Head coach Matt Corker is determined to get to the bottom of Canterbury’s dip in form. The city club have suffered three successive defeats in National League 2 East for the first time this season. Their latest loss came at Westcombe Park on Saturday w…
Manager Danny Searle hoping players can put adversity in perspective should his resurgent Ebbsfleet United side suffer dip in form
Ebbsfleet manager Danny Searle believes their biggest test is yet to come. The Fleet have enjoyed a brilliant first month under Searle’s leadership, winning three games in a row to extend their unbeaten run to five matches. It’s dragged them out of the…
Man tried to smuggle £280k of monkey dust through Channel Tunnel in VW Polo
A 64-year-old man was shaking with nerves as he tried to smuggle almost £300,000 worth of a drug commonly known as monkey dust through the Channel Tunnel. Mechanical fitter Peter Harness told Border Force officers at Coquelles he was returning from a b…
The Angel pub on Lower Rainham Road reopens with management firm Vesta Pubs
A group of friends who launched a pub management firm around a year ago have now taken on their second boozer. Vesta Pubs will be officially opening The Angel, in Rainham, this afternoon, following a £185,000 refurbishment. Directors Emma Hawney, Steph…
Whitstable Town defender Ollie Gray enjoying return after joining from Faversham Town – Marcel Nimani’s side drew with SCEFL Premier Division leaders Glebe last Saturday and now face Welling Town
Whitstable Town are preparing for bottom club Welling Town no differently than they did for table-topping Glebe last weekend. The Southern Counties East Premier Division play-off chasers took a point off the leaders last weekend – and felt they did eno…
Liverpool news: Xabi Alonso may change long-term plan as Jurgen Klopp issues transfer warning
By Dan Marsh It’s been a case of so far, so good this week for Liverpool in their quest to ensure Jurgen Klopp goes out in style this summer. The Reds left it late to beat Chelsea in last Sunday’s Carabao Cup final to land trophy No.1 of the season but…
Powerboat racer Ben Jelf starts quest to better last year’s 17th-place finish for F1 Atlantic Team at UIM F1H2O World Championship opener in Indonesia
British powerboat racer Ben Jelf is in Indonesia for the opening round of the UIM F1H2O World Championship. The mechanic, from Maidstone, will once more join the F1 Atlantic Team and is looking to build on last year’s 17th-placed finish. As the only Br…
Kent Politics Podcast: Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch on why she’s stepping away from politics
This week’s Kent Politics Podcast welcomes Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch who announced she will be stepping down at the next election. She discusses why she’s decided to walk away from politics, what she’s achieved for her constituency, what s…
Boys Hall in Ashford named best place to stay in South East of England by The Times and Sunday Times’ 100 Best Places to Stay
A hotel and Michelin guide restaurant in Kent has been named the best place to stay in the South East. Boys Hall in Ashford has been deemed worthy of the title by The Times and Sunday Times’ guide in its definitive list of the 100 Best Places to Stay. …
Salford City v Gillingham preview: Gills’ head coach Stephen Clemence taking on former Birmingham City team-mate and current Ammies chief executive Nicky Butt this Saturday
Gillingham’s head coach Stephen Clemence says the friendships will be on hold at Salford as his men look to maintain their play-off push. Clemence knows the Salford head coach Karl Robinson well and the club’s recently appointed first team coach Alex B…