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An intruder broke a pensioner's nose when he forced his way into her home and then struck her in the face.
A council officer who lost his job monitoring car park meters plotted a scam to steal thousands by emptying the machines of £1 coins.
An investigation's been launched after a refuse crew member was seriously injured in an accident with a dustcart.
A woman has told a court she thought of staying alive for her children as she fought off a brutal rapist in an alleyway.
A pet owner is appealing a large fine over complaints about her barking dogs - claiming much of the noise came from other animals.
A murder investigation was continuing today after a man died after being dragged against metal railings in a hit-and-run.
A man in his 80s has died after emergency services were called to a pub over concerns for his health.
A father-of-two died after a shooting sparked by "bad blood" between two families, murder trial jurors have been told.
Vulnerable mental health patients have endured journeys of hundreds of miles for hospital treatment because no beds were available closer to home.
A hospital porter who ballooned to a massive 37 stone believes he has saved his life by ditching a daily diet of 20 pints of beer and 16 sausages.
A foster mother has had three children removed from her care after falling for a man online without realising he was a convicted sex offender.
This tin of beans has undergone more safety tests than drugs that can kill in an instant.
A convicted killer who used others to threaten key witnesses at his trial has had his sentence increased.
Jurors have today taken just two hours to convict a second man of the manslaughter of a rough sleeper - after his friend admitted the same charge.
A man who suffered from depression died after turning himself into a human fireball and then asking shocked residents to ring the emergency services.
A seal pup has been released back into the wild thanks to an animal sanctuary after being found ill and stranded for two days on a beach.
A coroner has been officially reprimanded after a teenager's family complained it took her more than five years to complete an inquest into his death.
A man has denied raping a woman in an alleyway after she was separated from friends on a night out.
Intimate examinations carried out by an ambulance volunteer should only have been done in hospital, jurors in a sex assaults trial have heard.
A judge has taken the extraordinary step of absolving police of blame if a woman is attacked... after she refused to give evidence against her lover.
Kent's gender gap is becoming a gulf... as girls clearly outperform boys in new league tables released today.
A home alone pig - left abandoned in a field - has been adopted by big-hearted locals who have built him a shelter.
A hero passenger saved a woman's life as a car was submerged in flood water, trapping her inside.
Police are to visit every secondary school in one Kent town to warn pupils of the potentially fatal consequences of dabbling in legal highs.
A dog walker was shocked to spot a tree stump that he believes resembles a meerkat while walking his dog.
A gardener who tampered with the water supply on his allotment caused a flood - and trebled a town council's bill.
A man is being spoken to by police after a 12-year-old boy was hurt in a hit-and-run at a garage.
People living in the village of Oare have been left shocked after a cheeky vandal defaced their sign with a misspelt obscenity.
The daughters of a man who campaigned for help to end his own life have praised Coronation Street for raising a similar issue.
A couple of Kent explorers were today chilling out... after a gruelling expedition to reach the coldest inhabited place in the world.
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