The Latest Breaking News from Gravesend

In the twilight hours of June 21 1948, a weathered five-deck troopship transporting 1,027 passengers moored off Gravesend on the south bank of the river Thames. That evening, immigration officials would begin carefully processing those aboard. The following afternoon, passengers would walk off the gangplank, finally stepping foot on British…

Officers from the Kent Police Rural Task Force are investigating the incident after the male deer was found dead in Cobham Woods near Gravesend - the second killing in a matter of weeks

The popular coastal footpath in Gravesend, Kent, was closed after a huge number of tyres were dumped with wires and debris sticking out making it dangerous for walkers

Gravesend-born Smith cried tears of joy at finish line then said: "Your majesty the Queen, give David Weir a knighthood, make him Sir David Weir; that man deserves it"

Former boxer Eddy Ives, who brutally beat a man to death in 2013, sexually harassed a barmaid at a pub in Gravesend in January, violating the terms of his Violent Offender Order

Laney Mesa, 20, from Gravesend, Kent, had approached her GP to talk about surgery to ease her pain, but was left stunned when they told her she would need to "go on a diet"

Lola-Rose Raine, from Gravesend, Kent, has been spared death after receiving part of her dad Alan's liver in her battle against a mysterious form of hepatitis

Kentish pharmacist-restaurateurs Rav and Raj Chopra joined the NHS vaccine rollout after their father’s hospitalisation