Thousands of Kent bikers are today expected to unite to create the world's biggest "poppy" around the M25 to honour the fallen.

Teenager Bethany Davey, who was born in Gravesend and now lives in Dartford, is hoping for success with her record in aid of this year's Poppy Appeal.

A mental health patient could not be saved after swimming in a freezing lake on a business park, a coroner heard.

Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of rape after a girl told police she was attacked in a field close to a racecourse.

Our House is a touching tale of life and love, heartbreak and comedy - and a hatful of Madness songs. Nick Lillitos went to the opening night.

Kent County Council could end a three-year council tax freeze under cost-cutting budget proposals being set out today.

The numbers of foreign-born Dartford residents now accounts for 11% of the town’s overall population of more than 97,000.

Fire crews were called out to an electrical fire, a suspected arson and two car fires overnight

Bluewater has announced who will be switching on its Christmas lights...

Emergency services were called to Bean last night to treat a patient lying in the road.

River Thames tugmen will be honoured at one of the many Services of Remembrance held this weekend.

A former police officer pocketed hundreds of pounds from customers' greeting cards to fund his gambling addiction while working as a postman.

John Bruce may only be five years old, but he is about to put Dartford up in lights...

Two women who made thousands of pounds by illegally selling prescription slimming pills to customers across the country have been jailed.

The men have been charged with conspiracy to receive stolen goods and conspiracy to steal motor vehicles across Kent and London.

This is the face of a man police want to speak to after a young woman said she was sexually assaulted near a station.

Motorists have been suffering delays on the M25 after a mobile crane erupted into a fireball at the side of the road this morning.

The Co-operative Bank will close about 50 stores as part of a restructure announced today - leaving workers at Kent branches facing uncertainty.

The Environment Agency has put parts of Kent on flood alert again today as high winds combine with large waves.

Parts of Dartford have been closed by police after a metal detector enthusiast walked into the civic centre with a six-inch war-time shell.