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'We are the best!'

'We are the best!'

For one week this month, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals had the most efficient emergency care departments of any in the country.

Grandfather took his life due to lockdown worries

Grandfather took his life due to lockdown worries

A "happy, generous and funny" taxi driver took his own life because of financial concerns arising from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Iconic music venue to remain closed until next year

Iconic music venue to remain closed until next year

Renowned music venue The Forum has launched a clothing range in a bid to survive until it can reopen next year.

Kent recording hottest September weather in four years

Kent recording hottest September weather in four years

A part of Kent recorded the warmest September temperature in the last four years, but we're not in a heatwave yet.

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Police called to department store

Police called to department store

Police and forensic vehicles were called to a busy department store.

School sends 200 pupils home after positive Covid-19 test

School sends 200 pupils home after positive Covid-19 test

A whole year group from a school in Kent has been told to self isolate after a student tested positive for coronavirus.

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Pizza Express staff test positive for Covid-19

Pizza Express staff test positive for Covid-19

Employees at a Kent branch of a popular Italian restaurant chain have tested positive for coronavirus.

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Warning after string of van thefts

Warning after string of van thefts

Van owners are being urged to remove tools from their vehicles after a spate of thefts in the past week.

Theatre among first to reopen

Theatre among first to reopen

A theatre is getting set to welcome back audiences as it becomes one of the first in the country to reopen.

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Trust admits failings after grandfather's death

Trust admits failings after grandfather's death

Hospital bosses have admitted a grandfather of seven who died from sepsis probably would have survived if he had been taken for further tests.

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Driver killed in crash is named

Driver killed in crash is named

A driver who died in a London hospital after being airlifted from a crash has been named.

'They saved my son's life now we've got to keep them flying'

'They saved my son's life now we've got to keep them flying'

A mum whose toddler's life was saved by the air ambulance has launched a plea to keep the charity in the air.

Railway trespasser disrupts trains

Railway trespasser disrupts trains

There is disruption to train services between the capital and the coast as there is a trespasser on a railway line.

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Victim assaulted by masked gang in knife point burglary

Victim assaulted by masked gang in knife point burglary

Police are investigating two burglaries believed to be carried out by the same gang.

Search for serial flasher wearing distinctive hat

Search for serial flasher wearing distinctive hat

Police are looking for a man reportedly seen exposing himself multiple times in a deerstalker hat.

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Be careful round the stove

Be careful round the stove

Firefighters have re-issued safety advice after spending 90 minutes tackling a kitchen blaze.

YouTuber to open vegan kitchen

YouTuber to open vegan kitchen

A YouTuber with an online following of thousands is to expand his plant-based food chain with a new town centre location.

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Bronze figurine stolen from art gallery

Bronze figurine stolen from art gallery

Three men are suspected of a distraction theft from a high street gallery.

Rider dies in high street motorbike crash

Rider dies in high street motorbike crash

A man in his 30s has died after a crash between a car and a motorbike.

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Hope but no certainty that sewage problem will be dealt with

Hope but no certainty that sewage problem will be dealt with

A water company has 'listened to local concerns' but has not ruled out building a pumping station on a nature reserve car park.

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