AN NHS maternity ward has relied on bottled water for months after a plumbing crisis left tap and shower water unsafe.

A hospital has declared a critical incident after an issue with its water supply, which is set to last at least four more days. Dartford and Gravesham NHS trust said problems with the water in the ...

Conservationists are calling on business and industry to help fund an ambitious project to restore the landscape of the Darent Valley in Kent. They hope it will help protect current wildlife species, ...

OS grid reference TQ 538 655 (Explorer maps 162 & 147) Walk in a nutshell One word is enough, really: picturesque. Your starting point, Eynsford on the River Darent, is a multiple winner of "Best Kept ...

A major union has warned staff at Darent Valley Hospital are struggling to maintain safe hygiene standards in “impossible” conditions after more than a week without water. The west block of the ...

A rare river providing clean drinking water to thousands of homes in Kent could run dry by 2050 unless decisive action is taken, campaigners have claimed. The River Darent is a chalk stream river ...

Handwashing and shower facilities at a hospital have reopened after more than two weeks of water problems. The west block of Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, which represents approximately half of ...

A rare river providing clean drinking water to thousands of homes in Kent could run dry by 2050 unless decisive action is taken, campaigners have claimed. The River Darent is a chalk stream river ...