Hollingbourne road closures continue after man shot by police
Kent Police previously said the incident was not related to terrorism, and the man who was shot had suffered life-changing, not life-threatening, injuries.Police bodycam footage of the shooting had shown a man wielding a chainsaw and holding another item, which officers believed at the time to be an improvised explosive device, according to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Johnny Depp moves to Sussex: Pirates of the Caribbean star snaps up large house after living in the county during Covid in guitarist Jeff Beck's 16th century cottage
He cuts the most bohemian of figures. But it can be revealed that Johnny Depp has joined the gin-and-jag set by putting down roots in the Home Counties, snapping up a large house in the Sussex countryside, near the border with Kent. He was chauffeured from there to the premiere of his new film, Modigliani: Three Days On The Wing Of Madness, last week, which is why he reportedly was a little late. Two years ago, there were reports – which proved inaccurate – suggesting the Anglophile actor had moved to Somerset. In fact, he was holed up in London, in a Soho townhouse and art studio, where he lived for a couple of years. The Daily Mail's Alison Boshoff reported in July last year and recently-published interviews with Depp were indeed conducted in Soho. However, for reasons of peace, privacy and security he's now decided to move out to the country, just like his late best friend, the guitarist Jeff Beck, it can be revealed today. Beck lived in a 16th-century farmhouse in Wadhurst, Sussex; and Depp stayed with him during the Covid pandemic. A friend said Depp said he was 'in the English sticks', which he described as 'very beautiful and wet'. Depp has a huge house in the south of France, where he and ex-partner Vanessa Paradis largely raised their children Lily-Rose and Jack; and a Caribbean island, Little Hall's Pond Cay, where he tied the knot with Amber Heard in February 2015. That relationship unravelled just two years later, and after the divorce came two legal battles over allegations of domestic abuse. Depp lost the libel action which he brought at the UK High Court in 2020, after being called a 'wife beater', but successfully brought a libel action against Heard in a US court in 2022. Depp told the High Court in 2020 he'd lost $650million of the money he made at the peak of his Pirates Of The Caribbean fame, and was left owing $100million in taxes, on account of managers he accused of stealing from him. But friends say, despite unhappy memories of his British court case, Depp feels at home here. Key members of his team, including the CEO of his UK production company, Stephen Deuters, are based here. Depp seems to enjoy East Sussex, and has been spotted at The Middle House pub and hotel in Mayfield. He's also taken a tour of the Folly Wildlife Rescue animal centre in Kent, of which Beck was patron, and was pictured cradling an orphaned badger named Freddie Mercury. Depp was devastated by Beck's sudden death from bacterial meningitis in January 2023. Johnny was reportedly at his bedside. He and the guitarist's widow Sandra gave him a 'green burial' in the grounds of his house in Sussex. And it is perhaps no surprise that Depp is drawn to settling there himself. Johnny may even take a leaf out of his old friend's quieter life as a country gent. Beck supported the local wildlife rescue charity and would be seen chatting to locals and even pottering around the Co-op supermarket - though, of course, villagers said some 'absurdly gorgeous classic car' would be parked wherever he went. When he wasn't recording in his home studio, or touring the world and playing his iconic music to thousands of adoring fans, Beck would even write the occasional letter to Wealden Council. Only his friend Johnny Depp would raise eyebrows in the community, with a taxi driver who once picked up the Hollywood star near Beck's place in Wadhurst - where they had been jamming - telling BBC journalist Victoria Valentine that the actor's 'jangly necklaces' were 'a bit unusual in rural Sussex'. The pair first met in 2016 and began recording the album in 2019 while Depp was also playing with Alice Cooper's supergroup Hollywood Vampires. In 2022 Beck released a full length album, titled 18, with Depp and the pair played a number of live gigs together. Depp gave an interview to Hollywood Authentic where he said: 'There's a couple who very much helped to keep me alive and sane and happy through the weirdness. And that's Jeff and Sandra [Beck's wife]'. Beck, regarded as one of rock's greatest ever guitarists, was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'. His extraordinary career saw him share the stage with some of music's biggest names – and produce an album as well as touring with Depp in 2022.
