A Tory candidate was empty-chaired at a hustings in her constituency, while a Reform party hopeful was replaced with a pinecone.

A golfer who set fire to his own home following the break-up of his marriage later told emergency crews: “I didn’t want the b***h to have everything.”

A floral festival with more than 5,000 roses and garden tours is back for an extended run this summer.

Residents in a number of towns woke to find their cars had been damaged by vandals overnight.

A suspect who is alleged to have stolen an Audi, Mercedes and almost 10k of perfume from Boots and Savers has been charged.

Thousands of pounds of damage has been caused by vandals at a nature reserve.

People have been warned not to enter a chalk pit run by the council due to underground tunnels filling with water.

A church is refusing a widower’s chosen headstone for his wife as it says the colour does not “fit church regulations”.

We profile Sevenoaks constituency and the candidates vying for your votes on July 4.

The election candidates in one constituency face a grilling on their climate policies at an event chaired by a BBC wildlife filmmaker and presenter.

Police officers caught a burglar hiding behind a counter after kicking in the door at a restaurant.

The Green Party launches their general election campaign with a swipe at polluted rivers.

A drug dealer smuggled "premium" cannabis products worth at least £10 million from the US into the UK hidden in children's toys and clothing.

Rapid housebuilding means more than 80 pupils who passed the Kent Test have been left without a grammar in just one part of the county.

Almost 100 cats were found by rescue centre volunteers called in by concerned neighbours.

A wildlife trust has paid more than £195,000 for a plot of land the size of 19 football pitches and is set to make it into a rare habitat.

Officers thank public for help in finding an 18-year-old who was reported missing.

Traffic is building on a busy main road following a collision involving two cars.

A care home that looks after people with dementia has been forced to close following an “Inadequate” rating by the CQC.

A trio of drug dealers have been given a combined 37 and a half years of jail time for trafficking 24kg of meth to Australia.