Around 15,000 parents have called for an extension of the popular Freedom Pass... but the council says it can't afford it.

A five-year-old boy shouted at his grandad to phone 999 when a woman plunged more than 25ft from a wall onto a mud bank.

A man was rescued from his car by firefighters after a three-vehicle smash in Gravesend.

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Prime Minister David Cameron should scrap the option to build a new Thames crossing through the proposed Paramount Park, a council argued last night.

Three men are being sought by police after a man was stabbed with what's thought to have been a knife in an early-morning attack.

Elderly and vulnerable people have been warned to be vigilant after a Bluewater card scam claimed seven victims over the past two weeks.

Comedian Joe Pasquale - currently playing King Arthur in Spamalot - has spoken out against plans for a new Thames crossing.

County council leaders have today revealed how they will change the way services are provided to plug a huge funding hole.

Two brothers have signed up to become on-call firefighters in Swanscombe.

A rescue operation was launched to save a mare and her foal after they got stuck in the mud along the River Thames at Gravesend today.

Four men have been arrested after a fight reportedly involving baseball bats in a Gravesend road.

A Chatham man who commited 22 break-ins across the county has been jailed for five years.

The leader of Kent County Council has said that the authority will be opting for option C – a new Thames crossing cutting through Gravesham.

A major rescue operation was launched when a woman fell off a wall onto a mud bank suffering multiple injuries. See the video of the rescue operation.

The first of our entrants in the Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards 2013 is leading the way in helping cut energy bills.

Two young men who took potshots at dozens of fast-moving vehicles on the motorway - smashing windows and damaging bodywork - are behind bars.

A six-figure Lotto prize that was feared could remain unclaimed has now been handed over to a player n the Gravesham area.

A toddler's been told he can't go outside to play... because his garden is strewn with nappies, syringes and broken beer bottles.

A Gravesend woman has admitted arson after starting six fires in as many days.