A funeral parlour offered to provide a free ceremony for a mum-of-three who died from a brain tumour just months after she was given years to live.

A prolific shoplifter who went out stealing again while on a suspended sentence has been jailed

Employees at Medway Council had to leave their desks and evacuate their workplace for about half an hour this morning after a fire alarm went off.

A school has sent out a letter following a police warning after pupils reported a suspicious male followed them home.

Dodgy toy helicopters which safety experts warn could electrocute a child have been found on sale in Kent.

Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has thanked well-wishers after revealing she has lost her home and is living in temporary accommodation.

Travellers occupying a car park in Medway have been ordered to move again - but the head of the family, who has cancer, will be allowed to stay.

Festival organisers have defended the sale of "traditional" golly dolls at a family event, as opponents brand them inappropriate.

The pub where Charles Dickens drew inspiration for his finely drawn characters could be restored to its former glory.

An electronic components distributor has been given a cash injection as it aims to expand its operations across the Atlantic.

Motorists are facing delays this morning after a crash on the slip road leading from the M2 at Cuxton on to the A289 Halsted Road.

A council has released a list of the most popular baby names in 2014 - is your child's name in the top 10?

It was all hands to the tank when a Dutch oil carrier began to spill litres of its load after being punctured by the arms of a forklift.

The air ambulance was called out when a man in his 40s came off his bike.

A councillor was named as a trustee at an academy accused of locking children in a cupboard-sized room, without his consent, he has revealed.

A doctor who failed to examine a body at a nursing home and later falsified the death certificate has been suspended for six months.

Unpopular parking restrictions prevented a woman seeing her GP, forcing her to have the consultation over the phone.

Police have identified a man they were looking for after a woman was barged into while standing on a train station platform.

Lofty idealism or the height of stupidity? Climber "Straw" has courted controversy with more photos taken from above Kent.

A late-night crash left a man hospitalised and a box junction destroyed.