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Getting a taste for adventure

07 December 2016
Getting a taste for adventure

School children learning to be more adventurous spent a day in the great outdoors, turning their school field into a woodland.

Neighbours 'not surprised' by stab attack

06 December 2016
Neighbours 'not surprised' by stab attack

A double stabbing is thought to be linked to ongoing anti-social behaviour and violence at a home in one road.

Plans for homes on pub sites

05 December 2016
Plans for homes on pub sites

Big plans are being made for two pubs to be turned into new homes as the fate of another hangs in the balance.

Spectacular family switch-on

05 December 2016
Spectacular family switch-on

Ho, Ho, Ho! While towns and villages have been turning on their festive lights, one family is getting in on the act too.

A match made in heaven brings churches together

04 December 2016
A match made in heaven brings churches together

Husband and wife both “promoted” at the same ordination ceremony, go on to serve in neighbouring parishes, in churches with the same name

On your bike!

02 December 2016
On your bike!

A million-pound development which allows people to cycle to the train station and park up in a safe, dry and secure hub has opened.

Suspended nurse wins £24k payout

30 November 2016
Suspended nurse wins £24k payout

A nurse who was suspended from practising for a year has won more than £24,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal from her job.

Arrests after car theft left pensioner without Christmas presents

30 November 2016
Arrests after car theft left pensioner without Christmas presents

Three men have been arrested after an 81-year-old man’s car full of Christmas presents was stolen from Bluewater car park.

Teen guilty of strangling cat

30 November 2016
Teen guilty of strangling cat

A 13-year-old boy has been found guilty of strangling a cat with a bungee cord.

Jobs at risk as restaurant shuts

25 November 2016
Jobs at risk as restaurant shuts

An events venue which has been around for more than a quarter of a century is to close its restaurant, putting a number of jobs at risk.

Drugs, risky sex, blackmail, and now murder

24 November 2016
Drugs, risky sex, blackmail, and now murder

Two murder cases have put the spotlight on the gay dating app Grindr. For many men it's a convenient way to meet up - but there is a darker side...

Teens arrested after police chase

24 November 2016
Teens arrested after police chase

Two teenagers are in custody on suspicion of stealing a car, carrying a weapon and drug dealing.

War hero, 92, falls down 14ft care home laundry shaft

24 November 2016
War hero, 92, falls down 14ft care home laundry shaft

An investigation has been launched into how an elderly man, who is virtually deaf and blind, fell 14ft down a laundry shaft at a care home.

Appeal for elderly couple scammed at Bluewater hits target

23 November 2016
Appeal for elderly couple scammed at Bluewater hits target

An appeal to raise cash for an elderly couple whose Christmas presents were stolen at Bluewater has reached its target in just one day.

Serial killer guilty of murdering men he met online

23 November 2016
Serial killer guilty of murdering men he met online

A serial killer has been found guilty of murdering four men he met on gay dating sites, including a young chef from Kent.

Arrest after knifepoint robbery

22 November 2016
Arrest after knifepoint robbery

A large knife was seized by police and a man arrested after a "knifepoint robbery" in a town centre street.

'Callous' scammers steal pensioner's car and gifts

22 November 2016
'Callous' scammers steal pensioner's car and gifts

A warning's gone out after a pensioner had his precious new car and all the presents inside stolen by scammers at Bluewater.

Teen in court after man 'killed with one punch'

21 November 2016
Teen in court after man 'killed with one punch'

A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murder after a man was allegedly killed with one punch during an argument.

Boys aged 15 among the 'forgotten dead'

20 November 2016
Boys aged 15 among the 'forgotten dead'

The little-known sacrifice of 113 river men from Gravesend - including three boys who died aged 15 - has been recognised in a new book.

Boost in bid to have pub rebuilt 'brick by brick'

18 November 2016
Boost in bid to have pub rebuilt 'brick by brick'

Developers may be forced to rebuild this pub as an application has gone in to turn it into a community asset.

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