The Duke of Kent was given a tour of an RNLI lifeboat station, as the charity marks 200 years of saving lives at sea.

A man has been arrested after armed officers were pictured with their guns trained on a door at a town centre block of flats.

Mourners will gather for the final farewell of an extraordinary centenarian who was one of the country’s last Second World War widows.

A people smuggler has been jailed after WhatsApp messages highlighted his efforts to move people to the UK.

We sit down with the new MP on the frontline of Kent’s small boats crisis.

Detectives have charged a 19-year-old alleged to have broken a man’s arm in a reported robbery.

Plans are in motion to turn a shop – which has sat empty for more than a decade – into a town centre florist and cafe.

Border Force officers have reportedly seized a yacht following an incident at the Channel.

Holidaymakers left stranded by cancelled flights have been encouraged to take a ferry as thousands embark on summer holidays.

Families hoping to cross the Channel are facing travel disruption in what is already predicted to be a chaotic summer ahead for travellers.

Concerns have been raised after a London council revealed it is in “advanced negotiations” to house some of its residents in a Kent district.

Are vandals who etch their initials on our historic monuments going to be fêted in years to come, asks our columnist.

A driver accused of causing death by driving without due care after a young dad was killed has appeared in court for the first time.

A suspect has appeared in court after jewellery was swiped from several homes in suspected distraction burglaries.

A world-famous Kent castle is opening a new major visitor experience next week.

The head of a grammar ranked by a school directory website as Kent’s top secondary has revealed why he is stepping down after almost eight years.

A four-story hub promising to boost investment and jobs has been given the stamp of approval.

Anxious residents fear falling water quality will "kill" their coastal town if people are warned not to swim in the sea.

Armed police were called after a man brandished a BB gun along a seafront and started shouting that he would shoot someone.

A man who sexually abused his four-year-old niece died after falling down a staircase while drunk, an inquest has heard.