Sadiq Khan, Labour's shadow secretary of state for justice, has accused by-election opponents of negative rhetoric around immigration.

Firefighters had to cut a teenager out of the back of a car after a five vehicle pile-up on the M2.

Scaffolder Joseph Wildes is preparing to step back in the ring after 20 years away, against an opponent he first met as an amateur boxer 1991.

A thug who robbed a man of an expensive watch after he saw it advertised on a website has been jailed for four years

Ukip leader Nigel Farage visited Rochester tonight to rally support just days from the by-election.

A backlash over rape and homelessness jokes causes a comedian to "kill off" Dapper Laughs and cancel all appearances as the character.

The organiser of the Medway Beer Festival, which opened on Thursday, has retired from running his own pub after 10 years behind the bar.

A sweet shop has conducted a poll ahead of the Rochester by-election - with multi-coloured Bon Bons.

A man was caught dumping rubbish in the same week he appeared in court for a separate fly-tipping offence.

Forcing hospitals to tender services will damage NHS, says Labour MP

A singer-songwriter is hoping to represent Switzerland at next year's Eurovision Song Contest.

A senior teacher on £48,000 has been jailed for stealing £6,600 meant for foreign trips.

Police have raided five suspected brothels as part of a national crackdown on human trafficking.

Bumbling Monopoly chiefs have apologised for a blunder in their Canterbury game - sending their boss straight to jail without collecting £200.

An interactive robot is the latest tool being used to teach engineering students at a Kent university.

The air ambulance has been scrambled after a motorcyclist was injured in a crash this morning.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has described Prime Minister David Cameron's plea for people to vote tactically in the upcoming by-election as "desperate".

Two crashes which brought a huge stretch of the A2 to a standstill have now been cleared

In a little corner of Kent there's a touch of the Caribbean - complete with bananas!

Burnt cooking filled a home with thick smoke and a man had to be treated by ambulance crews for smoke inhalation.