A large battery storage facility could be built on farmland in the Metropolitan green belt between a village and the A2.

Disgruntled villagers are furious after “dangerous” laughing gas canisters misused by teens were found littered in a car park again.

A speed restriction has been put in place on rail services after ground movement was detected under a main train line.

A convenience store has resorted to putting empty “dummy” products on display in an effort to thwart a surge in shoplifters.

A youth worker from Kent surprised his family with an “emotional” audition on the primetime ITV show Britain’s Got Talent.

In the first of a three-part series on our coastal towns, we look at how they hit the big time - and their temporary demise.

A boozer has a new lease of life following a refurbishment which includes a “doggy bar” for visitors’ four-legged friends.

Construction work to build a new care home on the site of a controversially demolished pub has temporarily stopped after it started too early.

An erratic driver caused a major pile-up and fled the scene without checking on the wellbeing of his injured victims.

Emergency services were scrambled after a car overturned on a main road prompting delays.

New powers for councils to enforce so-called moving traffic offences have been used sparingly to date - although new ANPR cameras could be on the way.

A teenage boy is in hospital with facial injuries after he was punched and stamped on after leaving a party.

A decision is set to be made on whether an 8,000-seater stadium at the heart of a new waterfront neighbourhood can go ahead.

Stressed parents have been left with a logistical nightmare after being told their children’s school bus is to stop running at short notice.

Villagers are being urged to jump on board a trial shuttle bus service linking rural areas with health and shopping facilities.

Police have issued a series of warnings to nuisance drivers seen meeting up and “causing a hazard to other road users”.

Piles of household waste and building materials have been dumped next to a footpath and a council is investigating how it got there.

A 31-year-old man is due to appear in court on suspicion of a spate of burglary offences following reports of two home break-ins.

Train services were disrupted while fire crews tackled a blaze on a railway line.

A plan for tens of thousands of new homes in a part of Kent has been approved despite fears it “doesn’t go far enough to fight the housing crisis”.