A touching tribute has been made to a former Kent colliery musician who dedicated more than 80 years to the brass band movement.

A council worker battling depression whose drug-taking spiralled out of control probably died after taking heroin for the first time, a coroner heard.

A man found hanging from a footbridge has been named as an inquest is opened into his death.

An author who counted Ronnie Biggs as one of his best friends has paid tribute to the Great Train Robber after his death at 84 today.

A man has spoken of his desperate attempt to save a stranger discovered on fire in a town centre park as the victim is pictured for the first time.

The family of a young police detective killed in a crash with a double-decker bus have told how their "whole world caved in" after his death.

A devastated widower escaped from a secure dementia ward and was walking to the final resting place of his beloved wife when he was killed by a lorry.

A man was just inches away from help when he died after becoming stuck in a small space between two walls, an inquest has heard.

Mourners are due to gather today at the funeral of a pensioner found dead in a shop as three men stand accused of her murder.

A mother remains convinced her son died from taking a legal high after a post-mortem showed he did not have any traces of illegal drugs in his system.

A man has been discovered dead by police after concerns were reported to the force last night.

A man has relived the moment his best friend showed him the bridge where he planned to kill himself - before ploughing his car into it at high speed.

Friends of a well-known father killed when a van overturned on a motorway slip road have spoken of their devastation at his death.

Tributes are today being paid to well-known Kent figure Lord Kingsdown who has died, aged 86.

A young driver who killed himself and his teenage passenger in a crash was almost three times the drink limit.

The family of a man found dead in a caravan say they have been touched by how many people have paid tribute to the "genuine bloke".

The family of a man who was found dead in a caravan at Allhallows Leisure Park have paid tribute to a "genuine bloke" who "had a heart of gold".

Thomas Henry Stanley, the former editor of the Pfizer magazine has died, aged 86, after a short illness.

A young woman who died after years of battling a brain tumour has helped others by donating her organs.

The mother of a teenager who died after a crash with a van is aiming to become the figurehead of a campaign to get more respect for cyclists.