Police are investigating after a referee was assaulted during a football match in Kent.

It happened at Hollingbourne recreation playing fields off Greenway Court Road at about 16:15 BST on Saturday 16 September.

The referee, a man in his 50s, was taken by South East Coast Ambulance Service to hospital.

He was knocked unconscious and suffered injuries to his face.

A 28-year-old man from Maidstone was arrested on Wednesday 4 October on suspicion of assault and was released pending further investigation.

Anyone with information should contact Kent Police on 01622 604100 quoting reference YY/026591/17.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Thieves have taken almost every single apple from a community orchard, fruit that was destined for local food banks.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Six months after completing the London Marathon, a disabled man from Shorne has notched up another long-distance triumph.

Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

Image source, RSPCA

A cat was shot more than eight times in a suspected group air rifle assault in Birling, near West Malling.

KC was attacked from different directions and the pellets had entered his head, torso and hip.

Eight bullets were found inside him but more bullets hit the feline, passed through his body and came out the other side.

Image source, RSPCA

Despite his injuries KC survived and is currently stable and on four weeks of bed rest.

Owner Jacqui Gill said the culprits "just left him for dead".

KC was shot during the evening of Tuesday 26 September and the morning of Wednesday 27 September.

The RSPCA is appealing for witnesses to come forward and the owners are offering a reward for information which will see the offenders in court.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

After reports of possible acid throwing in Sussex this weekend, a Reigate man scarred for life two years ago is welcoming tough new laws.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

The visually impaired teenager from Canterbury who's going for gold in downhill skiing at next year's Winter Paralympics.

This burlesque dancer and former teacher from Tonbridge has been a hit at the Bodykind Festival in Devon.

Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

The number of recorded crimes of modern day slavery in Kent and Essex has tripled in a year, according to Kent Police.

The force says it recorded 179 cases last year, and has serious concerns for trafficked children who vanish from council care.

Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said children as young as 11 - especially girls - are given to traffickers or directly to families living in the UK by desperate parents who believe it will provide a stepping stone to a better life.

But they are often badly treated, regularly beaten and in some cases sexually abused.

Simon Jones
Reporter, BBC South East Today

Hauliers are threatening to bring cross channel traffic to a complete standstill, unless the authorities in France address the issue of migrants trying to board their vehicles.

People will not be able to go on to the beach while the work is being carried out.

Here's the aftermath of a lorry hitting a railway bridge yesterday morning and toppling into a front garden in Dover.

Coombe Valley Road was closed while the vehicle was removed.

Kent Police are investigating the incident.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

The controversial columnist Katie Hopkins has issued a challenge to the people of Lewes who don't want her to speak at a literary festival in the town next month.

Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

This is a beautiful picture of Battle by Kristie Heath who took advantage of the yellow light recently. It's our #PhotoOfTheDay.

Image source, Kristie Heath

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