for the women-led Taskforce, and CEO and co-founder of Leeds-based Panintelligence – set out an interactive map of the UK (built using data […]
Government-backed Taskforce is tackling the entrepreneur gap, as stats reveal the North East has the least female-founded high-growth bus…
The government-founded High Growth Enterprise Taskforce is tackling the high-growth business entrepreneur gap, as they today reveal stats highlighting gender and regional disparities across the UK. Zandra Moore – regional sub-group head for the women-led Taskforce, and CEO and co-founder of Leeds-based Panintelligence – set out an interactive map of the UK (built using data […]
Cumbrian paedophile stung by undercover police has sentence increased
A predator who told a woman he met online to sexually assault two young children has his sentence increased by more than two years. Alan Nicholson, from High Harrington, Cumbria, had his case referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. In September 2021, Alan Nicholson (53) spoke to a woman […]
Officers from the mainland-based Roads Policing Unit joined our Isle of Wight colleagues this week for a two-day enforcement operation on…
We have been listening to the concerns of Island residents around road safety, and we receive reports of driving standards issues such as speeding, mobile phone use and general poor driving. Operation Wightwash has been stood up in recent years to bolster our efforts in intercepting drivers committing offences on Isle of Wight roads, and […]
Officers from the mainland-based Roads Policing Unit joined our Isle of Wight colleagues this week for a two-day enforcement operation on the Island’s Roads
We have been listening to the concerns of Island residents around road safety, and we receive reports of driving standards issues such as speeding, mobile phone use and general poor driving. Operation Wightwash has been stood up in recent years to bolster our efforts in intercepting drivers committing offences on Isle of Wight roads, and […]
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire at commercial premises in Hawthorn Road, Sittingbourne
Four fire engines were sent to the scene, where crews wearing breathing apparatus worked to extinguish the fire. No injuries have been reported and the cause is not yet known. Part of the A2 London Road was closed for a short time while firefighters worked at the scene but has since been reopened.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of a kitchen fire at a house in Kimberley Road, Gillingham
Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the flames using hose reel jets. One person sustained slight burns to their arm and had also inhaled smoke. They were passed into the care of SECAmb paramedics and taken to the hospital. It’s believed the fire started accidentally when an air fryer caught alight. […]
Two men have been jailed for drug offences following a warrant in Calne last year
Ieuan Davies, 31, of Sidney Wood Court, Chippenham, and Michael Purchase, 30, of Halifax Road, Bowerhill, Melksham, were arrested following the warrant which was executed by Chippenham and Calne neighbourhood officers with assistance from search teams on March 4, 2021, in Linnet Road, Calne. During the warrant, approximately £12,620 of cocaine was located, as well […]
Kent Police has charged a man with child sex offences in Medway
Matthew Lockwood, of Edgewater, Chatham was arrested by officers on Thursday 9 February 2023 and taken into custody. On Saturday 11 February, Mr Lockwood, aged 46, was charged with obtaining the sexual services of a child, possessing indecent photographs of children and taking an indecent photograph of a child. The suspect appeared before Folkestone Magistrates’ […]