Health bosses have recruited extra staff after complaints about hospital's blood testing service.

From a headless drummer boy to an emotional, glass-throwing ghoul, here are some of Kent's spookiest tales.

An officer needed hospital treatment after being attacked when he stopped a man in the street.

There were "severe delays" after police closed a stretch of motorway when nine suspected migrants were found in a lorry.

Kent's CCGs have announced they are to merge — but one councillor is concerned about the impact centralisation may have on patients.

Pictures are emerging of forensic officers at the scene where a woman was attacked by a teenager.

A coroner has written to highways authorities after concerns were raised about safety on a key commuter route following the death of a dentist.

The closure of four department stores in Kent appears to be a step closer.

A 35-year-old is to go on trial charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving after a horror crash.

Two women remain in a serious condition in hospital following a crash which also injured two children.

Highways England are warning motorists of a motorway lane and slip road closure.

One person has had to be freed from their car following a three-vehicle collision this afternoon.

The jury in a murder trial of a mum who went missing last October has retired.

The tragic discovery of 39 migrants in a lorry in Essex brings back tragic memories of a similar find at Dover docks.

A man has been jailed for 20 years after he was found guilty of deliberately causing a gas explosion at his shop

A man caught on CCTV shopping after slashing a man's throat has been jailed for life.

An injured kitten has died during an operation - after hopping into a car engine to dodge dive-bombing birds.

Firearms officers have been deployed to a scene near a Sainsbury's supermarket this morning.

A murder investigation has been launched after 39 bodies were found in a lorry container near the Dartford Crossing this morning.

Detectives are appealing for information after a woman reported being raped last night.