Kent police warned night before Dover unrest of far-right convergence in nearby village

Kent police were alerted the night before far-right agitators blocked roads into Dover that those involved had converged on Preston-next-Wingham, a village 18 miles away, according to emerging details. People in the village of just over 920 residents reported that hundreds of men began arriving on Friday afternoon and effectively "took over" the area.

The intelligence passed to police included reports that far-right activists were heard in a pub boasting about plans to "attack Muslims" in Dover, according to The Guardian.