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Updated 14:01, 19 Aug 2026

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Top story: Man and Two Children Airlifted to Hospital After Sea Rescue at Margate Beach

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Man and Two Children Airlifted to Hospital After Sea Rescue at Margate Beach

ARSON INVESIGATION

Blaze Breaks Out in Margate Flats Basement

LOCKED UP

Margate Man Edward Watson Jailed for Decades-Old Child Sex Abuse After 7 Years of Hidden Horror

SICK CRIMES

Margate Child Sex Predator Duncan Bayles Jailed for 28 Years After Decades of Abuse Uncovered

Margate Sex Attacker Amer Mohammed Jailed for Nine Years Following Brutal Seafront Assault

MARGATE HEIST

Margate Jewellery Thief Jailed for 3 Years After Daylight Station Road Heist and Heroic Rescue

TEEN ARREST

Bomb Scare Sparks Margate Lockdown as MoD Conducts Controlled Explosion—Teen Arrested for Firearms Offences

EOD CALLED

Bomb Alert Sparks Mass Evacuation in Margate as Police Hunt Suspect

KEY PLAYER JAILED

County Lines Kingpin Joel Loba Jailed for Over Five Years in Margate Crackdown

MURDER PROBE

Man Arrested and Bailed After Woman Found Dead in Margate Home