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Get your skates on this Christmas

Get your skates on this Christmas

22 October 2016

Ice skating returns to Tunbridge Wells this November for six weeks for Christmas with festive food and drink.

Shopping centre's Christmas gift to men

Shopping centre's Christmas gift to men

06 October 2016

Two new shops, aimed exclusively at men, will open at a popular Kent shopping centre in time for Christmas.

Oh yes! It’s nearly panto time

Oh yes! It’s nearly panto time

19 September 2016

A glimpse of the festive season came to Chatham's Central Theatre as families got a sneak preview of this year’s panto, Jack and the Beanstalk.

VIDEO: You won't believe your mince pies!

VIDEO: You won't believe your mince pies!

06 September 2016

We may still be clinging onto summer, but mince pies have already hit the shelves - with the seasonal snacks expiring two months before Christmas!

Damaged track to be shut indefinitely

Damaged track to be shut indefinitely

30 December 2015

A section of rail track badly damaged by a high tide will be shut indefinitely and could take millions to repair, it's been revealed.

Paige turns new chapter after Santa wish is heard

Paige turns new chapter after Santa wish is heard

25 December 2015

Last Christmas, Santa received a letter from a little girl whose only wish was that she could walk – a year later, it appears that wish may come true.

Heading to hospital loaded with gifts galore

Heading to hospital loaded with gifts galore

25 December 2015

Lewis Brooke spent last Christmas in hospital so this morning the 10-year-old is going back to hand out gifts to other children staying on the wards.

Happy Christmas from The Mercury

Happy Christmas from The Mercury

25 December 2015

From everyone in the Mercury office, we would like to wish our readers and advertisers a very happy Christmas.

Austerity was in the air...

Austerity was in the air...

24 December 2015

A Christmas ghost story for our times...

The youngest Santa Claus

The youngest Santa Claus

24 December 2015

He's made his list, checked it twice and on Christmas Day Billy Ireland will load up his sack with gifts for elderly people in his neighbourhood.

Christmas greetings - from Sheppey

Christmas greetings - from Sheppey

24 December 2015

Sheppey Christmas cards have become one of the Kent Island's surprise top sellers

Test your knowledge of all things Christmas

Test your knowledge of all things Christmas

24 December 2015

Think you know Christmas? Here's some brain teasers to test you out - just for fun!

And they're off... the Christmas shopping battle of the sexes!

And they're off... the Christmas shopping battle of the sexes!

24 December 2015

So, it's Christmas Eve - and who's better at shopping for the last-minute gifts? We put the boys and girls to the (unscientific) test.

Miniature donkeys visit care home

 Miniature donkeys visit care home

24 December 2015

Donkeys, presents and Father Christmas helped to spread the festive cheer at Wayfarers Christmas Party in Sandwich.

Schoolmates set for TV debut

Schoolmates set for TV debut

24 December 2015

Steph and Dom they ain't... but five lads from Kent are appearing on a special festive children's edition of Channel 4’s Gogglebox.

Wine bar supports breast cancer charity

Wine bar supports breast cancer charity

24 December 2015

Wine Bar, Le Pinardier, has been fundraising for Breast Cancer Now throughout the past year.

Festive reunion for sisters

Festive reunion for sisters

23 December 2015

Anne Richardson and sister Mavis were reunited for a Christmas lunch by a local charity after spending years apart.

Review: Peter Pan at the Hazlitt Theatre

Review: Peter Pan at the Hazlitt Theatre

23 December 2015

Flying actors, Welsh Dames and a baddie to enjoy booing: it's all there in panto in Maidstone.

VIDEO: Harbour lights up for Christmas

VIDEO: Harbour lights up for Christmas

23 December 2015

A dazzling display greets visitors to this Kent harbour as owners festoon their boats with thousands of festive lights.

Good deed results in Rolls-Royce charity shop donation

Good deed results in Rolls-Royce charity shop donation

22 December 2015

Charity shop volunteers who returned a lost wallet to its owner were in turn given a toy Rolls-Royce worth £500.

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