Sittingbourne

A hat-trick from Joe Boachie saw Sittingbourne continue their remarkable run under Reece Prestedge as Eastbourne Town were put to the Staxson Stadium sword on Saturday (13th February) afternoon.

The Brickies were two up at the break with two brilliant Boachie strikes - the first into the top corner and the second a great curling effort from Jean Baptiste Fisher's touch.

Quick actions by local Kent Police officers saw a delivery van stolen in Sittingbourne recovered and two men arrested within 40 minutes.

Kent Police was called at 11.28am on Thursday (13th November) to a report of a vehicle being stolen while its driver delivered a parcel in Cherry Close.

The vehicle was spotted on camera in Iwade and patrols were dispatched to conduct a search of the area, quickly finding the van.

Kent Police’s Rural Task Force immediately deployed a drone and obtained witness accounts from nearby residents.

Two popular venues in Sittingbourne are set to close after shock confirmation that they will cease trading tomrrow (Saturday 16th November).

The Appleyard (formerly The UK Paper Leisure Club) on the Avenue of Remembrance and the Sports Bar (formerly the UKP Pavillion) on Gore Court Road are believed to currently be £250,000 in debt and are set "to be taken over by American shareholders" according to SFM News sources who attended a members meeting on Thursday (13th November) evening.

The Happy Pants Ranch animal sanctuary, in Newington, has confirmed positive for the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strain.

DEFRA (The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) announced that a number of the captive birds at the premises had tested positive on Monday (27th October) and were destroyed.

A 3km controlled zone was immediately implemented on Monday evening, and requires anyone who owns birds in this vicinity (which borders Upchurch, Hartlip, Iwade and Kemsley) to monitor and safely house them inside.

A motorist, who fatally struck a cyclist before fleeing the scene, has been jailed for 12 and a half years.

Danny Gibson, 38, was sentenced after admitting to causing a fatal collision on The Street in Wormshill, on Tuesday 18th October 2022.

Gibson had spent the afternoon drinking in Sheerness before taking his mother’s car without permission. He then drove through Wormshill and surrounding areas before he collided with the victim, who was cycling near his home. Gibson abandoned the vehicle in a nearby field and left the scene on foot.

A suspect has appeared in court charged with a robbery in Bapchild last weekend.

Kent Police attended the BP petrol station in London Road at about 9.30pm on Sunday (12th October) after staff at the store reported a man had threatened them with a weapon and demanded they hand over money. The man left with a quantity of cash.

Enquiries at the scene led to a suspect being arrested in relation to the offence less than an hour later.

Witnesses are being sought following a report of an assault in Sittingbourne at the weekend.

The victim reported that at about 10.30pm on Saturday (4th October) he was assaulted by a group of people who had driven past him in Regency Court.

He reported that the car, believed to be a light-coloured Ford KA had driven past him and his wife and the people inside shouted at them. 

Suspected stolen items valued at more than £80,000 have been seized in two days following work by the Rural Task Force in Swale.

Caravans, vehicles and cabling were recovered, and a suspected copper thief arrested, after officers targeted locations in Sittingbourne, Newington and the Isle of Sheppey.

Kent Police was alerted to a theft in progress shortly after midnight on Thursday (18th September). It was reported that copper cabling had been taken from an industrial site in Minster-On-Sea.

An assistant head teacher from Sittingbourne said he thought he "was going to die" after a substance, believed to be acid, was thrown in his face during an assault outside a Medway pub at the weekend.

Adam Tickner (pictured) is still recovering from the attack and says he feels "lucky to be alive".

Kent Police are investigating the assault with a corrosive substance, which happened in the garden area of The Ye Arrow pub on Boley Hill in Rochester at around 10.15pm on Saturday (13th September).

Dashcam footage and witnesses are sought following a collision on the M2 near Sittingbourne last month.

Kent Police was called just after 10.15am on Friday 29th August to a three-vehicle collision just before junction five for Stockbury, on the coastbound carriageway.

A heavy goods vehicle and two white Peugeot cars were involved in the incident.

Officers attended the scene alongside Kent Fire and Rescue Service and South East Coast Ambulance Service, where two people were taken to hospital for treatment to injuries.