Fifteen firefighters attended after a ground-floor flat caught alight.

A taxi driver who tried to smuggle millions of counterfeit cigarettes into the country has been jailed for five years.

A coroner has ordered police to carry out an investigation after a PC destroyed a taxi driver's suicide note before showing it to his grieving family.

A man had to be rescued from the banks of the River Medway after getting stuck in the mud.

The latest edition of the Medway Messenger is in the shops now packed with news, sport and lots more.

A young adventurer has completed a mammoth trip down the Thames - with her dad.

Kmfm listener Jeff Banks was quick of the mark – winning a big cash prize just three days into the radio station’s competition.

A conman who pretended he was hosting charity events for a sick four-year-old to pocket hundreds of pounds has been jailed for more than two years.

Two men have appeared before magistrates today after a double glazing fitter was allegedly attacked with an axe in a row about metal.

Paying parents will be barred from a popular nursery, it has been confirmed - despite protests by parents, councillors and an MP.

A flagship regeneration project of Chatham Docks has suffered a setback, with initial plans rejected by councillors.

Hundreds more Kent Police officers could lose their jobs under public sector cuts, the county's crime commissioner has warned today.

The Voice singer Joseph Apostol visited the Medway Messenger offices this afternoon after being booted off the BBC1 talent show.

This man is being sought after a mother claims a stranger grabbed her pushchair in an attempt to snatch her child in a Gillingham park.

Pop star and presenter Peter Andre has been swamped by fans while filming 60 Minute Makeover in Rochester.

Families are devastated after yobs went on the rampage at a cemetery, smashing up headstones and damaging ornaments.

The transformation of Chatham Docks, which could create up to 3,500 jobs, will go back before councillors on the planning committee this evening.

Floral tributes have been left at a service station in Hoo after a man was pronounced dead on the forecourt following a suspected heart attack.

A man branded one of America’s ‘most wanted’, who was arrested in Chatham after nine years on the run, has been remanded in custody.

Scrubland in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has been cleared by National Grid contractors, apparently killing protected wildlife.