A care home where staff intentionally triggered patients into distress and referred to them by nicknames has been placed into special measures.

A man has died after a motorbike and car crashed in the early hours of the morning in Dartford. The police were called ...

A road has been closed for over seven hours in Dartford following a reported motorbike crash. Live updates here.

A road has been closed for over seven hours in Dartford following a reported motorbike crash. Live updates here.

A vehicle that stalled earlier on the M25 QEII Bridge is causing clockwise traffic to move very slowly this afternoon.

Drivers using the Dartford Crossing are being warned of a series of overnight tunnel closures starting this weekend, as National Highways carries out joint replacement and maintenance works.

The East and West Tunnels will be shut northbound on various nights between Friday, June 20 and Monday, June 23, with diversions in place via the wider road network.

Upcoming closures from June 20 to 22 on the A12, Dartford Crossing and M25 may affect some drivers across Essex this weekend.