The National
a day ago
- The National
'Disturbed': MP hits out after armed police threaten Gaza protester
Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield told The National that Laura Murton – who was told that condemning the genocide in Gaza constituted a terrorism offence – was expressing the widespread views of the public 'who are appalled by the actions of the current Israeli government'. Murton, 42, was holding a protest on a roundabout in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday and was approached by police officers who threatened her with arrest. She filmed the encounter, during which she was told by an officer: 'Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.' Duffield said: 'I am disturbed to see this apparently peaceful protestor told that she cannot express her lawfully held and legitimate political views. As far as I can tell, there was no overt support for any proscribed groups. It appears that Kent Police may have got their wires crossed on this occasion. 'The views expressed in this case are held by many of my constituents, who are appalled by the actions of the current Israeli Government and the horrendous impact it is having on innocent civilians in Gaza.' Murton told The Guardian she had not expressed support for the banned group Palestine Action and had given police no indication she was a supporter. READ MORE: Convicted fraudster sets up GoFundMe for Union Jack dress girl's father She said: 'I don't see how anything I was wearing, how anything I was displaying, anything I was saying, could be deemed as supportive of the proscribed group. 'It's terrifying, I was standing there thinking, this is the most [...] authoritarian, dystopian experience I've had in this country, being told that I'm committing terrorist offences by two guys with firearms. 'I ended up giving my details, and I really resent the fact I had to do that because I don't think that was lawful at all.' A Kent Police spokesperson previously told The Guardian: 'Under the Terrorism Act it is a criminal offence to carry or display items that may arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation such as Palestine Action.' Palestine Action became the first direct action group in British history to be banned under terror laws earlier this month for a raid on RAF Brize Norton where they spraypainted and damaged jet planes. The group's lawyers, during an unsuccessful bid to prevent the proscription order, warned that the ban would have a 'wide chilling effect on speech and assembly of those seeking to speak out against Israel's serious violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory'. After being contacted by The National, Kent Police said: "Following the behaviour of an individual on a traffic roundabout in Canterbury on Monday, July 14, 2025, officers attended to investigate. Having ascertained no offences had been committed, no further action was taken.' Kent Police later said officers attended 'following a complaint about the behaviour of an individual' and declined to respond to Duffield's comments.
The Guardian
a day ago
- The Guardian
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying 'Free Gaza' and 'Israel is committing genocide', accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation. Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month. Murton said neither of her signs mentioned Palestine Action. When asked directly whether she supported any proscribed organisations, she replied: 'I do not.' In the encounter, which she filmed, one officer told her: 'Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.' He went on to say that the phrase 'Free Gaza' is 'supportive of Palestine Action', adding it was an offence 'to express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, namely Palestine Action is an offence under section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act'. The officer told her she had committed that offence. The officers said they would arrest Murton unless she provided her name and address, which she reluctantly agreed to do. Speaking to the Guardian, Murton said: 'I don't see how anything I was wearing, how anything I was displaying, anything I was saying, could be deemed as supportive of the proscribed group.' 'It's terrifying, I was standing there thinking, this is the most authority, authoritarian, dystopian experience I've had in this country, being told that I'm committing terrorist offences by two guys with firearms.' 'I ended up giving my details, and I really resent the fact I had to do that because I don't think that was lawful at all.' The ban on Palestine Action, the first against a direct action protest group, came into force on 5 July after a high court judge refused to grant the group's co-founder Huda Ammori an injunction suspending it while legal action was pending. In written submissions, Raza Husain KC and Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC, representing Ammori, warned: 'Proscription of Palestine Action is highly likely to have a wide chilling effect on speech and assembly of those seeking to speak out against Israel's serious violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in Gaza.' During an unsuccessful attempt to appeal against the decision, Ní Ghrálaigh told the court of appeal 'a vast number of individuals who wished to continue protesting would fall foul of the proscription regime due to its lack of clarity'. One of the police officers told Murton they were 'trying to be fair', adding: 'We could have jumped out, arrested you, dragged you off in a van.' Explaining her motivation for the protest, Murton, who lives in Canterbury, said: 'Day to day, people are getting killed, and I can't handle that. I can't handle sitting and doing nothing. Just showing up during rush hour to remind people that Palestine exists and that genocide is happening and try to keep it in the public consciousness – it wasn't motivated by anything other than that.' Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK's law and human rights director, described the footage as 'very concerning'. He added: 'We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. This video documents one aspect of exactly the kind of thing we were warning about.' A Kent police spokesperson said: 'Under the Terrorism Act it is a criminal offence to carry or display items that may arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation such as Palestine Action.'
