Latest reports on lockdown easing suggest the Stay at Home message will be ditched next month, while scientists want social distancing to stay.

Senior Kent County Council members have been unable to guarantee that all libraries will reopen when lockdown restrictions are eased.

A review of lockdown restrictions gets underway this week and here we round-up what the nationals are saying about what could be lifted and when.

A health boss is urging people to not break the lockdown rules during next week's half term.

As the coronavirus vaccination programme reaches a significant milestone, this is everything you need to know about the next phase.

As coronavirus cases continue to fall across Kent, several parts of the county are now recording fewer than 10 weekly positive tests.

Letters are now being sent out to people aged 65 to 69, who will begin receiving jabs at Kent's mass vaccine hubs from tomorrow.

More details have emerged about when some Covid restrictions could be lifted - as cases in Kent continue to fall.

A report from more than a decade ago forecast how a pandemic might hit Kent - and its predictions are very accurate.

A family returning to Kent after four years abroad have said travellers shouldn't be used as “guinea pigs” amid confusion over hotel quarantine rules.

A former lollipop lady who kept schoolchildren safe on the roads for 25 years has died after contracting Covid-19.

A group of MPs say they have been successful in securing a mass Covid-19 vaccination centre for one of the most hardest hit parts of the county.

A group of nuns have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine - and are encouraging others to do the same.

The number of hospital patients battling coronavirus in Kent has plummeted by more than 50% in the last month.

A Tory revolt fails to amount to anything, a hike in council tax and another health shake-up - we round-up this week's political news in Kent.

An ex-nurse was "over the moon" after she hugged her eldest son for the first time in nearly a year on her birthday.

A 16-year-old schoolgirl is now a published author after writing her first book during lockdown.

No-nonsense signs telling runners to "jog on" from a town centre as part of a crackdown on non-essential visits in the pandemic have been taken down.

Nearly 350,000 people in the county have received their first Covid-19 jab - with all those in priority groups on track to get it by February 15.

Unannounced spot checks of national supermarket and store chains have been carried out after concerns were raised.