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A bomb disposal expert who was killed in a friendly fire accident in Afghanistan on Monday has been named today. Sapper Mark Antony Smith, from Swanley, was conducting a bomb clearance in the Sangin District. The 26-year-old is thought to have died wh

This CCTV images of two woman wanted by police after leaving the scene of a crash when a 91-year-old was seriously injured have been released by police. Mary Hollingum, who has just recovered fron thyroid cancer, shattered both her arms when a car reverse

A 10-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating a fatal crash thought to have been caused by yobs throwing stones on to vehicles in a weekend marred by two serious lorry accidents. Detectives are investigating reports that youths threw stones

Vandals destroyed a speed camera on a road where three people have been killed or seriously injured. Robert Woodbridge was driving along Birchwood Road, Swanley, on his way to his allotment on Monday at about 5pm when he saw the gutted £30,000 camera with

Demolition of a historic paper mill is well underway as a 500-year history is smashed to the ground. Arjo Wiggins paper mill in Priory Road North, Dartford, will be completed flattened by the end of August. Access to the 11-acre site was granted after the

Rupert Everett, the quintessentially British actor who has starred in Shrek, The Madness of King George and An Ideal Husband, uncovered a family secret when he retraced his roots to a home for abandoned boys where his grandfather was raised a century ago.

Former darts champion Andy Fordham is back in training as he bids to compete in the upcoming season after piling on the pounds following a bout of depression. Known by his fans as Andy The Viking Fordham, the former publican of the Rose pub in Overy Str

Hundreds of residents who fought for three years against plans to build a mental health unit next to a primary school say they are gutted after the government gave the development the go-ahead. Dartford Borough Council originally rejected Cubfield Ltd s

A CHEF savagely murdered his ex-wife after she taunted him on Facebook about reporting him to the Child Support Agency, a court heard. Adam Mann, 29, who worked at the Harvester resturant in Dartford, allegedly used a hammer to bludgeon Lisa Beverley, 30,

A TEENAGER is accused of attacking an air ambulance as paramedics went to the aid of a child in May. James Lewis Abnett, 19, of Botsom Lane, West Kingsdown, is due to appear at Sevenoaks Magistrates next Tuesday charged with a public order offence and re