Gold medal winning hockey player Maddie Hinch WILL go to the winners' parade - after a cancelled flight nearly made her miss the celebration today.

A lifeboat crew called out to an early morning distress alert.

Kent's awe-inspiring children and families have been honoured at the Ward & Partners Children's Awards.

Patients, visitors and staff will no longer be able to light up at Medway hospital as smoking is banned across the site from today.

The chairman of Medway NHS Foundation Trust has stepped down from her post, less than two years after taking on the role.

The final piece of the Rochester railway jigsaw is now complete, as rail bosses promise improved reliability for tens of thousands of passengers.

A burglar was sent to prison after being found guilty of two burglaries and one attempted burglary.

The motorway at Gillingham was closed for more than two hours late last night after four car collision on the coast-bound carriageway.

A grieving father says his baby died at just 19 days old after being denied a potentially life-saving test - because it was deemed too expensive.

A Kent man has finally discovered the truth behind an old family legend - and it was closer to home than he ever imagined.

Arsonists are thought to be responsible for setting a former cafe alight.

A man was assaulted by two thugs in a town centre underpass in the early hours of this morning.

Trains were halted this morning after a trespasser got onto the tracks.

The devastated family of a teenager killed when his bike collided with a lorry have paid an emotional tribute to him.

Talented young actors have been left without a rehearsal space after the closure of Dickens World last week.

A school has apologised for sending a transgender pupil home for wearing girls' uniform, and banning her from using the girls' toilets.

Our First Class supplement is out today, but what advice would you give yourself, if you were starting school again for the first time?

An elderly man was helped to safety by a neighbour after a faulty old electric heater sparked a fire that filled neighbouring homes with smoke.

Teenager rider killed after his bike was crash with a lorry on an industrial estate in Strood.

Bill Kingman's brother was a Second World War fighter pilot but, despite his own acts of heroism, Bill never got to fly in a Spitfire. Until now.