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An 80-year-old swimming coach, who has put more than 40 years into the sport, has won a Lifetime Achievement Award.
A Belgian pilot who threw barrels loaded with £2.5million worth of cocaine out of a circling aeroplane has been jailed.
Plans for a new secondary school for 900 pupils have been revealed.
A man has been fined more than £1,000 after leaving black bags full of rubbish in an alleyway.
Four years on from her son's death, one mum has made a donation she hope will help other grieving parents.
There was plenty of festive fun to be had at this Christmas lights switch-on event.
A man is due in court charged with arson after a dog had to be rescued from a house fire.
It was a hat-trick win for one dance school at a national street dance championships.
A fundraising page has been launched in bid to raise enough to pay for a Christmas tree in one town square.
A teenager has been locked up after swinging a wooden plank embedded with nails at two women and dragging one by her hair in a homophobic attack.
Family favourite theme-park Dreamland has come runner-up in a top award, second only to Universal Studios Orlando.
A fire at a derelict school site is being treated as suspicious by police after a cabin was completely destroyed.
With the festivities getting into full swing, here's a round-up of the Christmas lights switch-ons to come in the area.
A town council has condemned vandals for their 'lack of respect for our heritage' after a listed building was defaced with graffiti tags.
A Kent road has been named one of the most dangerous in the UK - as it's revealed the county is among the worst for serious and fatal crashes.
Police are investigating the cause of a cellar blaze after fire crews found evidence the area had been used to grow cannabis.
With celebrity guests, dance groups, bands and kmfm presenters, thousands packed out this shopping centre's Christmas lights switch-on.
Pranksters have again targeted a waterfall by adding detergent to the water, causing it to fill with foam.
An oil painting by a local artist has been selected from than 1,800 entries to appear alongside paintings by some of Britain’s leading oil painters.
The council has successfully prosecuted an event organiser after a scaffolding pole fell and injured three people.
