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A damning report says a Kent prison has become "more unstable", with drugs being smuggled in via drones as one of the major problems. The findings of an unannounced inspection at HMP Elmley on Sheppey ...
Sharna Dixon, from Sheerness, was jailed after costing the emergency services nearly £500,000 in wasted resources. Picture: Kent Police. A police officer sent to help the 27-year-old during one ...
A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: “I can confirm that South East Coast Ambulance responded to a medical incident at HMP Swaleside in Eastchurch, Sheerness after being called ...
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A prison governor accused of attacking and strangling an inmate has appeared in court. Richard Dowdell was charged with two offences in relation to allegedly attacking the prisoner at HMP ...
EXCLUSIVE: Sheerness locals have rebuffed claims that it's one of the worst and most dangerous places to live - and that the town holds on to a rare community spirit long lost in Britain.
Last year alone, Sheerness recorded an overall rate of 181 crimes per 1,000 people — an average total of 2,353 crimes for the town's 13,000 people. And so it is often voted as one of the UK's ...
A prison governor has been accused of attacking and attempting to strangle an inmate at a jail with one of the highest rates of violence in England and Wales. Richard Dowdell, 49, who was lead ...
UPDATE: FOUND A Kent Police spokesperson shared the good news at around 4pm on Thursday (May 29): "This missing woman has now just been safely found. Thank you." The public was urged by police to call ...
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke, the grandson of smuggler and privateer Goody Brown, is a young man determined to prove his worth and free his father from a prison hulk at Sheerness. Show more The novel ...
A prison officer has been jailed for 2 years and 8 months for supplying drugs to an inmate at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey. Martin Fazakarley, who's 44 and of Royal Road in Sheerness, was ...
HM Prison and Probation Service "must do more to protect the health and safety of its staff", ... Sheerness, after being called at approximately 2.10pm on Thursday 9 May. ...