Vandals hacked down a CCTV camera with an angle grinder just two days after it was installed on an estate in a bid to reduce crime.

The horsemeat scandal may have played a part in the flourishing success of Rochester Farmers’ Market.

A former school counsellor who was terrified of getting old killed herself with a drugs overdose in a hotel room, an inquest heard.

Police have made an arrest after the hit and run killing of John O'Donohue.

The Victoria Cross Trust is to take over care of the headstone of a Medway VC winner at Chatham Cemetery.

Sam Wall is competing for a national award, just eight months after being struck down by a rare brain condition that left him unable to walk or talk.

A woman has told a court she thought of staying alive for her children as she fought off a brutal rapist in an alleyway.

A murder investigation was continuing today after a man died after being dragged against metal railings in a hit-and-run.

Strood protesters arrived on a London bus to try to block their library from being moved.

A man in his 80s has died after emergency services were called to a pub over concerns for his health.

A father-of-two died after a shooting sparked by "bad blood" between two families, murder trial jurors have been told.

Vulnerable mental health patients have endured journeys of hundreds of miles for hospital treatment because no beds were available closer to home.

A hospital porter who ballooned to a massive 37 stone believes he has saved his life by ditching a daily diet of 20 pints of beer and 16 sausages.

A foster mother has had three children removed from her care after falling for a man online without realising he was a convicted sex offender.

Medway Foodbank received almost four tonnes of food as a result of the Medway Messenger’s Christmas appeal.

A man has denied raping a woman in an alleyway after she was separated from friends on a night out.

Kent's gender gap is becoming a gulf... as girls clearly outperform boys in new league tables released today.

Nearly 1,000 people visited a charity shop on its final day of trading as it closed its doors to make way for Strood's new library.

The London Marathon is tough enough but one Medway man will be going the extra mile by running 26.2 miles in a monkey costume.

A bully who has previously terrorised his neighbours found himself back in court this week after hurling abuse at police officers.