A missing 13-year-old girl who disappeared after school has been found safe this afternoon.

Eurovision winner Cheryl Baker is supporting an appeal to raise £1m to help vulnerable children in Kent.

Five people have been arrested for drugs offences after officers smelt cannabis while dealing with another incident.

A lorry driver has escaped unhurt after his vehicle overturned in a crash with two cars on the M2.

Kent rail passengers have been warned to expect serious disruption on services to and from London... for up to two years.

A free school is to open in Medway in September 2014, it has been announced.

A row between two warring families could have led to the murder of a Strood father-of-two gunned down in the street, police have revealed.

Two men have been caught working illegally at a fish and chip shop in Strood.

A Rochester man has been formally cleared of involvement in a burglary in which £70,000 of jewellery was stolen and kidnap.

The £5m project to create a Huguenot museum in Rochester has been kick-started with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The number of people warned by Kent Police they are at risk of being murdered has increased by 50% in just 12 months, it can be revealed today.

A grandmother who admitted causing the death of a biker when she pulled out into his path has been spared an immediate prison sentence.

A woman who told police she was raped after having sex with a man by Rochester Bridge has admitted she lied.

Sacked Les Wicks has defended his decade in charge of Medway’s schools.

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A woman thug has been jailed after repeatedly smashing her victim over the head with a rock.

A man who died after being gunned down in a street shooting has today been identified as a father-of-two from Strood.

A forgotten man who lay dead in his kitchen for almost two years was a businessman who wore cowboy boots and drove a Rolls Royce, it's been revealed.

A lettings agency has apologised to a grieving family after they advertised a pensioner's home to rent - as he still lay dead in his bedroom.

A couple had a lucky escape after their carbon monoxide detector alerted them to an electrical fire in the middle of the night.