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Delight at restoration of train link
03 October 2022Coastal communities will once again be served by direct high-speed trains all day after a timetable change was unveiled.
'It was like a very big, long rat or escaped creature'
02 October 2022A strange animal - like a "very, big long rat" or "escaped creature" - has been seen crossing a dual carriageway and in a garden.
Channel crossings crisis 'out of control', Home Secretary admits
02 October 2022Suella Braverman says modern slavery legislation is 'being abused', as the total number of crossings this year reaches almost 33,000.
'We have lost these beautiful angels far too soon'
01 October 2022Along a Kent high street, six smiling faces are displayed in a shop window - each with a tragic story behind them.
Asylum seekers plucked from the sea
30 September 2022A total 138 people in small boats were rescued in one night, some of whom had ended up in the water.
25m pool and fitness suite among plans for new leisure centre
29 September 2022There is still time to view plans for a run-down leisure centre, which is due to be demolished and redeveloped.
'Spoons left my disabled daughter out in the cold, having seizures'
29 September 2022A disabled girl was "left having seizures in the cold" after she and her carer were reportedly refused entry to a Wetherspoon pub.
Rat battered to death with baseball bat in infested home
28 September 2022A woman says 'big fat' rats have taken over her council home, keeping her up at night and making her life hell.
15 spooktacular things to do with the family this Halloween
27 September 2022Get into the spirit of the season and bring the whole family along to the best not-so-scary Halloween events in Kent.
The parts of Kent where planning rulebook could be torn up
26 September 2022Housebuilding restrictions could be eased in parts of Kent - after the county was named by the government as a potential "investment zone".
Overcrowded grammar riddled with asbestos and falling down hill
26 September 2022A crumbling old school building has been replaced by a £25 million centre than can take more than twice as many pupils.
Road to close as work continues on new Fastrack bus route
23 September 2022A stretch of a key route will be shut overnight this weekend as work to create a new fast bus route continues.
Flooding fears as heavy rain to hit Kent
23 September 2022Heavy rain is set to bring risks of flooding across the county as a yellow weather warning is issued.
'Enough room for the landlord's Bentley and GB News on mute on the TV'
23 September 2022Secret Drinker finds the feel-good factor and a legend of a landlord on his latest pub outing.
Britain's first micro-cider house to close
22 September 2022Punters have expressed their sadness as bosses of a unique boozer have announced they will call last orders for the final time this weekend.
Officers joked about rape in group chat with Couzens
21 September 2022A serving police officer and an ex-PC have been found guilty of sending offensive messages in a group chat with Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens.
New date set for baby deaths probe
21 September 2022A report into baby deaths at a hospital trust was has been given a new date following last-minute delays.
'Monstrous' plan for new homes rejected
21 September 2022Plans for 28 flats in two blocks have been thrown out by councillors despite an officers' recommendation to approve.
'My gran died on the floor in agony after five-hour ambulance wait'
21 September 2022The family of a 91-year-old who died on the floor in agony after waiting hours for an ambulance have described her ordeal as "heartbreaking".
Seafront buildings snapped up for huge hotel expansion
20 September 2022A seafront hotel has unveiled plans for a multi-million pound expansion into neighbouring buildings.
