Stanley Murphy-Johns
UK
Arsenal parade: Dozens require rescuing from height and 16 arrests made
Thousands of Arsenal fans lined the streets around the Emirates Stadium as the team embarked on their trophy parade on Sunday afternoon.
31 May 2026
Politics
Three Reform councillors expelled for ‘dishonest and deceptive’ behaviour
Reform UK took control of Kent County Council after winning 57 of the 81 seats at the local elections in May.
28 Oct 2025
Crime
Trust did not give ‘safe care’ for girl who died on hospital grounds, court told
Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, died after absconding in the grounds of Worthing Hospital whilst she was a mental health inpatient in March 2022.
27 Oct 2025
Politics
Two Reform UK councillors removed from party after suspension
Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests.
27 Oct 2025
Crime
Man guilty of murdering stepdaughter and husband in their home
Josh Bashford and Chloe Bashford were found dead at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on June 9 2023.
24 Oct 2025
Crime
Two men charged with arson over attack on mosque remanded in custody
Ricky Ryder, 38, and Jack Slowey, 34, are accused of arson with intent to endanger life over the incident in East Sussex earlier this month.
24 Oct 2025
Politics
Migrants boarded small boat to UK, leaving others behind with deflated dinghy
A group of men and women carrying some small children were pictured waiting to cross the Channel on Gravelines beach early this morning.
22 Oct 2025
Crime
Paloma Shemirani’s brother thinks more will die in ‘wild west’ of disinformation
The 23-year-old Cambridge graduate died in July last year after declining cancer treatment on the advice of her conspiracy theorist parents.
22 Oct 2025
Politics
British defence forces participate in ‘gruelling’ taster of traditional race
The Doko race was introduced in 1989 and is a rite of passage for aspiring Gurkhas to be selected for the British Army (Brigade of Gurkhas).
21 Oct 2025
Politics
Labour MPs call for Reform council leader to resign over ‘chaos’ and suspensions
Seven MPs have written to Nigel Farage after a video leaked to The Guardian showed Kent County Council leader ‘berating’ Reform councillors.
21 Oct 2025
Crime
First man jailed under child online safety act for grooming and abusing girl
Karl Davies, 42, a father-of-two from the Wirral, admitted and has been convicted of 17 offences relating to a school girl aged between 13 and 14.
20 Oct 2025
Politics20 Oct 2025
Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council
‘Reform's meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council,’ said a Lib Dem spokesman
UK
Three men arrested in £20m drug bust
The arrests were made after the drugs were recovered from a lorry in Dartford, Kent.
17 Oct 2025
Crime
Three asylum seekers in court charged with rape on Brighton beach
Sussex police officers received a report that a woman had been raped on the lower esplanade in Brighton at about 5am on the morning of October 4.
16 Oct 2025
Health
Mother left in constant pain by medical errors ‘wants to help others’
Toni-Claire Miller was 32 when she was repeatedly ‘fobbed off’ by GPs despite numbness in her legs, excruciating back pain and bladder problems.
16 Oct 2025
Crime14 Oct 2025
London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground
Mohammed Ali Nareman, 37, was deemed unfit to stand trial because he suffered from depression, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder
Health
Model-making classes ‘helping veterans manage mental health issues’
Mental disorders were listed as one of the most common reasons for armed forces discharge in a recent report published by the Ministry of Defence.
10 Oct 2025
Environment
More than 20,000 new homes approved to be built in Sussex after four-year delay
Building work for 21,000 new homes in Horsham, Crawley and Chichester has been halted since 2021 over environmental concerns for the Arun Valley.
9 Oct 2025
UK
New post-Brexit border systems may not be working ahead of launch
An official at the Port of Dover has said the EES kiosks, which will collect data on travellers, are having trouble connecting to the EU servers.
8 Oct 2025
Crime
Man stabbed stepdaughter and her husband to death in their home
Derek Martin admitted the manslaughter of the couple in August 2023, but denies murder.
6 Oct 2025
Music
Grime artist Skepta appears in court charged with drug-driving
Joseph Adenuga, 43, known as Skepta, is charged with driving his Mercedes-Maybach with cannabis in his system in May 2024 in High Wycombe.
3 Oct 2025