That's all from the Kent Live team for today. We'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. 

We're back on Wednesday 28 December at 09:00 GMT.

Until then, we leave you with the choristers at Rochester Cathedral singing Once In Royal David's City.  

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Here’s the latest in our celebrity Christmas messages starting with DJ Fatboy Slim.

Rachel Mackley
Weather Presenter

If you were hoping for a white Christmas, prepare to be disappointed.

Here's your forecast.

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Here's the latest in our celebrity Christmas messages, starting with legendary actress Stephanie Beacham.

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Kent Online, external: Max reunited with dad after mother took him to Poland

Kent and Sussex Courier, external: A 43-year-old man has suffered ‘life-changing’ injuries after being hit by a train in Canterbury  

Kent News, external: Family celebrate ‘best Christmas present’ as cat returns FOUR YEARS after disappearing from Cliftonville home

Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter

Think of reindeer and you probably picture a rural scene in Lapland. But did you know the largest reindeer farm in England is right here in Kent?

Charlton Athletic midfielder Joe Aribo extends his contract with the League One club until the summer of 2019.

Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter

A senior RMT official has appeared on Russian television and called for its members to overthrow capitalism.

Union members are due to strike again over New Year in their ongoing dispute about the role of guards.

How Christmas Day is spent by people serving time in UK prisons.

Claire Cottingham
BBC Live reporter

Prison officers in the South East should be paid more to recruit and retain staff, according to the MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey.

His comments come after inmates took control of a wing at Swaleside prison, which is in his constituency, last night. 

A police investigation's been launched after the riot, which reportedly involved more than sixty inmates.   

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Find out how Gillingham FC have been spreading the seasonal joy this week.

Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather

Wet and windy, but Christmas Eve will be brighter.

Here's your Christmas forecast.

Part of a prison wing in Kent taken over by about 60 inmates has been reclaimed, officials say.

The MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey says prison officers are better off if they get a job in a warehouse.

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Kent's Len Goodman is expected to cause a spike in electricity demand as viewers bid farewell to the Strictly Come Dancing head judge, according to the National Grid.

BBC One will show a special programme, Strictly Len Goodman, on Friday.

The National Grid said the show would drive the biggest festive "TV pickup" - a sudden surge in electricity demand. Read the full story here.

Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter

It looks like there's a big difference in the amount of rubbish being recycled in Kent and Sussex.  

Drugs worth an estimated £500,000 are seized at an East Yorkshire prison in three months.

Peter Whittlesea
BBC South East Today reporter

The Prison Officers Association said there were disputes between inmates and prison staff over how many hours people would be locked up over Christmas.

There were raids of cells where personal possessions were then confiscated.

After that a riot broke out and prison officers lost control and retreated.

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Prisoners were brandishing snooker balls which are often used as weapons and they let off fire extinguishers.

Tornado squads were brought in and by 01:00 the wing was under control.

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

The prison population of England and Wales should be cut to 45,000, a former deputy prime minister and two former home secretaries have urged.

In a letter to the Times, Nick Clegg, Ken Clarke and Jacqui Smith said jails had become unacceptably dangerous.

They said inmate numbers had risen to more than 85,000 since Michael Howard declared in 1993 that "prison works". Read the full story here.

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The claim: England and Wales have the highest incarceration rate per head of the population in Western Europe.

Reality Check verdict: In 2014 England and Wales did indeed have the highest incarceration rate in Western Europe, marginally ahead of Scotland.

Read our BBC Reality Check analysis here.