Sittingbourne

ETwo more goals from the ageless Derek Asamoah helped Sittingbourne to record a comfortable three-nil win on Tuesday (17th March) night at the Stanmore Stadium in Thamesmead - that could be heard at both ends of the table. 

For whilst the three points takes the Brickies three points inside the Play Off places, for hosts Erith Town, the defeat – alongside Hassocks win at Broadbridge Heath – leaves the Dockers anxiously glancing over their shoulders at the wrong end of the table. 

Swale Borough Council (SBC) have announced that they "will be providing housing for in-need families while regenerating Sittingbourne’s Town Centre, thanks to funding from Homes England". 

The council will be creating 51 new high-quality affordable homes on a former car park in Cockleshell Walk, Sittingbourne for local people.

All homes will be classed as Social Rented homes meaning the rent will be around half of the cost of similar privately rented apartments in the area.  

A burglar who posed as a workman and broke into several electricity substations across east Kent has been jailed.

Mark Baker, 40, admitted targeting sites between September and December 2025 that included Ashford, Canterbury and Herne Bay where dozens of homes were impacted by his crimes.

A week-long operation targeting county line drug dealing led to 47 people being arrested and more than £100,000 in cash being seized by Kent Police.

A total of 28 weapons including machetes, samurai swords, crossbows and knives were also recovered between Monday 2nd and Sunday 8th March. Of the 47 suspects arrested, 23 have since been charged with 63 separate offences.

During the proactive week, 40 separate addresses were searched, with officers making 29 drug seizures including heroin, crack cocaine, GHB, ketamine, steroids and methamphetamine.

The public toilets in the Central Avenue Car Park are set to be fully refurbished as Swale Borough Council continues its work to regenerate Sittingbourne’s town centre.

The work will upgrade the well-used toilets, repairing the roof, renovating the windows, refurbishing the cubicle doors and toilets, and installing new energy-efficient LED lighting. The walls and flooring will be repaired or replaced, and a new ceiling will be installed.

Three robbers who stole thousands of pounds’ worth of mobile phones from a store in Sittingbourne have been convicted.

On Thursday 17th October 2024, Ionut Calin entered the store in The Forum Shopping Centre in the High Street with Dobre Vasile-Iosif and Valentin Ciuraru where they threatened members of staff before demanding they open the secure safe where the phones are kept.

More than £50,000 worth of mobile phones and other electrical devices were taken before all three fled the scene in a waiting vehicle.

A violent offender who chased a man into traffic with a machete has been jailed for 16 years.

Chris Maclean, 43, admitted to the manslaughter of Jay Gerrett, who died after being hit by a car on St Michael’s Road, Sittingbourne.

At around 9.10pm on Saturday 2nd August 2025, another man, Jack Hunt, led Mr Gerrett to Pembury Street to sell him drugs. A conversation occurred between the two in the road, which quickly soured and escalated into shouting.

Witnesses and dashcam footage are sought by officers investigating a fatal collision at Kemsley near Sittingbourne.

The incident happened on Swale Way at approximately 10.10am yesterday (Wednesday 25th February) morning.

Thousands of pounds worth of groceries have been recovered and four women arrested following reports of shoplifting from a supermarket in Sittingbourne.

At about 2.50pm on Sunday (15th February) Kent Police were called after CCTV captured a group leaving the Sainsbury store on Avenue of Remembrance with several trolleys full of goods without paying.

When officers arrived, the suspects had already left in two vehicles. These were quickly identified by officers from the Community Safety Unit and traced to another supermarket in Bysing Wood Road, Faversham.