Armed police were called after a man brandished a BB gun along a seafront and started shouting that he would shoot someone.

A man who sexually abused his four-year-old niece died after falling down a staircase while drunk, an inquest has heard.

Port of Dover bosses are warning of an “exceptionally busy” summer, with cross-Channel traffic set to increase by almost a third.

Four people have drowned after their boat capsized while trying to cross the Channel, the French coastguard has confirmed.

A prison officer took mobile phones, sim cards and chargers into a jail and gave them to an inmate, magistrates have been told.

A father who bombarded his ex-partner with hundreds of texts and arrived at their former home unannounced has been banned from contacting her.

A pothole-ridden street – a key road in and out of a housing estate – will be closed for two days while repair works are carried out.

Part of the M20 will shut tonight as Operation Brock returns ahead of the summer holidays.

Officers seized more than 3,000 cigarettes and 1,000 illegal vapes during a huge operation to crackdown on organised criminal gangs.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps to establishing a new UK border security command to tackle people-smuggling gangs.

Bosses at a high street shopping mall have allayed fears the centre will be demolished to make way for flats.

Visitors at a busy garden centre could be in for a distinct change of scenery after bosses won a long-fought tussle to build homes on site.

Plans have been submitted to convert the former site of vets into housing after the firm's £1 million move to a new venue.

A gambler who robbed a pharmacy of around £100 after losing more than 10 times that amount has escaped jail.

A busy tunnel has been closed as road bosses prepare for significant traffic heading towards port terminals.

Labour have taken the coastal constituency of Dover and Deal with a majority of over 7,000 votes.

Cineworld, which has three cinemas in Kent, is looking to close 25 of its sites across the UK, according to reports.

Heritage experts say a new fast food outlet would spill onto an old graveyard with some graves still in place.

A man described as "ranting and raving" after fatally knifing a pensioner has been convicted of manslaughter.

A chef who struggled to control himself around food lost a staggering 15 stone in just over a year after fasting and taking up walking.