Firefighters had to force their way into a second floor flat this morning after a toddler was trapped inside.

Controversial property magnate Fergus Wilson has been blocked from standing as a candidate in the election for Kent’s crime commissioner.

A £9m project at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard is set to open next month using interactive screens to bring the age of sail to life.

A child trafficker has been jailed after using children as domestic slaves.

A boy refused asylum groped two women on a night out - one of whom was being sick at the time - before walking off laughing.

A mum has spoken of her devastation, but overwhelming gratitude to friends and strangers, after her home was destroyed in an alleged arson attack.

A lorry driver is set to be charged with causing the death of a man, who was crushed while carrying out road repairs.

A man who called the fire brigade after locking himself in his bathroom says he feared he would be stuck there for days - and run out of oxygen.

Horrified witnesses have told how as many as 15 youngsters set upon a teenager and stamped on his head.

Traffic is easing after huge delays earlier today on the M25.

A funeral date has been set for a 24-year-old backpacker who died at a waterfall in Vietnam.

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

A celebrated historian and art dealer has been found stabbed to death in his home.

Tea lights ignited for a religious observance set fire to other materials and caused a house blaze.

Kent will get a cash ‘boost’ to fix thousands of potholes - but it won't make up for a £2m cut the council is making to its road maintenance budget.

A teenager who killed his girlfriend in a horror crash has said of the accident: “S**t happens", and claimed she is "happier where she is now".

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

A man's body found on a riverbank by rescue teams has been confirmed as that of a missing kayaker.

Police are investigating after three teenage girls and a man were attacked outside a shopping centre.

An argument over £10 needed to buy cannabis left a man fighting for his life in a London hospital.