Four suspected imitation firearms were found at the scene. 

Man 'seen with weapons on balcony' arrested on suspicion of firearms offences

A distress call was received by the coastguard at 5.41am.

Two bodies pulled from sea in Kent as Storm Dennis batters Britain

Sixty-gun frigate HMS Winchester is believed to have responded to a relay call and is in the area, according to ship tracking.

Lee Vernon inflicted fatal head injuries on baby McKenzie Ellis in Broadstairs.

Traffic stretched for several miles as police stopped the lorry to deal with the incident.

Border Force was alerted to several small boats travelling across the Channel on Tuesday, the Home Office said.

Jan Gina left DNA at a home in Folkestone – in the form of a half-eaten snack.

It is the first time anyone in the UK has died from crush asphyxiation as a result of an electronic car seat, police said.

Vessels from Border Force were on the scene on Saturday morning.

The six-year-old fell into the River Stour in Kent on Saturday.

Specialist search and rescue teams were joined by large numbers of volunteers scouring the river banks.

Kent Police said officers were called to Richborough Road in Sandwich at about 1.20pm on Saturday.

Freddie McLennan and Joe Atkins, both 19, were killed in a car accident on the Salar de Uyuni on Sunday.

An MP hit out at the UK's migrant "crisis" after reports of multiple boats arriving off the Kent coast on Saturday.

Alfie Lamb died in February last year after he was crushed while in the footwell of an Audi convertible.