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Friends offer joy and frivolity with online festival

Friends offer joy and frivolity with online festival

A series of live-streamed performances aims to entertain those who are self-isolating and help provide income to people who have lost work.

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Claims of 'ignorance' as driver awareness courses continue

Claims of 'ignorance' as driver awareness courses continue

A woman has slammed a decision to continue running driver awareness courses despite national coronavirus fears.

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Company shopping for people in self-isolation

Company shopping for people in self-isolation

A furniture delivery company is offering to purchase and deliver shopping to people in isolation from Covid-19.

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Primary school to shut as pupils kept home

Primary school to shut as pupils kept home

Leaders of a primary school have taken the decision to close as attendance slumps due to the coronavirus outbreak.

'My own husband doesn't believe in it'

'My own husband doesn't believe in it'

A woman trying to prove there is life after death says she has spent two decades communicating with the dead.

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Turner Contemporary to close

Turner Contemporary to close

Turner Contemporary is closing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, with another closure scheduled in September.

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Bargain furniture store embraces digital age

Bargain furniture store embraces digital age

A new furniture store is using the power of the internet to sell bargain items.

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Heartbreak as park delays opening and cancels events

Heartbreak as park delays opening and cancels events

Dreamland bosses have taken the decision to not reopen the park and to postpone upcoming gigs and events due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Man with knife approaches shop worker

Man with knife approaches shop worker

Police are hunting a man who approached a shop worker with a knife before trying to get into a shop.

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Events cancelled and attractions shut amid outbreak

Events cancelled and attractions shut amid outbreak

Organisers of big events and small business owners are taking extra precautions to limit the spread of coronavirus.

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Cars erupt into fireball

Cars erupt into fireball

Two cars burst into flames after being set on fire deliberately in a late-night arson attack.

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Gallery to shut for five months for £1.8m upgrade

Gallery to shut for five months for £1.8m upgrade

A gallery will close its doors for five months while upgrade works costing £1.8m are carried out.

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Boy robbed by teen with broken beer bottle

Boy robbed by teen with broken beer bottle

A teenage boy had his mobile phone stolen by another teen who threatened him with a broken bottle.

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Martial arts expert floors hammer-wielding burglars

Martial arts expert floors hammer-wielding burglars

A Thai-style fighting expert floored two hammer-wielding burglars who have now been jailed for almost 20 years.

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Bully behind bars for controlling girlfriend's life

Bully behind bars for controlling girlfriend's life

A "petulant" 21-year-old ordered his girlfriend to only see her parents for 10 minutes and hijacked her Facebook profile.

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Girl, 7, to lose her leg

Girl, 7, to lose her leg

A dad is raising money for a bionic leg for his "inspirational" daughter after being told she faces enduring an amputation.

Thief steals five-year-old's birthday money

Thief steals five-year-old's birthday money

A heartless thief tore open a boy's birthday cards and stole the money he was planning to spend on an action figure.

Music venue confiscates hand sanitiser

Music venue confiscates hand sanitiser

Security teams who seized hand gels from music fans ahead of a gig now admit it was a mistake.

New Aldi store set for go-ahead

New Aldi store set for go-ahead

New images of a planned Aldi store in Kent have been unveiled as the proposals won the support of council officers.

Pupils denied grammar places despite passing Kent Test

Pupils denied grammar places despite passing Kent Test

Parents have spoken of their children's heartache at passing the Kent Test only to be denied a grammar school place.

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