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Crawford ready to get cracking

Crawford ready to get cracking

Returning striker Harry Crawford is relieved to be back at Dartford and he's ready to start scoring goals again.

Doubts over Darts skipper

Doubts over Darts skipper

Elliot Bradbrook faces a race against time to be fit for Dartford's first game of the new season this weekend.

Pedestrian named after being killed in crash near home

Pedestrian named after being killed in crash near home

A man who died in a crash last month has been named.

Pervert's 'ridiculous' lies after grooming girl for sex

Pervert's 'ridiculous' lies after grooming girl for sex

A pervert told 'absurd' lies to court after swamping a 13-year-old girl with 1,000 texts and calls in a bid to lure her into sex.

Tributes after death of Dartford councillor

Tributes after death of Dartford councillor

Tributes have been paid to Dartford councillor Nancy Wightman who has died.

More farm land ablaze

More farm land ablaze

Firefighters are tackling yet another farm land fire in Kent, the fourth in 24 hours.

Terrified couple beaten, robbed and left tied up

Terrified couple beaten, robbed and left tied up

These are the appalling injuries after a husband and wife were beaten by baseball bat-wielding burglars while they slept.

Police use bins to round up horses

Police use bins to round up horses

Police have this morning been rounding up horses in Dartford - using wheely bins!

Doodles is off to see the Wizard

Doodles is off to see the Wizard

For a show called The Wiz, it was perhaps tempting fate to allow six excited dogs on the stage of the Orchard Theatre to audition for the role of Toto

Burman backs Darts youngsters

Burman backs Darts youngsters

Dartford manager Tony Burman is keen to give youth a chance this season.

Strong finish for Clements

Strong finish for Clements

Grace Clements’ finished her Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games heptathlon campaign strongly, securing a top-seven finish.

Dartford library revamp ditched... for now

Dartford library revamp ditched... for now

Plans for a revamp of Dartford library have been put on hold by Kent County Council until people have had the chance to have their say.

Former soldier jailed for murder

Former soldier jailed for murder

An ex-soldier has been jailed for life for murdering a man he shot in the stomach to avenge the vandalism of a friend's car.

Firefighters called to blaze at social club

Firefighters called to blaze at social club

Two fire engines were sent to the Glentworth Club in Lowfield Street, Dartford.

From table top to shop, sweet business has taste of success

 From table top to shop, sweet business has taste of success

Meet another of our firms vying to win the title of Dartford and Gravesham Business of the year.

Harry back with the Darts

Harry back with the Darts

Striker Harry Crawford has agreed to return to Dartford for a third spell.

Popular show on the horizon

Popular show on the horizon

The Informer: Retired Greyhound Show will prove a popular attraction.

Mystery of safe found dumped in river

Mystery of safe found dumped in river

An investigation is under way after a heavy safe was pulled from a river after two men were seen throwing it over a sea wall.

Man 'shot himself dead' in police stand-off after woman stabbed

Man 'shot himself dead' in police stand-off after woman stabbed

A man is believed to have shot himself dead during a police siege as negotiators tried to get him out of a flat where a woman was stabbed.

Adam Gemili wins silver at Commonwealth Games

Adam Gemili wins silver at Commonwealth Games

Former Kent schoolboy Adam Gemili delighted the crowd this evening as he took silver in the men's 100 metres.

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