The row over the return of school selection continues as one Kent head says grammars should do more to open up to poorer brighter children.

A driver reportedly jumped out of his carriage to safety just seconds before a train derailed, leaving five hurt and a boiler at risk of explosion.

A group of teenage boys who broke into a gym, damaged equipment used at London 2012 and scrawled penises on tables have been urged to come forward.

Odourless, invisible and potentially deadly, carbon monoxide is called "the silent killer" - and there has been a big rise in poisoning cases in Kent.

Today's the day youngsters across the county will try their luck at the Kent Test, which will determine whether they get a place at a grammar school.

A man accused of beating a pensioner to death in his home and taking a safe containing up to £250k insists he had nothing to do with the brutal raid.

Burglars who beat, punched and kicked a homeowner to death fled with a safe containing up to £250,000, a court heard.

A fire which destroyed more than three hectares of scrubland in Canterbury was part of a trio of outdoor fires in east Kent yesterday

A Ford pick-up was completely destroyed in the early hours of this morning in a suspected arson attack.

A Kent MP has tweeted a tongue-in-cheek message to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn after securing a seat on a Virgin train.

Witnesses have described how a 'runaway' car crashed through a fence into school grounds on the first day of term.

A caravan has caught fire in a Kent village.

A woman has died after becoming unwell during a swim at a leisure centre with her daughter.

Lifeguards will start patrolling a beach where three friends drowned while trying to save two pals who were dragged underwater by a powerful rip-tide.

Nervous teenagers across the county will find out their grades today as GCSE results are released.

A group of young men pulled dead from the sea yesterday after going on a day trip to the beach from London have been named locally.

Passers-by were stunned when they spotted a 'body' lying in a Kent churchyard - but all was not as it seemed.

The girlfriend of a motorcyclist killed in a crash is angry after the driver who killed her partner walked free from court.

Olympic champion rower Tom Ransley has reflected on the ‘awesome feeling’ of helping GB power to gold in the men’s eight in Rio.

The body of a pilot missing since his aircraft crashed into the sea has been found inside the wreckage on the sea bed.