
A £1bn government scheme to regenerate former coalmines has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs argue.

A professional gambler is found guilty of running a £34m pyramid scam which targeted people on low incomes.

Hundreds of mourners attend a memorial service for a lead scout who was killed in a hiking expedition in Scotland.

Police storm a flat in Kent and arrest a man who barricaded himself inside the property for 18 hours.

Somali President Sharif says efforts are being made to release a Kent couple held by pirates at the "earliest possible date".

A jewellers in a Kent town centre is targeted by raiders who smash a window and grab watches from a display.

A police officer is expected to face charges of causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal crash in Kent last year.