A sick craze has seen a Kent man down a concoction of lager, vodka, stinging nettles, mice, grasshoppers and a spider. Warning: graphic images

A think tank led by a Labour peer says north Kent should become home to the UK's first new town since the 1960s.

A husband and wife have won a £50,000 cash injection after becoming the first Asian couple to secure an investment on hit BBC TV show Dragon’s Den.

A driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a six-car crash on the A2.

More people in Gravesham and Dartford are being urged to sign up for a new health app.

Homes have been evacuated again today as dozens of flood warnings remain in force for Kent ahead of more heavy rain and gale-force winds.

England's chief inspector of hospitals has praised Darent Valley Hospital in a report out today, but said there was still room for improvement.

A new Costa Coffee opened this morning but rival businesses say they aren't worried about the effect it could have on their daily grind.

The air ambulance was called after a woman in her 70s suffered a head injury in a fall at Marks and Spencer today.

A 10ft Burmese python found dead in a residential street could have been killed before it was trapped under a tree, an examination's revealed.

A man who went on the run for almost a decade until he was arrested is finally being extradited back to the USA.

A taxi driver was grappled to the floor in a drunken assault by a customer – the fourth such attack in a matter of weeks.

A woman whose scooter broke down in a flooded underpass has been saved by passersby.

A car thief named Fagg was caught when his DNA was found... on a cigarette butt!

A new link route using a re-aligned Rathmore Road could change how drivers get around Gravesend town centre.

Kent's police commissioner has today spoken of her "heartbreak" at having to ask for an above-inflation tax rise.

A series of raids on shops has uncovered 55,000 illegal cigarettes, tobacco and counterfeit DVDs.

Mobile police stations launched by Kent's crime commissioner have been largely ignored - with no one turning up at all at some, it has been revealed.

Police searching for a 20-year-old man missing for a fortnight have discovered a body.

A burglar admitted stealing thousands of pounds worth of gold jewellery after officers arrested him as he tried to run away.