Four men accused of murdering a young Italian waiter in a flat above a Kent restaurant have today pleaded not guilty.

A man died when a barn used to grow cannabis went up in flames, an inquest has heard.

Highways workers are out in force today clearing up after more than 100 trees were brought down in the weekend's storms.

A 17-year-old boy has been treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns after trying in vain to save his pet from a kitchen fire.

A road has been cordoned off while police investigate an alleged assault.

Ditton chip shop Papa's Barn has come third in a national fish and chip contest.

A former school counsellor who was terrified of getting old killed herself with a drugs overdose in a hotel room, an inquest heard.

A teenage driver has died in a car crash on the A20 at Bearsted.

A self-confessed hopeless romantic from Maidstone has appeared on an episode of The Undateables

An intruder broke a pensioner's nose when he forced his way into her home and then struck her in the face.

A woman who stole more than £35,000 from her dementia suffering father has been jailed.

Intimate examinations carried out by an ambulance volunteer should only have been done in hospital, jurors in a sex assaults trial have heard.

A judge has taken the extraordinary step of absolving police of blame if a woman is attacked... after she refused to give evidence against her lover.

Kent's gender gap is becoming a gulf... as girls clearly outperform boys in new league tables released today.

A car caught alight in Upper Stone Street this afternoon.

Officers in Maidstone investigating the theft of two mobile phones have released images of two men they want to speak to

A couple of Kent explorers were today chilling out... after a gruelling expedition to reach the coldest inhabited place in the world.

Firefighters forced their way into a ground floor flat after reports of smoke coming from the property.

A woman who spent thousands of pounds on clothes, restaurants and holidays by raiding her sick father's bank account has been locked up.

Motorists have been facing delays this morning after a pile-up in which two people were injured in foggy conditions on the A21.