A councillor has told how he fled wartorn west Africa for a better life and rose to become a mayor.

Business owners fear yet more road closures are going to bring huge disruption to their trades after already being impacted for months.

A man has been caught on camera spray painting a former disabled parking bay in the middle of the night.

About 40 firefighters tackled a large blaze at an old school building.

A 41-year-old man was arrested after patrols looked at video footage and searched the nearby area.

Two people and their dog needed to be rescued after their boat started taking on water.

Nearly one thousand pupils from the Towns are suitable for grammar school places, test results show.

A historic town centre church has been awarded a grant from the Lottery Heritage Fund to bring it back to life for future generations.

Police say a driver will have to complete a speed awareness course, after a crash involving several Gillingham football players.

Firefighters pulled a person to safety after a late-night blaze at their home due to an electrical fault.

An award-winning restaurant and art gallery team are at last opening their fourth venture which is set to add some sparkle to a town centre.

An ice cream man is warning schoolchildren to “head for the chimes” of his van if they feel they are in any danger after school.

Mica had gone missing without any money or her phone

A woman who caused a crash that left a motorcyclist paralysed from the chest down has been “forgiven” by the man whose life she changed forever.

Six Kent Wetherspoons have been added to the list of the country's finest pubs.

An MP has labelled a major shopping centre a relic from a bygone time and has called for it to be knocked down to make room for housing.

A drunk pensioner pulled down his trousers to urinate near a shopping centre and exposed himself to women and children.

Aerial footage shows how much progress has been made on a multi-million-pound leisure centre which is set to open next year.

Bereaved young people have praised the support they received from a charity to help cope with their grief – but say such help needs to be universal.

The head of a Kent clinic has warned of a rising number of patients suffering severe medical issues after procedures by cowboy surgeons in Turkey.