Kent Online

By jnurden@thekmgroup.co.uk (John Nurden) A person has been taken to hospital after being hit by a train. No trains have been running between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells following the incident earlier today. Southeastern says emergency services are s…

By ajsmith@thekmgroup.co.uk (Alan Smith) Two fire crews were called to a property in Rochester this evening after a fire started in the kitchen. Firefighters arrived at the house in Quixote Crescent at 5pm to find smoke billowing from the property. The…

By ajsmith@thekmgroup.co.uk (Alan Smith) Rural businesses and retail centres across Tonbridge and Malling are being offered nearly £500,000 worth of grants to help counter the economic slowdown. The council is planning two types of grant: the first wil…

By cphillips@thekmgroup.co.uk (Charlotte Phillips) There are delays this evening following a reported vehicle fire on the M25. Traffic was temporarily held anticlockwise in Swanscombe (Junction 1a). Traffic has now been released and the vehicle has bee…

By bharper@thekmgroup.co.uk (Brad Harper) A woman pushing a toddler in a buggy was struck by a car outside a primary school this afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Reculver Road, Herne Bay, following the collision shortly after 3.10pm. One witne…

By cphillips@thekmgroup.co.uk (Charlotte Phillips) With less than two months to go until Christmas, it will not be long before the streets will be illuminated by festive sparkly lights. Here is a guide to when they will be switched on across the Medway…

By baustin@thekmgroup.co.uk (Ben Austin) An elderly woman who died in a crash on the A21 has been named. Police were called at around 1.50pm on Tuesday to an overturned car in a wooded area near Pembury Road, Tonbridge. The road was closed for more tha…

By cphillips@thekmgroup.co.uk (Charlotte Phillips) A new Poundland is set to open in a Kent town. Signs advertising the bargain store’s arrival at Rainham Shopping Centre, off the high street, appeared today. There were also signs on the same windows a…

By atregenna@thekmgroup.co.uk (Amy Tregenna) Medway is the most polluted part of the county, says Friends of the Earth. The environmental organisation has analysed data on air quality across the country and found large areas of Strood, Rochester, Chath…

By lcastle@thekmgroup.co.uk (Liane Castle) Construction of a new £360,000 park with a play tower, a jungle dome and pendulum swing is set to start next week. The new equipment is being installed at Spearpoint Recreation Ground in Kennington as part of …