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A species of shark has been found in the River Thames during a fishing competition that doubles as an annual research project.
A butcher was reduced to tears as he revealed his business is battling to stay open due to "sky-high" rising costs.
Beloved British comic Ross Noble has confirmed his only date in the county as part of his 53-date stand-up tour.
Filming has wrapped on a production company's first feature film, which the team hopes will break the taboo surrounding men's mental health.
A trust has provided more than 600 pupils with their own individual laptops.
Councillors have approved a multi-million budget to change three grammar schools from single sex to mixed gender.
An 11-year-old competition winner is gearing up to join a panto cast for an annual Christmas lights switch-on event.
A former school teacher whose name more than lives up to her skillset has been crowned Britain's best woodworker on Channel 4 TV show.
TV presenter Anneka Rice is filming a new series of her classic programme - and is calling on volunteers to help get it completed in time.
Councillors were in deadlock over controversial plans to increase spending on a new leisure centre to £25 million.
A local authority has spent roughly £50,000 of taxpayers' money renting unsightly fencing around a crumbling wall for more than a decade.
A Paralympics hero attended as a new Aldi branch opened its doors to customers.
A group of primary school pupils led by two sisters have spent the entire year planning and running a Poppy Appeal with handmade crosses and poppies.
A dad with the same name as a child abuser has made a new appeal for people to leave him alone as a decade of death threats have left him suicidal.
Friends of the Earth has named Medway as the south east's most polluted area due to its poor air quality.
A lane has been closed and drivers are being warned to expect delays after a two-vehicle crash on a major road.
A popular restaurant has closed permanently after three years in a high street.
It has emerged that a council has been renting unsightly hoardings around a crumbling wall for 11 years and won't say how much they've cost taxpayers.
A restaurant which closed without warning earlier this year will not reopen, it has been confirmed.
A block of 10 flats has been sold at a Clive Emson auction for more than £1 million.
