An extradition request for a Kent man wanted in Portugal for a crime he was cleared of in 1995 is dropped.

Col Tim Collins withdraws from the contest to become Kent's first elected police and crime commissioner.

Tickets for an event to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic torch relay in Dover in July are to be made available by ballot.

An early photograph of Catherine, the wife of Charles Dickens, discovered in a Canterbury shop, is sold at auction for £8,750.

A burglar admits his involvement in stealing a rhinoceros head from Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey.

A man paid £20,000 by mistake because he has the same name as a council leader denies he was wrong to leave the UK.

Three bomb hoaxes have been emailed to university campuses in Canterbury in the last few days, police say.

A series of public exhibitions is being held on the future of a specialist military research centre in Kent.

Ambulances are spending 50% more time outside hospitals in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the BBC has learned.

An internal report warns that Kent County Council may have to withdraw millions of pounds invested in tobacco companies.

A sniper thought to have shot a comrade he mistook for a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan tells an inquest he was not trained to shoot in the dark.

Sunday Politics South East looks back at the week's political headlines in 60 seconds.

A Margate artist makes a velvet banner to decorate the Royal Barge for the Diamond Jubilee

Could retirement villages provide the solution to the social care crisis?

Kent still trail Northants by 138 runs after their batsmen add only 157 runs on a rain-affected third day.

Maidstone's Natalie Seymour is named as a reserve for the Great Britain women's hockey squad for the Olympics.

Kent are still deciding whether or not to renew Scott Newman's loan deal at the club.

Natalie Seymour says she is disappointed but focused after being named as a reserve in the Great Britain hockey squad for the Olympics.

Gillingham confirm that Andy Hessenthaler will join the board of directors at Priestfield.

Great Britain women's hockey coach Danny Kerry chokes back the tears after talking about the emotions of telling Kent's Natalie Seymour she had missed out on 2012 Olympic selection.

Presenter Jacob Rickard explains what BBC Kent Introducing does and answers FAQ about the show.

If you need to get in touch with anyone at the BBC in Kent, on radio or online, here's how.

Organisers reveal full details of the Olympic torch relay leg in Kent ahead of the 2012 Games.

The Olympics must be remembered "for peace as well as sport", the brother of a teenager killed in south-east London says.

An extradition request has been dropped against a man from Kent wanted for an attempted murder he had been cleared of 17 years ago in Portugal.

An RNLI volunteer crew member who helped to rescue seven people in fierce seas has received one of the organisation's highest honours.

Leslie and Joanne Wolfendale, both aged 89, talk about their experience of Willicombe Park retirement village in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

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