Our reporter joined the flag-waving crowds at a popular proms-style concert featuring orchestras, choirs, tribute acts and fireworks.

A15-year-old boy is on trial accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, also 15, who was stabbed to death at a Sheffield secondary school.

James Cartwright, 61, is on trial accused of raping and murdering Samantha Mickleburgh at the Pennyhill Park Hotel in April last year.

A pub was forced to close after a disturbance which saw one of its windows smashed and left staff “shaken”. Police were called to The John Brunt VC in Church Road, Paddock Wood at 10.35pm on Friday.

A skydiver was airlifted to a London hospital after being injured during a parachute landing. An air ambulance and paramedics were called to the incident at Headcorn Aerodrome on Saturday afternoon.

Modelling shows drought conditions could spread to the Midlands and central southern regions under the watchdog’s reasonable worst case scenario.