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Motorists face new £4 charge confirmed for previously free tunnel

05 December 2024
Motorists face new £4 charge confirmed for previously free tunnel

Drivers will have to fork out the fee if using the Blackwall and newly-built Silvertown tunnel during peak times, it has been confirmed.

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kmfm’s Give A Gift appeal raises more than £12k

05 December 2024
kmfm’s Give A Gift appeal raises more than £12k

Listeners of kmfm have raised more than £12,000 to buy gifts as part of the radio station’s Christmas toy appeal.

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Sacked HMRC officer helped husband launder £3.3m and ‘splashed ill-gotten gains on Bentley’

04 December 2024
Sacked HMRC officer helped husband launder £3.3m and ‘splashed ill-gotten gains on Bentley’

A former compliance officer for the taxman who helped her partner launder millions of pounds was caught after her lavish spending became known.

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‘It’s more a refurb than a new build’: Work at ‘abandoned’ town flats scheme back on track

01 December 2024
‘It’s more a refurb than a new build’: Work at ‘abandoned’ town flats scheme back on track

We take a behind-the-scenes look at how work at a controversial new homes development is progressing as it edges closer to final completion.

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‘It’s tough but it’s time’: Popular comic book shop to shut after 30 years

30 November 2024
‘It’s tough but it’s time’: Popular comic book shop to shut after 30 years

The owners of a comic book shop have announced it is closing its doors as more than three decades as they look to retire and “do their own thing”.

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Non-smoker fined for dropping cigarette in town she’s ‘never been to’

28 November 2024
Non-smoker fined for dropping cigarette in town she’s ‘never been to’

A woman says she feels she has had her identity stolen after being wrongly fined for discarding a cigarette when she was 200 miles away.

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Long queues near Dartford Crossing

27 November 2024
Long queues near Dartford Crossing

Motorists are stuck in long queues on two major roads due to a broken-down vehicle.

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Long queues following two crashes

27 November 2024
Long queues following two crashes

The M2 was partially blocked following a crash involving three cars.

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Bus driver told wheelchair user: ‘You give disabled people a bad name’

27 November 2024
Bus driver told wheelchair user: ‘You give disabled people a bad name’

Shocking footage shows the moment a bus driver tells a wheelchair user to “get off” his bus and that she gives disabled people a “bad name”.

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‘You can turn your takeaway containers into a climbing frame for us’

25 November 2024
‘You can turn your takeaway containers into a climbing frame for us’

A primary school is asking people to bring in their used food containers and water bottles as it competes to win playground equipment.

‘It was the wake-up call I needed - now I’ve run every day for eight years’

25 November 2024
‘It was the wake-up call I needed - now I’ve run every day for eight years’

A dad who has run every day for eight years has now set himself another mammoth challenge to raise money for the air ambulance.

Amazon delivery van goes up in flames

25 November 2024
Amazon delivery van goes up in flames

A photo shows the moment black smoke poured from a delivery van after it became engulfed in flames.

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Man found with seven bags of street drug spice in high street

25 November 2024
Man found with seven bags of street drug spice in high street

Two men have been charged after drugs were found during police raids.

Hospice’s new multi-million-pound wing opens

25 November 2024
Hospice’s new multi-million-pound wing opens

A new wellbeing wing to help support families and hospice patients live their lives to the fullest has opened after 18 months of work.

Iconic Kent supermodel’s cause of death revealed

25 November 2024
Iconic Kent supermodel’s cause of death revealed

A 90s supermodel, who lived in Kent, died from cirrhosis of the liver while on holiday in Greece.

Commuters warned of Monday morning rail disruption

24 November 2024
Commuters warned of Monday morning rail disruption

Trains are being cancelled or revised for the start of the week as the impact of Storm Bert continues.

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Home Office ‘lost grip of situation’ at Kent immigration centre

24 November 2024
Home Office ‘lost grip of situation’ at Kent immigration centre

Home Office staff have admitted they lost control of the situation at a Kent immigration centre, according to court documents.

Grandmother ‘devastated’ after beloved horses stolen

24 November 2024
Grandmother ‘devastated’ after beloved horses stolen

A grandmother is appealing for information after she discovered her three horses had been stolen from their stables overnight.

Threats, criminal damage and drug-taking leads to closure of property

23 November 2024
Threats, criminal damage and drug-taking leads to closure of property

Police have secured a closure order on a property following persistent anti-social behaviour and drug misuse.

‘The start of an exciting chapter’: Historic ship docks at new home

23 November 2024
‘The start of an exciting chapter’: Historic ship docks at new home

A floating art space has arrived at its new home after it left the River Thames where it had become a landmark for eight years.

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