A man who was caught and detained by police after being spotted carrying a knife near a busy town centre has avoided jail.

Nominations are now open to honour those who go above and beyond in our community.

A father who claimed £30,000 in housing benefit while he had nearly £20,000 stashed away.

There were up to four miles of congestion on the London-bound carriageway of a motorway following an accident involving multiple vehicles.

A gold-plated ice cream van will play your favourite song – if you can tell the DJ inside it your memories and stories behind the record.

Highways chiefs have apologised to furious residents who had to pick up cable ties left by Lower Thames Crossing workers scattered around fields.

A secondary school is one of the first in the country to implement a 'reverse' vending machine, which rewards students for recycling bottles.

A new jobcentre is now open in Gravesend to help jobseekers seek out their next role.

Faith and community groups have come together across with Kent Police to pay their respects to PCSO Julia James.

Two robbers who posed as police to get into a woman's flat, then threatened her with a knife, have been jailed.

A housing developer has acquired 53 acres of land for another 800 new homes at two sites in the county.

The mother of a three-year-old who was crushed to death by a car seat will stay behind bars for the rest of her sentence.

A primary school pupil who scored 100 goals in two seasons when he was five has put pen to paper with a Premier League giant.

The new mayor and deputy mayor have been elected for the coming year.

A 41-year-old has been taken into custody after police were called to reports a man was behaving in a "disorderly manner" while carrying a knife.

Some 'substantive changes' are expected to be made to a multi-billion pound theme park proposal as it sets out to address environmental concerns.

A man collapsed and died in the street just yards away from a GP surgery where a second patient died suddenly just moments later.

A man has been charged on suspicion of being in possession of a class A drug following a proactive police patrol.

Plans to introduce a new primary school uniform labelled 'expensive' and "pretentious' have reportedly been shelved following a parent-led backlash.

Family and friends of Sarah Wellgreen are due to appear in a new documentary focussing on her murder.