News you can trust
11°C | 0°C5 day forecast
The leader of a Kent council has defended an overspend of almost £200,000 on consultants for fighting two controversial planning appeals.
An inquest has opened into the death of a schoolboy who died suddenly just days before his 16th birthday.
A coroner has officially launched an investigation into how an eight-year-old died after she was struck by a tree in high wind.
The amount of contraband found in prisons has risen in the past 12 months but The Ministry of Justice has defended the statistics.
A girl who died after a tree next to a footpath in a field fell on her has been named.
Floral tributes have been left at the scene of a tragic accident which saw one child killed by a falling tree and another injured.
Councillors have decided to hold off voting on plans for new homes until a site visit can take place.
Members of a parish council are up in arms after roads bosses decided to press ahead with plans for a roundabout upgrade.
Four people were injured and two were taken to hospital after a car crashed into a barrier on a slip road.
A drug dealer has been put behind bars after boasting about the amount of profit he made from sales in the space of a month.
Retail giant M&S has announced it is preparing to get rid of 7,000 roles in three months.
A woman has been charged with theft after more than £150 of items were stolen from shops.
A man has appeared in court after being charged with theft and assaulting an emergency worker.
Leaders at an academy have been fundraising to pay for food hampers for families of vulnerable pupils.
Residents and a pub owner have been sharing their experiences of life on one of Kent's most polluted roads.
A man is in custody after a knife attack victim had to be taken to hospital to be treated for a slash wound.
A woman was sprayed in the face with a mystery liquid after waking up to find three masked men in her home.
A Kent councillor in charge of planning has hit out at the government's plans to change the way applications will be considered.
A woman in her 50s had to be rescued by a lifeboat crew after she found herself drifting out to sea.
The leader of the Brexit Party has been slammed for comparing asylum seekers arriving in Kent after a dangerous Channel crossing to an invasion.
