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Chatham MP Tracey Crouch has welcomed the announcement to boost compensation arrangement for victims of the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma.
Measures to crack down on congestion and parking problems at Medway Maritime Hospital are being put in place - with staff told to park off-site.
It's an unlucky number for some, but a supermum is celebrating after giving birth to her 13th baby... and hasn't ruled out having more.
A teenage boy suffered cuts to his head after part of a chimney collapsed on him while he was asleep.
Work has started at the Dockside Outlet Centre in Chatham which will include the expansion of the home and hobbies store, The Range.
Sinkholes have appeared on a school playing field and a rugby pitch in Medway.
A man killed when a car he was driving hit a post and burst into flames has today been named.
The leadership at Kent's biggest hospital has today been changed by the NHS regulator after being branded one of the most challenged in Britain.
A man has appeared in court today accused of trying to murder his ex-wife, who suffered multiple injuries in an early-hours stabbing.
A girl was punched in the face by a masked man who leapt from a car as she walked home from school.
The horsemeat scandal may have played a part in the flourishing success of Rochester Farmers’ Market.
A former school counsellor who was terrified of getting old killed herself with a drugs overdose in a hotel room, an inquest heard.
A panic-stricken shopkeeper has told how he thwarted a machete-wielding robber by locking him inside as he waited for police to arrive.
Medway’s new University Technical College is set to be built at Chatham Docks after the government agreed to buy the site.
Top designer glasses including Oakley and Maui Jim have been stolen in a £60,000 raid on a Walderslade opticians.
Thousands of people sported their swimsuits and goggles and took the plunge for the Medway Big Splash over the weekend.
Emergency crews raced to Bluewater this morning after a fire broke out in a restaurant.
Mesothelioma victims who have been unable to get compensation can now make a claim under a new government scheme.
An inquest has been opened into the death of a teenager who was killed as he walked home in the early hours of New Year's Day.
A family have spoken of their vigil after their daughter, four, was struck by a brain disease so rare it only affects four in a million people.
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