Missing nine-year-old boy found safe half a mile from his home

As Twitter allows people to look back at their first tweet, we have rounded up the shaky opening messages from some of Kent's leading users.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car was badly damaged when it smashed through a concrete wall.

A man in his 30s has been taken to hospital after falling from the top of a van when he was reportedly trying to get a ladder.

The jury in a murder trial have seen the spot where a woman was allegedly dumped and left for dead in a store's basement.

A teenager has revealed how a campaign of harassment by Facebook trolls caused him to spiral into depression and attempt suicide.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall put their faith in public transport ahead of their visit to Kent, it has been revealed.

A trucker has left a pensioner scared to go out after launching a savage attack with a wheel brace in a row over a parking space.

Two pupils have contracted scarlet fever and another is suspected to have the infection after an outbreak at a Kent school.

A grandad died when he suffered three heart attacks - two days after doctors told him chest pains were from a 'muscular injury'.

A Thanet MP has promised to fight for the future of the area and its workers... after the shock closure announcement of Manston airport.

A property was surrounded by armed police and a road shut off last night after reports a man was seen wielding a gun.

A blaze swept through a barn overnight which, at its height, saw more than 20 firefighters tackling the flames.

A major road was closed off this morning after a man is believed to have threatened to jump off a bridge.

A yob and his friend attacked a woman before throwing a Molotov cocktail at another home in a 'day of madness'.

A lawyer who spent thousands of pounds of his clients' money - including to re-pay a personal loan - has been struck off.

A council has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after workers painted new white lines on a potholed road - then covered them over.

A woman has been banned from keeping animals for five years after her cat was found with a severely cancerous ear.

Commuters are facing disruption to their journeys home after a man was hit and killed by a train in Kent this afternoon.

A witness has told how he thought a gun had been shot when a car careered off a road and ploughed into a bush, narrowly missing his vehicle.