A 13-year-old Kent schoolboy has become one of the youngest ever named in the New Year Honours list.

The Dartford crossing was partially closed this evening after a car burst into flames.

The motorway stretch was closed for nearly twelve hours after an articulated lorry carrying thousands of litres vegetable oil crashed.

A man was arrested after a fight outside a church on Christmas Eve.

A mountain of rubbish, which has been left at the side of a busy road for around a month, has been blamed on travellers.

People facing the daily frustration of traffic jams on a trading estate can now use a spy-cam to check how busy the roads are.

Public exhibitions on plans for a lorry park to end Operation Stack continue across Kent next week.

Tonbridge Angels FC will launch a heart screening scheme following the tragic death of trialist Junior Dian during a pre-season friendly.

A section of rail track badly damaged by a high tide will be shut indefinitely and could take millions to repair, it's been revealed.

Drivers who smuggle people into the country can now face tough sentences, a judge has warned.

Hundreds of jobs are set to be created as major work gets under way to transform a pier and create a new marina.

Staff delivering money to a bank were allegedly robbed by two men who fled with a cash box.

From Op Stack to a fire which ravaged a high street... here are the stories that led Kent's news agenda over the summer.

A dog walker jumped in to the sea to rescue a girl who had been swept away by a wave while walking along the promenade.

A helmsman has become one of a few people in the RNLI's history to reach the landmark 1,000 launch figure.

Southeastern has revealed it is planning to compensate passengers over disruption caused by a cracked sea wall on the coastal train line.

A grammar school could start allowing children in, even if they have not passed the Medway or Kent tests.

Police are looking for a man in his 70s after a schoolboy was hit in the face on a bus.

Tailbacks caused by two separate pile-ups on the A2 have now cleared.

A man was wrestled to the ground by police and arrested, along with a second man, on suspicion of supplying drugs.