'We just want to feel safe to walk into town'

A woman who was stalked by a stranger said the ordeal motivated her to set up a women's safety campaign group in Kent.

Lauren Brook formed Reclaim the Night Tunbridge Wells with borough councillor Jayne Sharratt in 2022 and held the group's annual march through town on Tuesday.

Ms Brook, from Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells, said she was "stalked in broad daylight while she was walking back from lunch" to her office in 2018.

Police across the South East said they were focused on women's safety, including in Kent, where the force said that tackling violence against women and girls was a "key priority" and it was working with local businesses to "promote safer socialising in town and city centres".