Podcast: Police investigate complaint after teenager “kneed in the stomach” by officer in Margate

A complaint has been made about the arrest of a teenage boy in Margate after footage emerged of an officer appearing to knee them in the stomach.

Police had been called to Dane Park following reports a group possibly had weapons.

Sir Keir Starmer has been in Medway to launch Labour’s general election campaign.

Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that we will go to the polls on July 4th.

Figures show more drivers are being caught speeding around the Dartford Crossing than anywhere else in the county.

More than 64,000 notices and fixed penalties have been issued on the approach road and through the tunnels in the last five years, generating more than £1.6 million in revenue.

Residents say plans to build an energy storage plant near Gravesend will destroy farmland and ruin the green belt landscape.

Battery units and other equipment to hold excess electricity could be installed off Foxhounds Lane in Southfleet.

And more families in Kent are being urged to consider fostering a child with additional needs, to tackle a shortage of carers.

The managing director of Credo Care Disability Fostering on Romney Marsh says there are lots of youngsters who need a loving home instead of growing up in hospital or a residential home.