Kent-born star Lee Ryan has entered the Celebrity Big Brother house - and is already an early favourite to win the contest.

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Two wards at Medway Maritime Hospital have been closed after suspected cases of the potentially life-threatening Norovirus.

A family have spoken of their vigil after their daughter, four, was struck by a brain disease so rare it only affects four in a million people.

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A rescue mission was launched after a distress beacon was set off on the River Medway.

A burglar was left as red-faced as his shorts as he ditched nearly all his clothes in a bid to flee a chasing police dog.

A woman brutally beaten by five different men has pledged to help others as she builds her life back up.

A family have paid an emotion-charged tribute to the 'charismatic' 17-year-old schoolboy tragically killed in a crash on New Year's Day.

A controversial charge if Gills fans want family or friends to use their tickets could be scrapped, chairman Paul Scally has hinted.

A grieving daughter has formally complained after her father suddenly died on a hospital ward shortly after a fall.

A popular off-road bike track used by hundreds of youngsters across Medway and the South East could close.

A daughter says she never got to say a proper goodbye to her terminally ill father who died after falling from his hospital bed.

A pedestrian has been injured after being hit by a car in Rainham.

Residents of the village have woken up to flooded homes for the second time since Christmas.

Firefighters and Coastguard teams were among the rescuers who freed a man in his 70s from mud flats after he became firmly stuck.

A leaked email has revealed firefighters have been offered huge inducements to break picket lines ahead of tonight's strike.

Firefighters from across the county have been battling a blaze at a farm in Cooling near Rochester this morning.

Fifteen jobs for young people will be created at BAE Systems in Rochester as the company recruits a record number of apprentices.

Customers were faced with a last minute panic on Christmas Eve when a supermarket didn't have items they had pre-ordered weeks before.