A scheme which reduces the amount of prescription painkillers given to prisoners has won an award after getting positive results.

The Environment Agency has ordered that illegal waste be cleared from a scrapyard in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

A businessman who was pulled over after police became suspicious about how he was driving was found to have a cocaine by-product in his system.

A blaze which broke out inside a garage is being trated as “suspicious”.

An irate woman keyed her former partner’s work van after he failed to answer the door to her when she needed to use the loo.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has chosen part of Kent to invest in for 10 years.

The axing of Christmas lights – while making financial sense – is a sad reflection of the decline of public life, says columnist Rhys Griffiths.

A fast food giant has started recruiting staff for a new branch in the county.

Netflix’s final episodes of The Crown will be released in two parts later this year with Rochester High Street set for a starring role.

The government has identified other road schemes that could be in line for a share of the money being saved by scrapping HS2.

A takeaway has shut permanently after 30 years of trading to the dismay of loyal customers.

Two women have been arrested after a fire was started inside public toilets in a town centre.

A man who was arrested by police officers wearing riot gear has been released without charge.

A shoplifter who stole products ranging from laundry products to food and attacked a shop worker has been jailed.

Christmas lights displays and switch-on events have been cancelled by a cash-strapped council to save £75,000.

Police officers in riot gear were sent to a residential street following reports of a man making threats and damaging a car.

A great-grandfather was on a ward in hospital for four weeks before being told he had suffered a broken back.

Twenty years ago and fresh out of jail, Pete Doherty reunited with his band and played the "gig of the decade" putting part of Kent on the music map.

A woman who never dreamed she’d work in design can now see her artwork on coffee tins being sold nationwide.

KFC says it is investigating after a customer said he found a ‘fried screw’ lurking in his chips.