Two balaclava-clad men who carried out a series of dawn raids on newsagents in which staff were tied up are today starting long jail sentences.

The wife of a man jailed for glassing a disabled man is herself facing prison after pushing the victim against a wall and making death threats.

This is the scene after a lorry veered off the M20 and rolled on its side at an embankment this morning.

Two people were taken to hospital after being freed by firefighters after a two-car crash.

Police are investigating an attempted raid in Borough Green last night.

Less than a week after Maidstone’s Christmas lights were switched on, some are already being taken down after they became unhinged.

Firefighters were called to a Tonbridge home last night, after a blaze began in the bathroom

Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was assaulted for intervening in an argument in Sevenoaks

Maidstone Hospital has confirmed it is considering plans to move its own League of Friends shop to make way for other businesses.

Drivers were caught speeding in a police operation around Maidstone during national Road Safety Week this week.

Retailer Tie Rack is closing 44 stores across the UK by the end of the year, including one in Kent.

An inquest into the death of a teacher whose badly-burned body was found in a desert has been opened today - but how she died remains a mystery.

People were evacuated from their homes and a man arrested after a strong smell of gas was reported from flats.

A man has been arrested after a 29-year-old woman was discovered with a suspected broken nose in a town centre car park.

An 'abhorrent' beast who plied boys with alcohol and cigarettes before raping them has been jailed for 18 years.

Maidstone's Kent Life is to rehome three animals from another farm visitor site in the county.

Special constables visited 24 shops specialising in second hand goods on Saturday.

A 29-year-old man has died after his car crashed with a tractor.

Staff at Maidstone Hospital told the parents of a fitting newborn baby that she had hiccups, an inquest heard.

A pet owner has praised her miracle dog... who can sense she's about to have a fit before she even knows herself.