Disgraced Kirk Wilcock stole 464 packages from Royal Mail between August 2019 and June 2020. The 42-year-old worked as a postman for 22 years. Wilcock pleaded guilty when he appeared before magistrates in North Kent charged with three offences. The first charge Wilcock admitted was the theft of 460 postal packets containing greeting cards, cash and gift cards, to the value of £1,080. He also admitted using five JD Sports gift cards for payment of goods in the sum of £64.99 on May 25, 2020 in Rochester. Finally, Wilcock pleased guilty to stealing four postal packets containing greeting cards, £20 in cash and a gift card on June 30, 2020. Wilcock, of Cliffe Woods, in Kent was given a six month jail sentence, suspended for 24 months.
The amazing walks near Hull which are transformed in springtime
Whether its blooming bluebells or gambolling lambs, there are some perfect walks for this time of year
Bluebells in bloom at North Cliffe Woods near Market Weighton
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Foot and mouth disease outbreak in Kent in 2001
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Updated: 07:03, 04 February 2021
The sight of dead cattle, sheep and pigs being torched in fields was an enduring image of foot and mouth disease, which plagued Kent and the rest of the country in 2001. The highly infectious epidemic had taken such a grip that even uncontaminated animals were slaughtered to stop the spread.
Warning: Contains graphic images
Allhallows, scene of the first foot and mouth case in Kent, March 10, 2001.
On February 27 the KM Group s then evening newspaper, Medway Today, published harrowing pictures of cattles bodies being burned after they were laid out on coal and straw.
Over 80s in Hoo Peninsula to be offered Covid-19 vaccine
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Updated: 15:54, 20 January 2021
GP surgeries across the Hoo Pennisula have now been approved by the NHS management as a provider to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine.
Tonight, MP Kelly Tolhurst announced that the Pennisula PCN which includes the GP surgeries at Highparks, Cliffe, Cliffe Woods, Wainscott & Higham, St Werburgh and the Elms have now been approved to offer the Covid-19 vaccine.
More vaccine centres are expected to open. Picture: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images
But today Kelly Tolhurst announced: As I understand the vaccine will only be delivered from one of the sites in the initial stages.