With Reform UK predicted to take a number of seats at next week’s council elections, candidates have told how vandals have targeted their campaigns.

A man who killed another by stabbing him in the heart in a Kent high street has been pictured for the first time.

A heartless thief has stolen hundreds of pounds from a church charity shop and cafe.

Police are investigating after a child was reportedly pulled to the floor by her hair and kicked in the head in a town centre shop.

Witnesses are urged to come forward after a woman was reportedly attacked in the street and needed hospital treatment.

A thug turned on a woman who had been looking after his dog and attacked her with a garden tool and a catapult.

Police are investigating an attack outside a Wetherspoon’s pub in a town centre, which left a man needing medical treatment.

A prison officer hid phones, chargers, SIM cards and steroids in a DVD player, which he gave to an inmate.

An investigation has been launched after a man was seen peering into houses before exposing himself on a public green.

Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly threatened staff while prising new phones from display stands.

A man accused of a high street murder will walk free after his alleged accomplice accepted blame for the killing.

A 19-year-old is due to be sentenced after pleading guilty to knifing a teenage boy.

A 34-year-old man has appeared in court after firearms officers descended on a town over the bank holiday weekend following reports a man had weapons.

A man aged in his 60s who was assaulted in a town centre last month has died in hospital, police have confirmed.

A 22-year-old man from Yorkshire has been charged after a suspected stabbing which saw another man taken to hospital.

A 42-year-old has been charged with drink driving after a van and a car crashed outside a pub, with pictures showing the damage caused.

Two people have been arrested after a man in his 20s was taken to hospital suffering from stab wounds.

It has been called the number one location to visit in the UK - but “alarming” statistics reveal a darker side to this Kent town.

A man was taken to a London hospital after he was seriously injured in a crash following a police chase.

Data shows more than 1,600 fires were started intentionally in Kent over the last year, nearly four call-outs every day.