A bully who subjected young girls to an ordeal of rape and debauchery - even threatening to set one victim alight - has been locked up for 18 years.

County councillors are set to come under huge pressure today to oppose controversial plans to close 23 children's centres across Kent.

Catman's latest artwork was completed at Whitstable Harbour Village at 5am today.

Firefighters investigated a strong smell of smoke at Tesco in Whitstable this afternoon.

Kent's crime commissioner has supported calls today for "drunk tanks" to avoid packing police cells with nuisance binge drinkers.

Residents are being warned about noise, disruption and road closures as work starts to reinstate the historic flint wall next to the Westgate Towers.

A crane driver was so angry at being cut up he dragged a motorist out of the car and smashed his fist into his face.

Kathryn Tye went along to see Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins take on the role of Joseph

Two men spotted scrapping in a city centre garden tried to avoid arrest - by telling officers they were doing an Irish jig.

Staff at a dealership donated their commissions to Kent Air Ambulance, raising big money for the charity.

A man sparked a three-hour siege with armed police after "totally losing control" when his suspicious girlfriend confronted him over text messages.

A former headteacher slipped into a coma and died on a charity trip to Africa two months after a fall, an inquest was told.

A Kent theatre is launching a scheme to get 16 to 26-year-olds through its doors.

A mother-of-six who stole £36,000 from the taxpayer's been spared jail on the day Britain's top lawyer calls for tougher sentences for benefit cheats.

As a public consultation starts today, transport bosses say support is already emerging for a return to the controversial traffic trial in Canterbury.

A moose is loose in this country for the first time in thousands of years.

A man has been arrested after a suspected arson attack on the former base of the Canterbury Sea Cadets in Puckle Lane.

A man has been arrested after a woman was assaulted and several cars damaged in the early hours of this morning.

Trio who committed crimes in Maidstone, Cranbrook, Aylesham and Folkestone have been jailed for a total of 30 years

Overseas buyers looking for second homes are snapping up flats in Canterbury