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Lucky escape after chip pan blaze in flat

26 November 2016
Lucky escape after chip pan blaze in flat

A man had to receive treatment after a chip pan fire filled his flat with smoke.

'Did sport turn its gaze from abuse claims?'

25 November 2016
'Did sport turn its gaze from abuse claims?'

A Kent MP has urged the FA to show how it dealt with historic sex abuse claims after ex-footballers revealed allegations of abuse throughout the game.

Police watchdog to investigate sea death

23 November 2016
Police watchdog to investigate sea death

A police watchdog is set to investigate previous contact officers had concerning a woman who died after being rescued from the sea.

Father dies after taking 'combination of legal highs'

17 November 2016
Father dies after taking 'combination of legal highs'

A loving husband and father died after taking “a combination of legal highs” which triggered an undetected heart condition, an inquest heard.

Hospital failed patient over 'life-threatening' test results delay

17 November 2016
Hospital failed patient over 'life-threatening' test results delay

Hospital bosses have admitted failing a pensioner who waited more than three months for heart test results - a delay described as “life-threatening”.

Pensioner ploughs car into shop

16 November 2016
Pensioner ploughs car into shop

Emergency services were called to the scene after an elderly driver ploughed a car into a shop, narrowly missing the front window.

Shepway remembers: Fallen heroes to be honoured this weekend

11 November 2016
Shepway remembers: Fallen heroes to be honoured this weekend

Our fallen heroes in battle will be remembered in a series of parades and remembrance services today and over the weekend for Remembrance Sunday.

Go-ahead for 12,000-home Garden Town

11 November 2016
Go-ahead for 12,000-home Garden Town

The Government has approved proposals for a new Garden Town in Kent for 12,000 homes, schools, railway station, business space and doctors surgeries.

Judges refuse to overturn joint enterprise convictions

10 November 2016
Judges refuse to overturn joint enterprise convictions

Campaigners say they will fight on after judges refused to overturn murder convictions in the first test cases on the law of ‘joint enterprise’.

Pair died in high-speed race on Austrian mountain road

09 November 2016
Pair died in high-speed race on Austrian mountain road

Two friends died moments after being thrown from their car following a high-speed race on a mountain road in Austria, an inquest heard.

MP feels the heat as village fires up lorry park protest

08 November 2016
MP feels the heat as village fires up lorry park protest

Villagers set their MP 'on fire' as they ramped up a protest against the proposed lorry park near their homes.

Smuggler snared after selfie boast

04 November 2016
Smuggler snared after selfie boast

A lorry driver was caught after filming himself smuggling hundreds of kilos of illegal tobacco into the UK.

'Let them wear poppies', MP tells FIFA president

02 November 2016
'Let them wear poppies', MP tells FIFA president

A Kent MP has urged the FIFA president to reverse the decision banning England and Scotland's football teams from wearing poppies on November 11.

Villagers to 'burn MP' over lorry park

02 November 2016
Villagers to 'burn MP' over lorry park

Residents are due to burn their MP on the bonfire at the village's annual fireworks night celebrations in protest over the planned £250m lorry park.

Vandals smash up house

02 November 2016
Vandals smash up house

Yobs rang the doorbell of a house, smashed the window with a plant pot and ran away in a Halloween night attack.

Full investigation 'owed to community' after seven deaths

01 November 2016
Full investigation 'owed to community' after seven deaths

A coroner told an inquest he is hoping to find "what lessons can be learned" from seven tragic deaths at Camber Sands.

Inquest hears moments leading up to double beach tragedy

01 November 2016
Inquest hears moments leading up to double beach tragedy

An inquest into the beach deaths of a teenager and good Samaritan who drowned trying to rescue him has heard of the moments leading up to the tragedy.

GP surgery plunged into special measures

21 October 2016
GP surgery plunged into special measures

A GP surgery has been put into special measures after health inspectors branded the quality of its care as inadequate.

Eurostar cuts 'by end of year' threaten Kent jobs

20 October 2016
Eurostar cuts 'by end of year' threaten Kent jobs

Jobs and train services at Eurostar are due to be lost by the end of the year threatening employees and services at Kent's two international stations.

Kent MP takes top Commons role over county colleague

20 October 2016
Kent MP takes top Commons role over county colleague

A Kent MP has been named chair of a top House of Commons role after going head to head with another of the county's MPs.

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