We’ve rounded up a number of festive events taking place during December for children, families and adults to enjoy.

A serial thief who stole electric shaving items worth more than £320 on three separate occasions has been jailed.

Multiple reports have been made by schoolgirls seeing a man expose himself to them in and around a park.

A cash machine fraudster who told his elderly victims ATMs were not working before stealing cards and pocketing cash has been jailed.

Residents and businesses are being asked to have their say on new proposals to transform a dockside industrial estate.

From visiting thieves’ parents to displaying their pictures in the street, shopkeepers are employing brave tactics in the battle against shoplifting.

More than 50 anti-war protesters are waving banners outside a Ministry of Defence site in Kent in a rally against the war in Palestine.

The last piece of a 40-year project to reuse derelict buildings after Chatham Dockyard closed has been completed.

A car fire on a major route caused long delays for drivers during the morning rush hour.

Car owners have been put on high alert after a spate of thefts which have seen steering wheels forcibly removed from vehicles.

Two men have been charged after a woman was allegedly assaulted and had her handbag stolen.

Four parts of Kent are set to get a share of £900k to help make their town centres safer, with marshalls, CCTV and better lighting.

A pub has reopened to punters with new landlords and £360k worth of renovations.

Officers investigating an aggravated burglary have released images of four men they would like to speak to.

An award-winning scare maze lives up to expectations as we braved Fort Amherst’s Halloween attraction.

Four men have been charged after intruders allegedly broke into a property, carrying bladed weapons.

Images show the sorry state of a once iconic building which has been empty for six years and fallen foul to vandals.

As a coffee chain looks to open in a former Woolworths, we take a look at what replaced the high street giant after it vanished from our high streets.

A man who fought racism in the rail industry has had a train named after him.

Mica had gone missing without any money or her phone