A church is refusing a widower’s chosen headstone for his wife as it says the colour does not “fit church regulations”.

We profile Sevenoaks constituency and the candidates vying for your votes on July 4.

The election candidates in one constituency face a grilling on their climate policies at an event chaired by a BBC wildlife filmmaker and presenter.

Police officers caught a burglar hiding behind a counter after kicking in the door at a restaurant.

The Green Party launches their general election campaign with a swipe at polluted rivers.

A drug dealer smuggled "premium" cannabis products worth at least £10 million from the US into the UK hidden in children's toys and clothing.

Rapid housebuilding means more than 80 pupils who passed the Kent Test have been left without a grammar in just one part of the county.

Almost 100 cats were found by rescue centre volunteers called in by concerned neighbours.

A wildlife trust has paid more than £195,000 for a plot of land the size of 19 football pitches and is set to make it into a rare habitat.

Officers thank public for help in finding an 18-year-old who was reported missing.

Traffic is building on a busy main road following a collision involving two cars.

A care home that looks after people with dementia has been forced to close following an “Inadequate” rating by the CQC.

A trio of drug dealers have been given a combined 37 and a half years of jail time for trafficking 24kg of meth to Australia.

A suspected burglar was arrested at Heathrow after being denied entry to Canada in connection to a Kent break-in.

A listed home opposite a village green and in a conservation area is under offer at a “bargain” price.

Police have arrested a man in his 20s after a diamond necklace worth £22,000 was reported stolen from a jewellery shop.

A tayra that has been on the loose for almost a week after escaping from her enclosure has been returned to her zoo after she was tracked down.

Children from 20 schools join in triathlon to raise £85,000 for charity.

A new theatre opens this weekend in the grounds of an historic castle after its predecessor was damaged beyond repair by a fallen tree.

A Tayra has escaped from her enclosure at a wildlife conservation zoo, with “distraught” keepers warning the public not to approach her.