A nursery worker has been suspended amid a full-scale investigation involving police and social services after allegations a little boy was assaulted.

A restored tug is coming back to her home port after being restored.

The Gravesend and Dartford Messengers are the best performing weely paid-for title in the country

A woman has died after a crash on the A2 believed to have happened when her car broke down on the carriageway.

Judges in the Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards will be meeting soon to decide this year’s winners.

The house where Charles Dickens penned novels such as Great Expectations is set to be permanently opened to the public after a school moved out.

Billions of pounds being spent on a rail project branded a white elephant by some could be spent on the county's transport network, it's been argued.

Read the amazing story of a British soldier who struck a pact with the Kaiser during WWI to visit his dying mother... then return to his POW camp.

The cherubic Geordie teen won the hearts of the nation four years ago, and is still going strong

World famous DJ Pete Tong, who travels the globe entertaining clubbers, has pledged his support to a charity close to home.

This is the terrifying moment hooded robbers burst into a building society and brutally beat security staff before escaping with thousands of pounds.

An area of Kent has spent more on drugs for treating hyperactivity disorder ADHD than anywhere else in England, NHS figures reveal.

Hospital food in Dartford and Gravesham is the seventh worst in the country but it has some of the most expensive meals - according to a report.

A boss has leapt to the defence of a man arrested after one of the largest fires Kent has ever seen.

Recruiting social workers for Kent's looked-after children has been identified as an ongoing problem - despite attractive "golden hellos" and bonuses.

Condolences are pouring in over Facebook after a man's body was found this afternoon.

Owners of the privately-run nursery Bronte nursery are distraught after a critical Ofsted report.

MP Adam Holloway says a missile strike on Syria was not in the interests of the country after defyinh the government over military intervention.

A woman locked up for two years after using her daughter's fingerprints in an attempt to hide her criminal past is seeking a review of her sentence.

A Gravesend teenager won herself an army of fans after her first appearance on last night's X Factor.