A man has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a “friendly and bubbly” 18-year-old after the car he was driving crashed into a pub.

A scheme to improve a neglected green space which has become a target for anti-social behaviour has been given the green light.

Three men who fraudulently used thousands of pounds from their victims’ pension savings to fund extravagant lifestyles have been jailed.

Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott has proposed the appointment of a new chief executive to manage a budget of nearly £500m.

A registered sex offender has been jailed after police found he had tampered with the monitoring software on his phone.

A Bentley was reported stolen from someone’s driveway and police found and arrested a man within half an hour.

Two people were arrested after police searched a house and found cannabis and weighing scales.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drunk and disorderly behaviour after police descended on a residential road.

A “nuisance” man banned from a high street for three years for his repeated drunken behaviour returned there just days later.

A Kent holiday park boss has been locked up after a man was left needing surgery for serious facial injuries in a “brutal” attack.

Two police vehicles were damaged and an officer was injured after a driver reversed a flatbed truck into them during a pursuit.

A violent offender has been jailed after repeatedly strangling his female victim who he subjected to a “prolonged ordeal”.

Two men have been charged with supplying drugs after cocaine, cash and a knuckleduster were discovered in three police raids.

A dad has been jailed after he was found in a £500k five-bedroom house where every room was being used to grow cannabis, apart from the kitchen.

A woman has reported she was raped after being followed inside a supermarket toilet cubicle.

A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault outside a pub.

A former boxer sent a message to a woman on social media threatening to kill her after he was dumped by his latest partner.

A gang has been found guilty of importing tonnes of drugs from Central America in boxes of bananas that arrived at a Kent port.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced after leaving his victim with leg fractures and a testicle injury.

A nationwide initiative tackling issues around underage vaping and illegal sales is being piloted in Kent.