A man accused of murdering his missing ex-partner asked for his phone back from police just moments after "reluctantly" handing it over, a court has heard.

A drug dealer caught supplying heroin and crack in Gravesend has been jailed.

A driver has been jailed after two friends were killed trying to push his broken down car off the A2.

A drug-driver who was on the school run when he killed a motorcyclist has been jailed for three years and four months.

Police are trying to trace a child who was allegedly punched by a man on a train heading for Gravesend on Thursday, July 25.

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A pair of teenagers who carried out two violent and threatening robberies on newsagent shops in one afternoon have been jailed.

Wanted screens showing police suspects are being set up in a Dartford shopping centre.

A judge has been appointed to lead the inquest into the deaths of four men murdered by Barking serial killer Stephen Port.

A con artist from Greenhithe has been jailed for running a series of scams to net herself thousands of pounds.

Police in Gravesend have released a series of CCTV images of people they want to speak with following a serious assault.

A driver who slammed into a police patrol car twice, injuring officers, has been jailed.

A man who carried out armed robberies at a bookmaker's and post offices in Bexley and Dartford has been jailed.

A county lines drug dealer found with heroin and crack cocaine in Gravesend has been jailed for six years.

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Kent Police have been told they will get a £1.6million top-up to help tackle serious crime across the county, including Gravesend and Dartford.

A crack cocaine dealer who made internet searches on how to conceal drugs in his body has been jailed for supplying.

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A lorry driver has been jailed for killing a woman when he crashed into her car on the QE II bridge at Dartford because he was watching a video on his phone.

Vans plastered with the mugshots of men and women wanted in connection with a number of crimes - including burglaries, robberies and violent moped-enabled offences - are set to tour the capital.

Two Dartford drug dealers have been jailed following a planned raid by police on local premises.

A man has appeared before Maidstone Crown Court today, Thursday January 17, accused of murdering missing Sarah Wellgreen.

A warning about rogue traders has been issued by police after an elderly woman was targeted in Dartford.

Crack cocaine found inside a toilet has helped convict three Gravesend drug-dealers who have been jailed for a collective total of more than eight years.

A Greenhithe man has avoided jail after he used the personal details of his friends to make a series of fraudulent claims for made-up crashes totalling around £15,000.

Around 58,500 smokers in Kent need to quit the habit by 2022 to meet government targets, according to a council report.

A clubber who ploughed his car into a packed Gravesend club's dance floor in a drink and drug-fuelled rage after being thrown out by bouncers has been jailed for 28 years.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a supermarket in Dartford.

Christmas presents stolen from a home in Vigo were returned by Kent Police officers with one day to spare.