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Police across the country are taking on a scheme developed in Kent to help domestic abuse victims as chiefs address the force's performance concerns.
A new teaching block dedicated for children with special education needs is planned to be built at a secondary school.
Kelly Tolhurst has announced she is stepping down as minister for schools and children.
Concerns over inconsistent support for young people with disabilities have been flagged as bosses are told they 'still have some way to go'.
A lottery run by a council to raise funds for charities across several towns has raised thousands since launching more than a year ago.
A local authority says it is being 'held ransom' by the market with spiralling out-of-area social care placement costs.
Council houses are to be built on a long-vacant site which became a magnet for anti-social behaviour.
Councillors have asked architects to rejig the design for a teaching block which could be overlooked by homes.
Applause rang out in a council chamber after a plan to build 250 homes - some on a playing field - were turned down.
Families with children on free school meals will be given food vouchers this half-term after they were scrapped in the summer.
A local authority has set a blueprint for where future development will go back a stage following political scrapping.
The cost of redeveloping a leisure centre will be five times more than planned – but councillors have agreed it must go ahead.
A police boss has hit out at 'unacceptable' numbers of people misusing the 999 service, with more than 1,000 hoax calls received since 2015.
A local authority's own development company wants to slash the infrastructure contributions it will be paying for a new housing scheme.
A charity is 'deeply worried' by the number of hate crimes based on sexuality or gender identity reported in Kent last year.
A councillor has quit Labour to stand as an independent over claims she was unhappy with how the local party was conducting itself.
A politician has requested a proposal for 250 homes - some on playing fields - is called in, while protesters threaten legal action.
A top councillor is warning that court action is inevitable over the future of a closure-threatened commercial docks.
A long-delayed planning blueprint for 28,500 homes may not be adopted for at least another three years after draft plans were dramatically dropped.
A town centre car park is being considered for closure to be put up for sale and earmarked for development.
