Controversial parking charge hikes branded the “final nail in the coffin” for struggling traders are set to be imposed despite a huge public backlash.

A play park for young children caught fire for the second time in a week, prompting suspicions the flames were deliberately started.

The co-owner of a high street shop says the store is a “bomb site” after a van ploughed through the front window.

A huge new care home complex is set to welcome its first resident next week as it looks to tackle a shortage of places.

A heartless finance worker who fleeced her grandmother out of thousands of pounds must repay a meagre £84, a court has ruled.

A high street was closed off after a van crashed through the front window of a shop.

A TV crime drama based on novels set and written in Kent is set to return for another six-part series.

The boss of a historic shellfish company has urged campaigners to end what he describes as a “senseless” battle to dismantle its oyster farm.

Emergency services were scrambled to a busy harbour after a shopper died suddenly.

A Kent restaurant has added to its many accolades by picking up the restaurant of the year title at the national Good Food Guide awards.

We’re giving away two one-year gym memberships to a state-of-the-art leisure centre to help you stick to your New Year goals.

A “health hazard”, “simply dreadful”, “dire” and “an embarrassment” – surely this bowling alley couldn’t be as bad as the Tripadvisor reviews claim.

A “local legend” believed to be Britain’s oldest fisherman who spent more than 70 years working in a town’s harbour has died.

A motorbike crash partially blocked a road outside a large supermarket.

Kentish inns put in the strongest showing throughout the UK this year in the highly revered Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list.

A 14-year-boy and a man have been arrested after a teenager suffered a head injury after an alleged high street ruckus involving several people.

Storm Isha is set to batter the Kent coast – with the Met Office issuing an amber warning for wind.

Secret Drinker heads into the frozen Kent marshes to visit a real ale pub as rough and ready as they come

A crackdown on rogue recyclers has been branded “heavy-handed” as refuse workers are snooping inside bins before deciding whether to empty them.

These three beautiful homes overlooking the Kent coast have come on the market in the last month.