A teenager sparked a tense five-hour stand-off on a Kent seafront after barricading himself inside his dad’s flat.

An 18-year-old was killed when she was hit by a car the day she was released from hospital after attempting suicide.

The driver in a crash that killed his brother this morning was due in court to be sentenced for dangerous driving.

Several people have been taken to hospital after a supermarket was struck by lightning.

Proposals to build a 75-bedroom care home where a town-centre hospital once stood have been submitted to councillors.

Barriers at a hospital have been left open this evening as bosses attempt to avoid trapping drivers in the car park as traffic builds in the area.

More than 3,000 people became victims of scams in Kent in just five months - these are the ones to look out for.

Opening school sports halls to the public could ease pressures on leisure facilities in the district.

A hospital has been told to improve its food hygiene after inspectors handed it a damning two-star rating.

A Kent man's life was saved by a woman whose only knowledge of CPR was what she'd seen on TV.

A landlord stripped of his licence due a single word says it has cost him almost £30,000 in lost sales - but now he's back in business.

A pensioner who suffered a head injury in a fall was left between double doors and a toilet in an A&E corridor for 13 hours because of a lack of beds.

The putrefying contents of a ripped bin bag spill out on to the pavement... is this Kent's most untidy street?

Paramedics and the air ambulance seen in the area of the Memorial Park

A person has suffered head injuries after falling from height at a city park this afternoon.

Practice needed to help serve new 700 home development.

Kent coach and author speaks of his depression after suffering life-changing stroke.

The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has praised Medway for its pioneering diabetes prevention programme as the scheme is introduced nationwide.

A care provider is in special measures after inspectors found some carers arrived more than two hours late, or not at all.

MP Charlie Elphicke has stuck to his guns following criticism of tweets he sent condemning both anti-fascists and far-right groups equally.