The Dickensian Christmas Festival takes place on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 in Rochester town centre and it’s all free to join.

A 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after being stabbed near the town centre. Police were called to John Street, Rochester, just before 8.30pm last night to reports someone had been assaulted.

As parking in Rochester’s town centre is expected to be extremely limited during the festival, guests are urged to use the ...

and the streets of the town are usually crammed with tens of thousands of people. Shane Waterman from the Rochester City Centre Forum said cancelling the event was the right call but had been ...

Businesses in a Kent town popular with tourists have expressed anger at the imminent closure of the visitor information centre. Medway Council said its service in Rochester High Street would close ...