Councillors have tonight approved plans for a multiplex cinema, restaurants, 173 flats and 500 student bedrooms.

An MP has urged the government to make a vaccine that can prevent several cancers and genital warts available for teenage boys on the NHS.

A busy route damaged in heavy rain has been closed for emergency roadworks.

A 24-year-old suspected burglar is due to appear before magistrates after being arrested over the weekend.

A man was taken to hospital after a tree fell on his car.

Travelodge has revealed the 12 towns where it aims to open new sites across Kent.

Grieving relatives were told minutes before a funeral that a woman's grave was not ready.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested after reportedly attacking a Co-op employee with a hammer.

A supermarket chain has announced new measures to be brought in to crack down on the amount of packaging in its 13 Kent stores.

Three rare curly-haired pigs - believed to be Mangalica - have been spotted in a children's play area.

A nine-year-old boy often mistaken for a girl because of his long hair has had his head shaved for charity.

A 15-year-old girl who had been missing for the last eight days has been found.

A safety campaign has been launched after several swimmers - including a young girl - got into difficulties in Kent's rivers.

A mum behind bars for abusing her baby boy raided a petrol station and a village post office after he was taken into foster care.

The council has said the travellers have moved to "a far more suitable location".

A man leapt into the sea fully clothed to save a 13-year-old who had got into difficulty.

Last year’s event attracted 100,000 people, but a Kent air show may not go ahead this year because of rising costs.

The family of a 3-year-old with a brain tumour have two months to raise £300,000 for a potentially lifesaving treatment.

A man has been arrested and another still in hospital two weeks after a brutal "hammer attack".

A seafront arcade and nightclub is expected to be converted into a restaurant after being sold.