Europe's leading arms manufacturer says its has given a "solid" performance despite cuts in government spending.

A dedicated dementia ward at Medway hospital will be named after a widower who fought for better services.

More than 550 young people have been honoured with gold, silver and bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards.

A consultation is being held on plans for a University Technical College for pupils aged 14 to 19.

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Detectives have released CCTV of two people they want to speak to after an elderly woman and her bank card stolen before it was used to spend £600.

Two men have been flown to hospital by an RAF helicopter after getting stuck in the mud when their inflatable dinghy ran aground last night.

Scientists at a Kent university are leading a multi-million pound project to make useful products out of pink and orange algae.

An actress best known for playing the Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey is going back to her roots in Kent tonight.

Police have stepped up patrols at a block of flats in Chatham after two arson attacks at the property in four days.

A teenage boy suffered cuts to his head after part of a chimney collapsed on him while he was asleep.

A woman has walked free after threatening to cut her partner's throat with a meat cleaver in a drunken rant.

Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury, rejected suggestions there is no money to improve flood defences in a visit to Yalding yesterday.

Work has started at the Dockside Outlet Centre in Chatham which will include the expansion of the home and hobbies store, The Range.

Banner-waving protesters converged on the council offices to vent their anger against the relocation of Strood library.

The parents of a girl who died hours after being sent home from hospital by a junior doctor are calling for all children to be seen by a senior medic.

A Kent ski slope has seen a huge surge in interest as Lizzy Yarnold and other Olympics stars inspire us to dust off the snowboards.

New leadership brought in to turn a school around after Ofsted condemned the quality of teaching and achievement and behaviour of pupils.

After two months of misery, a 50ft tree that toppled onto two houses is being removed by crane today following a series of disputes.

A group using a codeword linked to the New IRA has claimed responsibility for potentially explosive devices sent to Army careers offices in Kent.