RSPCA figures show Kent has the second highest number of animal cruelty reports in the south east, and the number is rising. Warning: graphic image.

A mother says her son's death on a stag trip to Amsterdam should serve as a salutary lesson to others.

A drug addict avoided going straight to prison after he lied to a judge about having cancer.

Questions still remain for the families of two servicemen who died after they were exposed to nuclear tests.

A family's home has been flooded with raw sewage eight times, causing serious health problems and forcing them to spend hundreds replacing furniture.

A brave teenager who captured Prince Charles' heart has died of a rare disease affecting only 100 people worldwide - as her grandmother pays tribute.

Care home staff left a wheel-bound resident facing a wall for seven hours during a CQC inspection.

The head of Canterbury's Age Concern says mental health beds are urgently needed.

A good samaritan who went to the aid of two women was left unable to look after his sick wife after being beaten by a drunken thug.

Roads in Gravesend have been reopened following Friday night's chemical gas drama - but the smell will remain for days.

Parents have supported a newsagent's decision to stop selling energy drinks to children.

Hundreds of women at the Lordswood Healthy Living Centre have been refused treatment to ease severe menopausal symptoms.

Nurses left a patient in urine-soaked sheets, told him to stop pressing his buzzer and cleaned his feeding tube with a Biro pen, a tribunal has heard.

One of the country's most well-known professional dancers is set to return to TV screens after recovering from a serious injury.

Lucy Patterson is often bedridden from endometriosis, a condition affecting cells lining the womb, and is calling out for support for others like her.

A breast cancer survivor has made it her to business to support sufferers find the right underwear after launching one-to-one fitting service.

A father is celebrating the miracle of life - after his daughter stopped breathing and he was told she would not live to see her first birthday.

Our readers have had enough of litter in lay-bys and rubbish-strewn verges.

Saharan dust and local and continental pollution could be causing sore eyes and throats across the county today.

A young father suffering from a diabetic episode discharged himself from Kent and Canterbury Hospital and died hours later, an inquest heard.