Kent County, England News

The soldier recently crowned Miss England has expressed her wish to one day serve on the frontline alongside comrades in Afghanistan.

The body of a woman has been recovered from the River Medway. Kent Police, the coastguard and the Sheerness Lifeboat were called to Sun Pier at Chatham at around 7am Sunday after a member of the public reported seeing the body in the river.

SOMALI pirates stepped up their threats yesterday against a British couple kidnapped on their yacht 16 days ago, saying they would be "punished" unless the commanders of a German warship allowed seven fellow pirates go free.

Two people were taken to hospital after the lorry they were travelling in overturned in Kent this afternoon.

Children who can't be bothered to turn up for PE lessons are being handed Nintendo Wiis to play on instead.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a driver was shot in a suspected "road rage" attack in Kent.

A second lorry has overturned in as many days at the same place on the Isle of Sheppey - after hitting the car of a man investigating the previous crash! Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the incident at about 10.20am on the Cowstead Corner roundabout, near to the bridge.

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Confused: Michelle Gower with Sharona, whose 'playground banter was taken as a sinister remark' The parents of a six-year-old girl are outraged after their daughter was branded a racist for telling a black girl she had chocolate on her face.

A Medway company has been fined 140,000 over the death of an employee in a horrifying work accident.

A FATHER and daughter from Spelthorne have been jailed for their part in a 300k gang operation to smuggle 4.2kg of pure cocaine into Britain.

Drugmakers Pfizer Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline launched Tuesday a new, independent company specializing in HIV treatments, naming it ViiV Healthcare, with worldwide headquarters in London.

A 21 year old from Margate's been sentenced to 14 years in prison for stabbing a man after a fight in Thanet.

A Medway man, convicted of an attempted murder in which his victim was blinded, has been jailed for public protection.

DOZENS of college pupils were involved in violent clashes with police yesterday afternoon , forcing the closure of Orpington High Street.

A fisherman's cottage advertised without any mention of the nuclear power stations on its doorstep is under offer, the estate agents have said.

A 42-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire in South Hill Road, Gravesend, this morning.

A FATHER who was part of a burglary in which a man was hit on the head with a golf club has avoided prison.

There was mounting concern among security experts last night that efforts to free two British hostages being held by Somali pirates were degenerating into a "circus". Paul, 59, and Rachel Chandler, 55, who were seized on their yacht 10 days ago, are now believed to be held in the Somali interior after the faction holding them fell out with local ...

A Gloucestershire vicar, Geoff Stickland, has banned pop songs at funerals after blaming the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, for increasing numbers of mourners requesting music such as "My Way" and "Grandad". Elton John sings 'Candle in the Wind' at the funeral of Lady Diana in Westminster Abbey Photo: PA The 68-year-old, from the St James ...