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Award-winning project helping patients back on their feet

Award-winning project helping patients back on their feet

A simple colour-coded wristband scheme is helping medical staff get patients back on their feet.

Is this your dog?

Is this your dog?

A pooch has been found wandering around Dartford

Bikers to pay respects on M25

Bikers to pay respects on M25

Thousands of Kent bikers are today expected to unite to create the world's biggest "poppy" around the M25 to honour the fallen.

Burman rues 'kamikaze' defending

Burman rues 'kamikaze' defending

Dartford manager Tony Burman pointed to individual defensive errors as the reason for his side's FA Cup exit.

Darts crash out at Salisbury

Darts crash out at Salisbury

A first-half horror show at Salisbury ended Dartford's interest in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Bethany hopes to be a No1 chart hit

 Bethany hopes to be a No1 chart hit

Teenager Bethany Davey, who was born in Gravesend and now lives in Dartford, is hoping for success with her record in aid of this year's Poppy Appeal.

Swim in freezing lake led to man's death

Swim in freezing lake led to man's death

A mental health patient could not be saved after swimming in a freezing lake on a business park, a coroner heard.

Boys arrested in racecourse rape inquiry

Boys arrested in racecourse rape inquiry

Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of rape after a girl told police she was attacked in a field close to a racecourse.

Bradbrook fate still undecided

Bradbrook fate still undecided

Injured Dartford skipper Elliot Bradbrook will be given “until the last minute” to decide whether he can play in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Immigrant population doubles in a decade

Immigrant population doubles in a decade

The numbers of foreign-born Dartford residents now accounts for 11% of the town’s overall population of more than 97,000.

Fuse box fire in block of flats

Fuse box fire in block of flats

Fire crews were called out to an electrical fire, a suspected arson and two car fires overnight

It'll be all bright on the night

It'll be all bright on the night

Bluewater has announced who will be switching on its Christmas lights...

Valley View: Relieved to make a winning return

Valley View: Relieved to make a winning return

Addicks skipper Johnnie Jackson thankful his first-team comeback doesn't derail side's good form.

Youngster wins glittering prize

Youngster wins glittering prize

John Bruce may only be five years old, but he is about to put Dartford up in lights...

FA Cup history beckons for Darts

FA Cup history beckons for Darts

Dartford are 90 minutes away from reaching the FA Cup second round for the first time in almost three decades.

Women jailed after illegally selling 100,000 slimming pills

Women jailed after illegally selling 100,000 slimming pills

Two women who made thousands of pounds by illegally selling prescription slimming pills to customers across the country have been jailed.

The Informer: Uphill task after one-sided first leg

The Informer: Uphill task after one-sided first leg

The first leg of the BAGS Track Championship was held last Thursday at Romford and Crayford did not fare well.

Four men charged with conspiracy to commit nearly 60 offences

Four men charged with conspiracy to commit nearly 60 offences

The men have been charged with conspiracy to receive stolen goods and conspiracy to steal motor vehicles across Kent and London.

Man sought after woman 'sexually assaulted' near station

Man sought after woman 'sexually assaulted' near station

This is the face of a man police want to speak to after a young woman said she was sexually assaulted near a station.

Chaos as crane bursts into flames on M25

Chaos as crane bursts into flames on M25

Motorists have been suffering delays on the M25 after a mobile crane erupted into a fireball at the side of the road this morning.

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