A dozing tenant slept through 20 firefighters hammering on his door when a fire broke out in a block of flats early today.

Detectives hunting a suspected firebug have today released footage that appears to show a man starting a fire at a historic pub.

A grandmother was ejected from a shopping centre when she refused to pay 20p for helping to change her granddaughter's nappy in the toilets.

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A pet owner was disgusted to open a tin of cat food and find it teeming with wriggling maggots.

A young woman who set fire to her house while she was inside claimed she was not getting support from mental health workers.

A man has been charged after allegedly stealing the till from behind the bar at the Little Crown in Chatham.

Neighbours living in the road where dad-of-two David Young was fatally stabbed have been giving eye-witness accounts to the murder trial jury.

An Ofsted inspection team has left Medway after an unprecedented blitz of 10 schools in one week.

A married squaddie groped a teenager after she was ejected from a nightclub because she appeared drunk, a court heard.

A man has been found dead in a car off Blue Bell Hill after being spotted by a passer-by.

A large-scale rescue operation - including an RAF helicopter - was launched when a man slipped on a mudbank and fell unconscious.

A man is due in court after being charged with two attempted murders over a shooting in Gillingham.

A family had to flee their home after a fire broke out in the kitchen of their home in Scholey Close, Halling, late last night.

Two women on the run from jail are both back behind bars after being arrested.

A luxury yacht moored at Chatham Docks that once hosted the likes of JFK, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra is up for sale.

A man created a company with a £3million annual turnover by selling homemade bomb detectors to security forces that did not work, jurors heard.

Rochester company BBA Reman, which is based in Stirling Park, Laker Road, is recruiting 10 apprentices.

A crash partially blocked the slip road for the Lord Lees roundabout this morning

Police have swooped on a property in a smart residential area of Gillingham and seized cannabis with a street value of £20,000.