The appointment of Paris Brown as youth crime commissioner by Kent Police has been labelled a “fiasco” in a government report.

Former Dover Athletic defender Steve Brown is in line to become the new Ebbsfleet United manager when KEH Sports Ltd complete their takeover of the club, it is believed.

Twelve months ago it was announced that Dartford was to become one of a dozen “Portas Pilot” towns nationwide and with the news came a glimmer of hope of reviving the high street.

The man who died after being hit by a lorry on the M25 last week has been named as Jamie Carter.

Bluewater Shopping Centre is going to expand by almost a fifth despite strong objections from Gravesham Council.

Keith Richards may not have visited Dartford Central Library for the last time, despite admitting he probably owes them fines stretching back more than 50 years ago.

Fans, players and staff have paid tribute to departing Ebbsfleet United manager Liam Daish after he left the club by mutual consent.

A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with an attempted burglary in Dartford.

Members of the Pilgrim Bandits charity jogged with a log from Gravesend to Swanscombe and back to raise money for amputee and injures servicemen and women at the weekend.

Armed robbers threatened a shopkeeper with a knife this morning at around 9.20am at Tasnim General Store in Bath Street.

Super-fit 70-year-old Andy Peddle visited Dartford and Gravesend last week on a gruelling 18-month sponsored walk which will rack up 7,900 miles.

Ebbsfleet United’s longest serving manager Liam Daish has parted company with the club by mutual consent.

A new magazine show has been launched by Gravesham Borough Council covering community events.

How much do you know about your distant relatives? Were they boot-makers in Bognor, farmers in Fulham or perhaps rulers of the nation?

North West Kent College could be hit with almost 50 job losses in the next academic year, the principal has announced.

A Swanley man has died after being hit by a lorry on the M25 clockwise between junctions three and four.

Cyclist Jack Thurston has spent more than 20 years sweating up and thundering down punishing hills across the UK, but it was Kent which really caught his attention and inspired him to write more on the county than any other chapter in his new book.

Peter Varney is confident the group he is fronting will take over financially-stricken Ebbsfleet United sooner rather than later.

HMS Illustrious was spotted making its way to London via Gravesend last week to mark the 70th anniversary of the climax of the Battle of the Atlantic.

Ebbsfleet United’s owners have today voted to sell the club to a Kuwaiti investment group headed by former Charlton Athletic chief-executive Peter Varney.