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A huge solar farm with the potential to power thousands of homes could be built in Cliffe.

Three Kent Police officers mocked foreign members of the public in meetings with fake accents, details of racism complaints against the force reveal.

A father has surrounded his home in CCTV after his traumatised daughter who was brutally raped was told to drop the charge... or be killed.

An obese woman who died of a blood clot after falling in high heels was not given life-saving drugs because her case did not fit guidelines.

Three men and two police officers have been injured in a crash involving a patrol car responding to a 999 call.

The Pride in Medway 2013/14 awards are launched today and once again we are looking for the Towns' unsung heroes.

A driver was taken to hospital with chest injuries after his car hit a bollard in a quiet residential street.

A football match and fun day is being held in memory of an avid Gills fan who died of breast cancer.

Thieves broke into a charity which helps jobseekers, causing £400 of damage.

A benefits cheat was caught after her live-in partner called Medway Council’s pest control department.

A builder has told how he and a friend were thrown onto concrete after a waltzer came off its tracks at a fairground.

A computing student took his own life by jumping from a bridge hours after a housemate discovered he spent £250 using his card, an inquest heard.

Top Paralympic athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson has received an honorary degree at Rochester Cathedral.

People are being warned about online document scams after a man from Rochester paid £40 for a form he could have got for free.

The grieving widow of a driver killed in a lorry crash has today paid tribute to the "decent, honest and hard-working" young father.

Plans to shut the mental health crisis block at Medway Maritime Hospital have been approved.

Hundreds of people have signed an online petition calling for tougher knife crime sentences after the stabbing death of a young father.

Plans to keep a community pub open are under threat after a supermarket giant applied take it over.

Detectives are hunting this man after a woman was said to have been raped in an alleyway following a night out.