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To mark the 10th anniversary of Britain’s biggest-ever-pile-up we spoke to those injured and involved in the Sheppey Crossing crash.
It was one of the saddest events in a town's past but the impact of a 1986 tragic crash which killed three schoolgirls would not just be felt locally.
A former landlord recalls the night his pub was destroyed by an IRA bomb at the height of the Troubles.
People living in Dover at the time of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in 1987 have told of its lasting impact on the town.
One of Kent's most notorious murders took place in 1996 as a mum and her two daughters walked along a country path.
A man who survived the blast due to a late start recalls the devastating IRA bombing at Deal in 1989.
As a group of young cadets walked along the road on a dark December evening in 1951, disaster was about to strike.
The huge search for a missing six-year-old boy, who was swept away after falling in a river, came to a tragic end.
We take a look back at some of the most dramatic accidents and incidents in the history of the county's railways.
Twenty five years after Princess Diana's death, we remember how the county mourned the beloved royal.
Hundreds of drivers were caught up in one of Britain's worst pile-ups in 2013.
Farmers across the country were forced to kill their livestock to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease in 2001. Warning: Contains graphic images
A fire at a Kent restaurant in 1977 killed seven people, including three children.
We take a look back at some of the defining tragedies to hit the county over the years.
In 1971, a train ploughed through the buffers and came to rest on top of a taxi - here is the incredible story told by some of the survivors.
A tragic crash involving a fire appliance cost one firefighter his life and injured seven others.
Every picture tells a story as we look back through our archive at the storm that devastated Kent in October 1987.
A little girl and her grandma were killed by a car on a busy dual carriageway but their safety legacy is still seen by thousands every day.
A knife-obsessed loner who murdered a 16-year-old girl in a frenzied attack in an alleyway was finally jailed more than 20 years later.
The bodies of 58 Chinese would-be migrants were found in a lorry-load of tomatoes in Kent more than 20 years ago - this is their tragic story.
People who knew policeman Wayne Couzens - jailed for the murder of Sarah Everard - described him as 'bad tempered' and 'odd in his mannerisms'.
Floral tributes lined the road after four men were killed in a crash.
A drink driver killed two pedestrians and injured three others as they walked home from a social club.
With Covid-19 raging through the country, we looked back at other pandemics through history.
A blast that destroyed a house brought back memories of previous explosions across Kent, including one in the same town in 2015.
We remember the 352 people who lost their lives in a ship explosion off the Kent coast.
Our reporter - and big Beatles fan - recalls the shocking day John Lennon was murdered in 1980.
A mysterious fire ripped through a furniture store in Canterbury city centre.
After the earthquake in Wales this weekend - here's why Kent may feel the earth move again soon.
'Sick and twisted' killer jailed for life for murdering PCSO Julia James as she walked her dog.
A tragedy at a park fete left 15 people dead, including nine children.
Kenneth Noye, who stabbed 21-year-old Stephen Cameron in a road rage attack on the M25, was released from prison after almost 20 years.
The assassination of a man who helped put road rage killer Kenneth Noye behind bars remains a mystery more than 20 years later.
A routine training run turned to disaster when a flare exploded inside a Lancaster bomber.
A year on from the deaths of 32 people in the Channel, what's changed? We speak to the grieving families left behind and those fighting for solutions.
After a fire wrecked Notre Dame in 2019, the story of Canterbury Cathedral's own blaze dramas was revealed.
What's for dinner? Plan meals, try new foods and explore cuisines with tested recipes from the country's top chefs.
Trying to find the right nursery, school, college, university or training provider in Kent or Medway? Our Education Directory has everything you could possibly need!
