Kent has been hit with wet and windy weather, causing problems on the county's roads and rails.

Portal Financial, which has served more than 11,000 customers in its seven-year history, has relaunched under a new guise.

Three bonfires got out of control prompting warnings from the fire service

A man so poverty-stricken he couldn't pay thousands in council tax managed to enjoy luxury breaks in tax haven Dubai.

The captain of a ship which has been stranded for more than a month found himself in court on a drink charge after sipping too much whisky on board.

A shop owner has installed CCTV and other security measures after thieves broke in and stole hundreds of pounds of First World War medals.

The family of a Kent boy taken on the run by his mother in Poland have seen a letter which says he is suffering from a chronic illness.

Thieves who stole vans worth a total of £170,000 from across Kent and Medway using a "jiggler" key have been jailed.

Firefighters were called to a mattress fire in Strood and a skip blaze in Chattenden last night.

A noisy flat that became a haven for drink and drug users and where people slept in the hallway has been shut by police under special powers.

All lanes are now open after a three-vehicle crash involving a police car in the Medway Tunnel.

An investment banker is ditching his City job to run a trampoline centre – the second planned for Medway this summer.

A bricklayer who used a Mr Whippy ice cream van to stage crashes in order to fraudulently claim thousands in insurance payouts has avoided jail.

Jaw-dropping footage has emerged of a speeding driver careering across several lanes of traffic on the A2 before spinning out of control.

A popular pub is serving again following a three-month refurbishment and expansion project.

Thirty new jobs have been created by a new Poundworld store which has opened opposite a branch of Poundland.

Police are hunting a robber who stole a handbag from a woman waiting at a set of traffic lights in her car.

An insurance giant suffered a decline in underlying profitability in the first three months of the year as bosses hailed “solid progress”.

A woman is running 1,000 miles in one year in memory of a teenager who died after falling on to railway tracks.

It's a noise everyone hopes they'll never hear - because it means something has gone very wrong at the largest gas terminal in Europe.