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A 16-year-old girl reported missing from Tonbridge on Monday 21 September, last seen at Maidstone West train station, has been safely located, Kent Police have confirmed.

A 16-year-old girl reported missing from Swanley since Sunday 11 October has been located safe and well, Kent Police have confirmed.

A 15-year-old girl reported missing from Swanley since Wednesday 30 September has been safely located, Kent Police confirmed on Thursday morning.

A CCTV appeal after a till-theft trick at a Maidstone Waitrose, an arrest over a robbery that hospitalised a vulnerable man on Victoria Street, and a stinger-ended car chase near Hadlow - three separate, unconnected Kent Police cases moving forward this week across West Kent.

A man and a secondary school-age boy were injured, the boy seriously, when the e-bike they were riding was involved in a collision with a Kent Police vehicle in Lodge Oak Lane, Tonbridge, in the early hours of Monday 26 October. A mandatory referral has been made to the police watchdog.

A 41-year-old woman who befriended a man in his 80s at a Tonbridge café, then stole his bank card from his bedroom while he let her use the toilet, has been jailed for burglary and fraud after a 48-hour, £349 shopping spree at shops in Paddock Wood and Cranbrook.

Ricky Korboa's early strike gave Tonbridge Angels the lead at Farnham Town, but two second-half goals either side of a first-half equaliser ended the Angels' unbeaten away record in the league this season, Bobby-Joe Taylor's late strike completing the turnaround.

Riley Court and Ryan Hanson struck either side of the hour to overturn George Williams's early opener, as Maidstone United beat ten-man Hemel Hempstead Town 2-1 at the Focus Community Arena in a game that also saw Stones boss Craig Fagan sent from the technical area.

Jaden Perez and Kevin Diomande put Sevenoaks Town two goals clear at Greatness, but second-placed Whitstable Town hit back late through Dean Grant and substitute Harrison Pont to leave with a point, three days after Sevenoaks' heavy defeat at Herne Bay.

Rusthall and Larkfield & New Hythe both won, Snodland Town held league leaders Fisher to a goalless draw, but Bearsted and Tunbridge Wells lost as West Kent's SCEFL clubs had a mixed Saturday - while Staplehurst Monarchs' First Division game was called off for a waterlogged pitch.

Tonbridge Juddians bounced back from their first league defeat of the season with a 41-27 win over Bury St Edmunds at The Slade, Will Holling and Shadyn Osgood each scoring twice to keep them second in National League 1.

The M20 was closed in both directions between Hollingbourne and Ashford for several hours overnight after a collision involving more than 30 vehicles in thick fog, with two people seriously injured. The road reopened around 5am Sunday, and Kent Police say the injuries are not life-threatening.
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