• Completed your tax return online? Phishing scam warning issued if so...

  By Rebecca_H at 16:56 on 10/02/11

  

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has warned taxpayers to be on the alert for fraudulent emails. Following the 31 January deadline for self-assessment tax returns, criminals have been busy sending out phishing emails which purport to offer people tax rebates. They are, in fact, fraudulent. The emails provide a click-through link to a replica of the HMRC website. The recipient is then asked to provide their credit card details....

• Have you checked out the new (and slightly controversial) Home Office crime website yet?

  By Rebecca_H at 10:04 on 02/02/11

  

  Launched this week - and already attracting much criticism - is a new website that allows visitors to search the crime data for their area, allowing residents find out exactly how their street, village or town has been affected by criminal behaviour. According to The Times though this morning, it attracted 18 million hits an hour yesterday, and was unable to cope with demand. Even if people did manage to access the information...

• Household survey warnings

  By Helen_McRae at 12:28 on 22/11/10

  

  Police in Kent would like to make people aware of the following report on BBC's "Watchdog" programme featured on 4 November 2010 about the following survey that is soon to be sent to over 1 million homes. N-Power, Unilever and Talk Talk are among the many companies sponsoring a survey that is to be sent out by TNT. They request you fill in a questionnaire detailing your personal information and to leave it on your doorstep in...

• Crime rates tumble in Cranbrook

  By Rebecca_H at 11:12 on 04/11/10

  

  Figures just released confirm what we kind of knew already - that Cranbrook is a pretty safe place to be! And the good news is it appears to be getting safer each month. Data from the brilliant http://maps.police.uk/ website allows you to view crime rates across the whole of the UK, to zoom in on your own area in order to view trends, and the rise or fall in certain types of crimes recorded. Overall, crime in Cranbrook...

• Cranbrook road rage youth given a tag

  By Rebecca_H at 12:57 on 01/09/10

  

  Cranbrook resident, Edward Pantrey, 19, who repeatedly punched his friend in a fit of road rage has been given a curfew. Edward Pantrey pleaded guilty to assaulting Theo Chantler during an incident in Pembury Tesco car park on August 2. Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court heard the defendant and victim had been travelling along the A21 together on motorbikes. Prosecutor James Nichols said: "When the pair pulled over at Tesco the...

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