Police were told night before Dover unrest that far-right agitators had converged on village

Police in Kent were alerted the day before far-right activists disrupted travel into Dover by blocking roads, after overhearing plans in a pub to "attack Muslims." Villagers in Preston-next-Wingham reported that hundreds of men descended on the small community—population just over 900—on a Friday, effectively seizing control before the incident. Authorities had prior intelligence suggesting the group had gathered there as a staging point for their actions. The revelations highlight how local communities became unintended ground zero for the escalating tensions.

Details passed to Kent police after far-right activists heard in pub boasting about going to to Dover to ‘attack Muslims’Police were told the night before far-right agitators blocked roads into Dover that those involved had converged on a village 18 miles away and planned to use it as a launchpad, it has emerged.People in Preston-next-Wingham told of how hundreds of men had started to arrive in the village of just over 920 residents on Friday afternoon and in effect “took over” the village. Continue reading...