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Twins who almost died when they were born 13 weeks early are celebrating their first Christmas today and mum has thanked hospital staff
Most children put the latest games console, a Barbie or a bike on their Christmas list. But Paige Stewart has written to Santa to ask if she can walk.
Troubled Medway hospital has been given £13.4 million to tackle its overcrowded and under-performing emergency department by the Department of Health.
A doctor who casually said “yeah, she’s dead” about a woman without examining her should be permanently struck off, her angry family have said.
A Gillingham fan has been banned from all games for three years after hurling racist abuse at a young player during a game.
A flytipper is wanted for his involvement in the dumping and burning of 30 tonnes of rubbish on private land - leading to complaints about the smell.
A man and woman found dead in a car inside a locked garage had taken a cocktail of drugs before killing themselves, an inquest heard.
Talking parrots, marmoset monkeys, an owl called Noodle and a pig with arthritis are all moving into a pub garden, as a couple create their own zoo.
Medway’s A&E was rated the second worst in the country by patients, as part of a national survey.
A council has released a list of the most popular baby names in 2014 - is your child's name in the top 10?
A doctor who failed to examine a body at a nursing home and later falsified the death certificate has been suspended for six months.
Assaults on workers at one trouble-hit hospital have nearly doubled in just 12 months.
Around 25 firefighters have been tackling a fire in the roof of a semi-detached house.
Questions are being asked after the tip of a needle was found months after someone had undergone surgery.
Gamblers can exclude themselves from betting shops under a new scheme to tackle addiction launched today.
A lorry driver who worked after being declared medically unfit has been banned from operating HGVs for two years.
A popular pub is creating five new jobs after a £180,000 refurbishment which starts today.
A government department has been alerted after primary school children were kept in an isolation room.
Urgent conditions have been imposed on a troubled hospital after a damning inspection found patients were not getting safe care in A&E.
A broken down train caused major delays for Kent commuters to London this morning.
