Birthday celebrations at the annual Lotus Festival

This year's Lotus Festival at Brands Hatch will mark the 50th anniversary of the Lotus Cortina

Enjoy movie classics under the stars

A four-day film film festival is taking place at Hever Castle's open air Festival Theatre

What's in the KM this week

A look at the stories filling another packed edition of the Kent Messenger

Car buyers in line for a date with JLS

Haywards Motor Group is offering car and van purchasers tickets to meet top boy band JLS

Bond's car of choice turns 100

James Bond’s car of choice, the Aston Martin, turned 100 this year and to celebrate Brands Hatch is throwing a giant birthday party

Billy Ocean to headline this year's Lawnfest

The music legend will be singing all his classic hits at the fifth Lawnfest, a charity family festival at West Heath School in Sevenoaks

Stand-up star Russell Kane to try out new show in Kent

Comedian Russell Kane will be previewing new show Smallness in Kent this week. He talked to What's On about what will be in store for audiences.

Big event celebrating a special little car

The second Mini Festival takes place at Brands Hatch this weekend

Kent hotel group poised to add Guernsey venue

Hand Picked Hotels, based in Sevenoaks, expected to buy Guernsey hotel.

Iconic Hollywood cars will be revving into the county

The A-Team van, Back to the Future’s Delorean, the Starsky and Hutch Torino will be among those on show at the first Brands Hatch American SpeedFest

Formula 1 star Jenson Button is coming to Kent

The 2009 world champion will be attending the DTM German Touring Car event at Brands Hatch this weekend

Family affairs of Vita Sackville-West revealed in new exhibition

Poet and author Vita was born and raised at Knole in Sevenoaks, and a new exhibition offers an insight into her life at the house in the 19th century

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Kent's growing population

Flooding alert

Fire on Sevenoaks train

Truancy costs parents £75k

Mothercare stores to close

Business experts back Kent

Force shells out