A pub company has backed calls to remove the operator of one of its venues amid concerns over unreported violent incidents and “serious crime”.

A man has been fined for driving down a School Street during a half-term holiday because it was a teacher training day.

An application has been submitted to turn a former bank into a café, cosmetic shop and a community meeting place.

People are being asked for their views on a proposed development of 800 homes which would include road improvements at a traffic hotspot.

A Kent council’s social housing stock has been rated by the government in the first inspection of its kind.

The way councils operate in Kent could be set for a shake-up as the government presses for a mayoral-style arrangement for running the regions.

A theatre which has been closed since April 2023 will finally see refurbishment work get under way after a £10.8 million contract was awarded.

A council’s plan to move ahead with more School Streets will be delayed as Tory opposition calls-in the decision.

Councillors have called an objection by Sport England to plans for 139 homes “ridiculous” - and now Angela Rayner will need to sign off proposals.

A 296-flat planning application which will transform a brownfield site in the middle of a town centre has been approved.

A council cabinet said it would have to take “difficult decisions” in order to ensure the council stayed afloat amid warnings of financial troubles.

A Victorian-era fort will be among 15 projects to receive funding to promote heritage and environmental projects in one part of Kent.

A council’s cabinet has approved a set of new Schools Streets to progress to the next stage.

The three main candidates in what was one of the most important by-elections in UK political history have shared their insights a decade on.

Smokers have been ordered to stump up thousands in fines after being caught dropping cigarette butts at service stations and car parks.

The School Streets initiative, which sees timed road closures during peak school hours, has been recommended for expansion across part of Kent.

Council officers say drastic cuts to all non-essential services may be required to avoid bankruptcy.

Nearly 3,000 fines have been issued since a grace period ended on a controversial scheme banning motorists from entering roads near schools.

A new co-working space carved out of the multi-million pound transformation of a shopping centre is set to welcome its first entrepreneurs.

A pub is facing a review of its licence following concerns the landlord has failed to report two violent assaults and cooperate with police.