Grateful neighbours have praised an 11-year-old dog lover whose quick thinking saved the life of their much-loved pet.

A pet owner who kicked a greyhound to death on a beach has denied causing it unnecessary suffering.

Police and Highways have been called out to the motorway after a car was abandoned on the carriageway.

Two boys were taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog at a house in Strood.

A father who went missing while suffering from depression returned to his home - to find someone else was living in it.

A woman has appeared in court charged with child neglect after a baby fell from a block of flats.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls hit the campaign trail today - baking a cake and downing a double shot of espresso at a coffee shop.

A dental and medical company has opened a new 85,000 sq ft premises where it will employ 1,000 people.

A mother has pleaded for the return of a stolen pendant - containing the irreplaceable ashes of her son.

The Prime Minister visited Kent today - in defiant mood despite a recent poll giving Ukip a clear lead in Rochester and Strood

This is the moment several buildings at a power station were blown up by demolition experts.

Gillingham FC and their chairman Paul Scally have been charged by the FA following the sacking of black player Mark McCammon.

Forget Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Bill Kenright - a young widow from Rochester was the original theatre impresario.

A film based on Medway will give an insight into life for mothers during the war and our reporter joins the cast

A young boy was left covered in cuts and "fist-sized" bruises at the hands of thug Martin Barrett, who has been jailed for two and a half years.

The brother of two-year-old cancer sufferer Ruby Young has written a poignant poem for her as she battles an aggressive form of the disease.

Police have issued pictures of men they want to trace in connection with the stabbing of a homeless man in a park.

A 19-year-old has been hired as an apprentice at a travel company after sending a carefully-crafted application letter.

Women are walking in pairs after a series of attacks were reported in a Kent town - which police say could be linked.

A newsagent grabbed a machete-like billhook and fought back against two knife-wielding raiders robbing his store.