Police have been given extra powers to deal with antisocial behaviour across a Kent town centre this weekend.

A dad repeatedly called the mother of his children and turned up at her home just days after being given a court order banning contact with her.

The severity of crime has escalated in a seaside town branded a ‘hotspot’ for violence by police.

An alleyway next to a supermarket has been taped off amid a large police turn-out.

A prolific shoplifter who tried to gouge out the eyes of a police officer when he was being arrested has been jailed.

A sex worker said she thought she was going to die as she was violently raped and attacked by a convicted criminal.

A town’s business community has united to tackle the growing scourge of retail crime.

A tree surgeon in financial difficulties strangled, stabbed and hit his wife with a hammer before taking his own life.

A new image of a young man with a “toothy grin” found dead on this day has been released 28 years later by investigators trying to identify him.

A prolific shoplifter has been jailed and is prevented from entering a store with a bag that is not clear, on her release from prison.

A “callous” thief has been jailed after following her elderly victim home to steal her jewellery.

New cameras have been deployed to tackle antisocial behaviour and crime in town centres.

A “nuisance” man has been banned from a high street for three years for his repeated drunken behaviour.

A man has been arrested following reports of a “handgun” being fired at a police patrol car.

A sex offender who downloaded almost 1,400 child abuse images and created his own depraved cartoon drawings has been jailed.

A violent thug who punched his mum and ex-girlfriend has admitted his behaviour was “disgraceful”.

On September 26, 1994, Stan Nicholls was shot in the head as he left his local pub - 30 years on, his killers have never been caught.

An inquest has been opened into the death of a refuse collector days after he fatally stabbed his grandmother.

Police are looking for witnesses after a van driver sat in horror as bikers smashed his window then fled.

A police officer was injured after a flatbed truck reportedly reversed into two vehicles during a chase.