From a distance, Deadman's Island looks like any other lonely stretch of marshland - a quiet, bird-filled spit of mud tucked just off the Kent coast. But when the water retreats, the place transforms ...

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Teachers deemed the school too dangerous. Now pupils are flooding back, but there are rumblings of discontent Teachers deemed the school too dangerous. Now pupils are flooding back, but there are ...

ISLE OF PALMS — Less than a month after an order was issued calling for a beachfront homeowner to tear down a seawall built behind his home, a judge says the wall can stay — for now. S.C.

A special Armistice Day steam train visited Kent's Isle of Sheppey today (November 11). Restored steam locomotive Eddystone visited the seaside town of Sheerness at lunchtime after departing London ...

An investigation is underway after a child was injured in a freak incident that saw a police drone fall from the sky in Kent. Kent Police were alerted to reports of a disturbance on the Isle of ...

Two people were injured during a crash involving a lorry and a digger. The collision happened on the A249, towards Sheppey, between the Key Street roundabout and near to the Sheppey Crossing.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

I am seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and, where relevant, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, regarding State-aircraft (police) drone operations and the ...

A senior police officer is under investigation for misconduct after a force drone hit and injured a child. Kent Police said officers were called to reports of an assault in progress on the Isle of ...

The police drone had been deployed following a disturbance on the Isle of Sheppey A senior police officer has been handed a misconduct notice after a child was seriously injured by a police drone.