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An ex-soldier who was refused a place on a council’s housing register was shot dead in his tent.
Teachers at a leading grammar school are considering strike action over controversial plans to convert to an academy.
An 'outstanding'-rated grammar has announced a bid to open a new secondary on the site of a former school next door.
Keepers at a famous Kent animal park have reported the successful birth of a critically endangered western lowland gorilla.
A schoolboy has been refused a bus pass by bureaucrats... who have offered to pay thousands on taxis instead.
Animal rights campaigners have challenged the transfer of eight chimps from a US laboratory to a Kent wildlife park.
A pensioner has been jailed for swigging alcohol and begging for loose change
A woman suspected to have been murdered alongside her partner has been described by her family as a free spirit with an infectious personality.
A school's proposals to convert to academy status have prompted furious calls from parents to think again.
A defunct secondary school branded "no longer viable" could be resurrected as early as 2019.
Two women aged 18 and 35 have been arrested by police investigating the suspected murder of a man and woman.
Developers have lodged plans for a 4,000-home 'garden suburb' on the outskirts of historic Canterbury city centre.
Council contractors have bulldozed a family home built without planning permission.
A club seeking to extend its licence to 6am told a court it couldn't be blamed for every puddle of urine or pool of vomit.
Housing bosses say a report has identified "potential issues" with homes destroyed by a blaze which spread at rapid speed.
New powers allowing a city council to rein in the spread of student housing are slammed by SU representatives.
East Kent’s hospitals trust is running at a £4 million-a-month shortfall and looks set to go to the government for a bailout.
'I woke up and thought vandals had stolen my tree', says mum-of-two with 10ft crater in her property.
A walking football match for the over 50s was called off as quick as it started as rival players clashed on the pitch.
A court interpreter sparked a security alert... when he turned up with his packed lunch.
