A tractor which had been stolen from a golf course has been returned to its owner.

The vehicle was reported missing from a course in New Ash Green, between Gravesend and Sevenoaks, overnight.

Officers found track marks in a field shortly after 5pm this evening.

They then discovered the tractor abandoned.

It has been reunited with what police described as "a happy owner" at the golf course.

The force has been approached for more information as to whether anyone has since been arrested in connection with the incident.

It comes at the same time farmers are converging on Westminster for a tractor protest against “substandard imports and dishonest labelling” they warn are threatening food security.

The campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent are assembling for a “go-slow” convoy and drive around Westminster, with organisers expecting 50 to 100 tractors as well as other farm vehicles this evening.

The protesters are raising concerns over the increasing difficulties faced by the British farming industry which they say are leaving the nation’s food security at risk.

They are calling for an end to trade deals which they say are allowing imports of food produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK and undercutting British farmers.