Bishopsbourne

A dad grabbed his children and got them out of his home after he heard a loud bang and saw a flash of flames from the fuse box. Two fire engines raced to the scene in The Street, Bishopsbourne, at just before 10pm last night. Crews used a thermal ...

A joinery was completely destroyed in a fire in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters battled to douse the blaze and stop exploding asbestos in the roof from igniting a nearby house. The 15 x 4m workshop in Bishopsbourne near Canterbury, which ...

A FIVE-MINUTE drive through Bishopsbourne reveals a flourishing hemp crop – visible from the road. Twelve months ago it would have been illegal. "You couldn't grow it (hemp) within five kilometres of schools; it was just ridiculous," said Phil Reader, ...

Hundreds of homes across Kent remain at risk of flooding today - despite the calm weather after several stormy days. As residents survey the storm damage and the clear-up operation begins, Kent Police warned properties are still under threat because of ...

Witnesses are being sought today after a lorry driver was killed when he hit a bridge over the A2 near Canterbury. The man, driving a Polish-registered red Renault lorry, died at the scene on the London-bound carriageway near Bishopsbourne yesterday ...