Seven people were injured, two with life-changing injuries, after the blast ripped through homes in Ashford, Kent on 4 May 2021.

Rebuild begins after gas explosion destroyed four homes

The rescued lioness, Yuna, has felt grass under her feet for the first time.

Shell-shocked lioness from Ukraine settles into new home in UK

A mattress and a bed was dumped at the end of a track near Evegate Business Park near Ashford. 

Man fined for fly-tipping mattress admits in interview he's done it before

Gareth Glynn Davies, 44, from Ashford was arrested. Searches of his car and home also found a lock knife, rambo knife, machete, two knuckle dusters and a baton.

Former Border Force officer jailed after supplying MDMA

Oliver Steeper died in a London hospital on 29 September 2021, six days after the incident at the Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford, Kent.

Inquest finds baby death after choking incident at nursery was 'misadventure'

Doctors found a nine-month-old baby boy had a ‘significant amount of food debris’ in his airway after he suffered a choking episode at a nursery. 

‘Significant amount of food debris’ in Oliver Steeper's airway, inquest told

Oliver Steeper died in hospital in September 2021, six days after he choked on food at the Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford, Kent.

Carer of baby who choked at nursery had expired first aid certificate, inquest 

Hoad's Wood near Ashford has been labelled a “desolate wasteland” after thousands of tonnes of landfill waste was dumped there.

Calls for authorities to clear 'environmental disaster' at Kent beauty spot

A 19-year-man has been charged with assisting an offender following the incident in Ashford

Second man charged over attempted murder of police officer injured in crash 

The Environment Agency is working alongside local authorities to understand how litter has ended up piled 12ft high across four acres in Hoad’s Wood.

'It's clearly deliberate' - Investigation into fly tipping at ancient woodland

National Crime Agency (NCA) officers arrested Macedonian national Muhamed Alievski in Ashford, Kent, as part of an intelligence-led operation on 5 August.

'Corrupt' lorry driver tried to smuggle wanted criminal out of UK 

A general view of Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, as five suspects arrested in connection with a "vicious" racially-motivated attack on a 15-year-old black girl have been banned from Surrey as police urged a further teenager to hand herself in. Footage shared online appeared to show the pupil being punched, kicked and having her hair pulled while her attackers were egged on by adults outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, on Monday afternoon.

One of the teenagers said they were going to 'rip a dreadlock out of your big fat head'

Teenagers admit assaulting black girl outside school in viral Snapchat video

More than 30 arrests have been made in targeted operations at multiple properties

Police storm multiple properties and make significant discoveries

191023-kirkup baby deaths report one year anniversary

It has been a year since the publication of a damning report into failings at hospitals in Margate and Ashford, which led to 45 babies dying unnecessarily. 

East Kent baby deaths: Families say progress 'too slow' year on from report

Two piles of household rubbish were traced back to two residents in Singleton, Ashford.

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