Kent County, England News

A man killed in a car crash in Chattenden has been named as 50-year-old Vaughn Lambird from Gillingham.

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Kent MP Michael Howard has vowed to fight the government's decision to reject Dungeness as a site for one of 10 new nuclear power stations.

AN ELECTRIC cable was the reason why it took half a day to remove an overturned lorry which brought Oxford to a standstill.

A 72-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision with a car in Kent. The crash happened on Dymchurch Road in New Romney on Monday afternoon.

A Northumbria University student on a "quiet" night out with friends was allegedly punched and kicked to death by two men after he told them to calm down, a court has heard.

A tourist became the two millionth visitor to Holyrood when she made a chance trip to the Scottish Parliament building.

A stag had to be put down after it leapt in front of a car in Kent. The incident happened in Stone Street, Stelling Minnis, at about 5pm.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced Monday that it plans to consolidate its research and development operations to five locations, including one in La Jolla.

DRIVERS on the A34 and Oxforda s ring road were gridlocked for hours today after a lorry overturned at a roundabout.

A soldier bidding to become Miss World said she hoped her attempt to win the crown would help charities working with British servicemen and women.

A body found in woods is that of a man who went missing several months ago. The body discovered in Pilots Wood, near Shoreham, Sevenoaks, on Sunday, November 2, is that of Bernard Coomber, police have confirmed.

About 100 bikers are expected take part in a funeral procession for a Kent motorcyclist killed in an accident in the mountains of northern Italy.

The soldier recently crowned Miss England has expressed her wish to one day serve on the frontline alongside comrades in Afghanistan.

The body of a woman has been recovered from the River Medway. Kent Police, the coastguard and the Sheerness Lifeboat were called to Sun Pier at Chatham at around 7am Sunday after a member of the public reported seeing the body in the river.

SOMALI pirates stepped up their threats yesterday against a British couple kidnapped on their yacht 16 days ago, saying they would be "punished" unless the commanders of a German warship allowed seven fellow pirates go free.

Two people were taken to hospital after the lorry they were travelling in overturned in Kent this afternoon.

Children who can't be bothered to turn up for PE lessons are being handed Nintendo Wiis to play on instead.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a driver was shot in a suspected "road rage" attack in Kent.

A second lorry has overturned in as many days at the same place on the Isle of Sheppey - after hitting the car of a man investigating the previous crash! Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the incident at about 10.20am on the Cowstead Corner roundabout, near to the bridge.