Kent council taxpayers face paying more for fire and rescue services for the first time in four years, it has been announced.

A woman who gave audiences around Britain a voice has passed away.

A man has been rescued from the River Thames after breaking his leg while walking his dog along the seawall.

A man has today been charged with murdering teenager Claire Tiltman, who was stabbed to death in an alleyway 21 years ago, after a cold case review.

His guitars resonated so well with players that even Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has picked one up.

Firefighters were called in the early hours of this morning to a fire at a roadside snack van.

Calls are growing for a freeze in beer duty in the Budget, as a report shows that 900,000 jobs depend on our beer and pubs - including 20,000 in Kent

A mother and her three children were terrorised in their own home by a gang of men who robbed them with a knife.

A sick craze has seen a Kent man down a concoction of lager, vodka, stinging nettles, mice, grasshoppers and a spider. Warning: graphic images

A think tank led by a Labour peer says north Kent should become home to the UK's first new town since the 1960s.

A husband and wife have won a £50,000 cash injection after becoming the first Asian couple to secure an investment on hit BBC TV show Dragon’s Den.

A driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a six-car crash on the A2.

More people in Gravesham and Dartford are being urged to sign up for a new health app.

Homes have been evacuated again today as dozens of flood warnings remain in force for Kent ahead of more heavy rain and gale-force winds.

England's chief inspector of hospitals has praised Darent Valley Hospital in a report out today, but said there was still room for improvement.

A new Costa Coffee opened this morning but rival businesses say they aren't worried about the effect it could have on their daily grind.

The air ambulance was called after a woman in her 70s suffered a head injury in a fall at Marks and Spencer today.

A 10ft Burmese python found dead in a residential street could have been killed before it was trapped under a tree, an examination's revealed.

A man who went on the run for almost a decade until he was arrested is finally being extradited back to the USA.

A taxi driver was grappled to the floor in a drunken assault by a customer – the fourth such attack in a matter of weeks.