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

An alcoholic mother who passed out on a sofa and almost suffocated her baby has been told she must “rid herself of this terrible addiction”.

Here are just some of the shoplifters who were convicted in Kent’s magistrates’ courts as offences reach an all-time high.

Witnesses are urged to come forward after a 16-year-old girl needed hospital treatment for injuries from a suspected assault.

A 20-year-old woman accused of killing her cousin’s violent partner after a row broke out says she was defending herself.

A second suspect has been charged in connection with an aggravated burglary after a man was stabbed and rushed to a London hospital.

Messages of sympathy have poured in for a shopworker who was assaulted with a pack of beer as he tried to stop yobs making off without paying.

Disturbing images reveal the shocking state of a home dubbed the “flat from hell” following the arrest of a woman on suspicion of child neglect.

A 24-year-old has been banned from a high street and drinking outside in public after a run of bad booze-fuelled behaviour.

A woman has been arrested following the theft of a diamond Rolex watch and jewellery worth more than £20,000 from a gym locker.

A pensioner was assaulted, racially abused and had liquid sprayed on her by a group of teens say police.

A convenience store worker was taken to hospital after reportedly being injured by two teenagers who were allegedly stealing from the shop.

As a new Guy Ritchie-produced docu-drama airs today, we look back at Kent’s links to the daring raid on a priceless diamond at the Millennium Dome.

A house was reportedly taped off with forensic teams at the scene after police descended on a quiet neighbourhood.

A man has been arrested and charged after a loaded gun was found at a house.

A man has been charged after a woman’s campervan was set alight while she slept inside.

A man has been taken to hospital after allegedly being followed and attacked by a stranger.

A man was reportedly punched and kicked by a group during an assault.

A suspect has been charged after reports of an armed man making threats in a residential area.

A suspect has been charged after two men were left needing hospital treatment for serious injuries.