A driver crashed into two vehicles - including a police car - while trying to flee officers who stopped him at a petrol station.

A hairdresser who was found dead by his mother on his birthday was killed by a toxic mix of prescription drugs following a near fatal car crash.

Armed police surrounded a house after receiving frantic calls about a man being snatched and held hostage - only to find two hoaxers drinking tea.

Police were called to a block of flats after concerns were raised for the welfare of some residents.

Residents have been warned about suspected rogue traders operating in a Kent borough.

A cyclist was injured in an alleged hit and run incident in which a car struck him and failed to stop.

A former soldier who killed his passenger in a head-on crash while driving the wrong way down a motorway has been told to expect jail.

Police officers are urging people to lock their bikes when they leave them unattended, after a series of thefts have taken place.

A retired police officer has been told to expect jail after admitting asking a child to send him explicit images of herself on the internet.

Officers have arrested two men in connection with the supply of controlled drugs.

A fraudster who used a dead squirrel as a prop to trick residents into having unnecessary roof repairs has been jailed.

Detectives investigating the murder of a 17-year-old continue to question a teenager and a man who were arrested yesterday.

A father is urging people to donate to homeless charities rather than give directly to beggars after he and his son were attacked by homeless men.

Kent's police commissioner is today visiting a centre to see first-hand the vital work it does to help child victims of sex abuse.

The former chairman of a Christmas Lights Association whose abuse of children spanned four decades has been given a 19-year jail sentence.

A drug dealer who ran from police after being caught trying discard 31 wraps of crack cocaine and heroine has been jailed for almost four years.

A young mum woke to find a drink and drug-crazed stranger in her bedroom, who stripped and climbed into bed with her before molesting her.

A teenager who stabbed and repeatedly stamped on a diner as horrified customers begged him to stop will have to wait until next year to hear his fate.

A burglar who stole a car was caught weeks later after police stopped to help him when it broke down.

One teenager has been released and another is still being quizzed by murder detectives after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a street attack