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Police are investigating after a girl suffered a serious injury to her right eye when she was reportedly shot in the face with a BB gun.
A group of primary pupils whose unbounded enthusiasm is the pride of their school are getting stuck in with community projects.
Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called out to a home after a serious assault - and a woman has been charged.
A major car park will be closed from today for eight weeks for works on Rochester’s new station.
Pupils have a lot to live up to after their school was rebranded The Victory Academy in memory of Lord Nelson's historic flagship
A man's car was broken into, the window smashed in - but all the perpetrator made off with was a sentimental personalised jacket.
One lane of a motorway was closed this morning after an accident involving a lorry and fuel spillage.
A woman who cheated death three times is on a mission to find and thank the first responder who initially saved her.
A pilot scheme to ban persistent gamblers from betting shops has not proved a winning formula, it's been claimed.
Family, friends and colleagues have paid tribute to dedicated volunteer Barry Clout.
A Strood skip hire company and its owner have been ordered to pay £17,000 over failing to clear up massive mound of waste.
A woman who claimed more than £86,000 in benefits despite living with snooker player Gerard Greene has been given a suspended jail sentence.
Police have raided Kent properties in the hunt for two men on the run after a woman was attacked with acid - and warned there is "no hiding place".
Abigail’s Footsteps, the Messenger’s charity of the year for 2015, is three years old and the founders have much to celebrate.
Neil Williams, Green candidate for Gillingham and Rainham in May’s general election, has defected to Labour in the surge of membership under Corbyn.
A midwife has been banned after saying she was "too busy" with paperwork to come to help a high-risk patient whose unborn baby was in danger of dying.
After almost 100 fights and dozens of staff assaults, prison inspectors say a young offenders institution is 'riddled with violence'.
Police are hunting for a man charged with stealing a charity box after he failed to turn up for a court hearing.
A jailed killer who hacked his ex-partner to death is being investigated after boasting of married bliss on a blog.
A group of friends are on a mission, driven by a desire to help refugees in desperate situations.
