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Free reflector keyrings up for grabs
23 October 2023We're giving away thousands of reflective keyrings to children in Kent to help them remain visible to drivers during the darker days ahead.
10 wicked Halloween weekend ideas
22 October 2023Celebrate the spookiest weekend of the year with children’s parties, club nights, film screenings and more. Here’s our top picks.
‘I bought the pub next door so it wouldn't be turned into flats’
21 October 2023A hotel owner has snapped up a village pub to make sure it isn’t turned into housing.
Acting royalty enjoy trip to Kent tourism hotspot
18 October 2023TV stars Timothy West and Prunella Scales enjoyed a visit to a Kent tourist hotspot last week.
Teen tried to rape woman walking alone after lurking in woods
18 October 2023A teenager subjected a woman to an "extremely violent and terrifying" rape attempt as she walked through woods alone.
Anger as roofer who sent underage girl explicit selfies spared jail
16 October 2023The family of an underage girl bombarded with explicit selfies by a 32-year-old roofer says he “got off lightly” after he was spared jail.
Police called to robbery at mobile bank branch
12 October 2023A man has been arrested after cash was stolen during a robbery at a mobile bank branch.
Families 'trapped' in towns after 4,000 bus cancellations in a month
12 October 2023A crisis facing a Kent bus firm has left parents fearing their children will be left stranded and other passengers concerned for their independence.
Village bus service to be reinstated following backlash
11 October 2023A bus service which connected villagers to their local hospital is set to return, following furious outcry earlier this summer.
Mum stabbed in street feared she would die in front of her children
11 October 2023A mum feared she would die in front of her children after being stabbed five times in a residential street.
The half-built and abandoned £20 million housing estate
09 October 2023An abandoned seafront housing estate has become a "disgusting dumping ground" occupied only by pigeons, rabbits and vandals.
Road reopened after fire
04 October 2023A road has been closed as fire crews battle a blaze on a boat on a trailer.
First protest march in fight against station redevelopment
03 October 2023Residents continue to protest against plans to knock down a derelict railway station and convert the site into a mobile home development.
Road closed as tourist coach stuck in shingle
03 October 2023A road has been closed after a foreign tourist bus got stuck in the sand and shingle.
Ed Sheeran’s new song inspired by ‘empty’ Kent coastline
01 October 2023A unique corner of Kent has inspired one of the songs on Ed Sheeran's latest album.
Cash-strapped mum stole petrol to get children to school
23 September 2023A mum filled up at a BP station and made off without paying to get her children to school.
Greens speak out on possibility of new nuclear power
21 September 2023Members of Kent’s Green council could be open to the possibility of new nuclear power generation, despite their party’s national policy against it.
Ex-soldier beat up OAP then strangled dog to death
18 September 2023A Falklands veteran who "viciously" beat up a pensioner in his bedsit and then strangled his elderly dog to death has been jailed.
Fears village ‘losing its history’ as church could become holy-day let
15 September 2023Anxious villagers fear they will “lose part of their history” as plans have been submitted to turn a redundant church into a holiday let.
Killer Asian hornets almost wipe out business as Kent ‘invasion’ spreads
15 September 2023A devastated dad’s business has almost been wiped out by killer Asian hornets – as the number of nests found in Kent is on the rise.
