We challenged our reporter to find all the festive gifts for his loved ones in his struggling local high street.

A man left the mother of his child "unrecognisable" from a ferocious beating after knocking out six of her teeth and breaking her jaw.

More services are to be offered at a homeless shelter which provides food and support for rough sleepers.

Rail passengers are facing delays after a line-side fire caused a signalling failure.

A teenager is facing jail for an ammonia attack in which two men were left seriously injured.

A man was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries after being punched to the ground and stamped on in a late-night street attack.

Police have made 124 arrests as part of a crackdown on violence against women and domestic abusers.

Royal Mail says it is working to clear a busy Kent delivery office by Christmas Eve amid complaints of postal delays across one district.

More than 100 cannabis plants have been seized after police raided a house in one of Kent’s most picturesque villages.

A utility company says it is working “around the clock” to fix a burst main pipe which has left thousands of homes and businesses without water.

Protesters are gearing up to “drive the last nail” into the coffin of a traditional countryside pursuit during its Boxing Day meet.

Traffic near one of Kent’s largest shopping centres is easing following a crash on one of the busiest days of the year.

A person has been taken to hospital by air ambulance after falling from a cliff.

A man’s belated admission to raping a young girl and sexually abusing a drunk teenager has been dismissed as ‘entirely self-serving’ by a judge.

The emergency services were called to welfare concerns for an injured man at a cathedral cafe.

Churchgoers were left stunned after a hungry foodie gobbled three mince pies in just 32 seconds.

A 25-year-old man accused of rape and false imprisonment has been held in custody.

A car park and former bomb site set for conversion into flats has been labelled a “fantastic improvement”.

Christmas shoppers have been left unable to access thousands of loyalty discounts following a computer glitch.

The family of a Second World War firefighter is amazed to be reunited with long-lost photos of him working in gruelling conditions.