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Those were the heartbreaking words uttered by a woman in pain shortly before her husband of 57 years found her dead in bed.
After 20 years sharing football kits with the boys, girls at Kingsdown and Ringwould Primary School now have their own kit.
Rotary Club members in Deal and Sandwich are appealing to Mercury readers to help people left homeless by the devastation in the Philippines.
An England Coast Path is becoming a reality as the next step has been made in proposals for a 36-mile coastal route from Folkestone and Ramsgate.
More jobs will be on the way soon with the arrival at Discovery Park, Sandwich, of another company attracted to east Kent.
Poppy collections started in Deal town centre on Saturday with members of 2nd Deal Sea Scouts, who rose to the challenge this year to help the RBL.
Five big-hearted staff members at the Sandwich Co-op are risking a moment of pain next week to raise cash to provide Christmas meals for elderly peop
Hundreds of jobs are to be created in a multi-million pound scheme finally set to transform the fortunes of Betteshanger, it can be revealed.
Oxjam storms its way into Deal on Friday when musicians take to the stage at Castle Community College as part of the nationwide fundraiser.
A love of the sea is reflected in the latest exhibition at the Golf Road Centre, featuring art work by Adrian White.
A glimpse into the angling past of Deal, as well an an insight into the boatmen's trials and tribulations of survival, are packed into a new book.
Tickets for next year's Skinderella RM panto have sold out, within a day of going on sale.
Commuters facing longer journeys to work due to possible cuts to high speed services have unveiled plans to keep the HS1 in their area.
The White Cliffs of Dover has been named one of the National Trust’s top 10 hiking routes as part of the charity’s Great British Walk 2013.
People are being urged to attend a public meeting today in a bid to safeguard health services at an under-threat hospital.
MP Charlie Elphicke has appealed to the people of Deal to attend a public meeting to show support to secure the future of the town's hospital.
Coal production ended at Tilmanstone in 1986 but this week, within sight of the former colliery site, hundreds of people celebrated its heritage.
It has been a day of happiness and occasional sadness too as teenagers across the Dover, Deal and Sandwich areas have been checking GCSE results.
Glasses will be raised at Deal and Betteshanger Rugby Football Club on Saturday when the eighth annual Beer Festival will be staged.
Deal MP Charlie Elphicke is appealing to the people of Deal to make his hospital survey a success in the run-up to next week's public meeting.
