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Demonstrations are being planned after news that up to one-third of libraries could be closed as the council looks to make savings.
Cash-strapped Kent County Council is considering selling off up to one-third of the county’s libraries in a bid to make savings.
Businesses, charities and community groups working with children and families can claim a slice of a near £250,000 fund in grants.
Water butts, some with high-tech solar panel systems, could be the answer to sewage spills into the sea and Kent’s rivers.
After years of major problems the tide is beginning to turn in a town’s fight against crime and anti-social behaviour.
The Home Office is poised to start using dental X-rays to assess asylum seekers who claim to be children – but some have raised concerns.
He’s one of the younger members of the ruling Conservatives at county hall but Tom Cannon harbours serious ambitions in both business and politics.
Plans to create a new satellite school for pupils with special educational needs on an island with a shortage of places have been welcomed.
The latest episodes of TV’s The Crown and Call the Midwife and new drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office have pumped £1.75m into the Kent economy.
A retired NHS and local government worker who founded a healthy living programme says Kent County Council will regret cutting youth services.
A councillor on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine has told how he cheated death as Russian missiles rained down around his hotel.
Post-Brexit checks at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel are going to “wreak havoc” on our motorways and A-roads, a transport boss has warned.
Between April and September 2023, 22 people lost their lives on Kent’s roads compared to 11 in the same period in 2022.
The county's largest local authority has missed targets for vital services in 23 of 38 areas including care assessments and special educational needs.
New figures reveal how many reports of potholes have been made to Kent County Council, but what are they doing about them?
The future of a popular ferry service linking Kent to Essex is in doubt as the two councils face major funding concerns.
Bathroom tiles, drainpipes and plasterboard can all be disposed of at the tip free of charge from December 31.
A judge had given the Home Office and KCCl one month to create a plan to deal with the number of asylum seeker children.
The decision to cut youth services across Kent could stave off the prospect of the county's largest authority going to the wall, it has been claimed.
People stressed out by the pressures and money worries Christmas can bring are being urged to seek help.
