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.

Three single-sex grammar schools will now start accepting both boys and girls after the government approved the change.

Plans to scale back a scheme giving disabled children support to attend out-of-school clubs have been approved.

A dock for boat tours on the River Medway has been given approval.

A fun-loving drama teacher who won the hearts of the nation on Britain’s Got Talent will be hoping to win over a new audience at a Kent panto.

A budget retailer has withdrawn its bid to sell booze from its new store after it met opposition over concerns it could lead to alcohol-related crime.

The government has decided not to intervene in a controversial planning bid to convert an industrial docks site.

Police were nearly called after members of the public repeatedly interrupted a planning meeting called to decide a controversial bid for new homes.

Plans have been submitted for new allotments and a community garden at a disused former plant nursery as demand continues to soar.

The cost of swim sessions at a new council-run leisure centre is “scaring” some families away this half-term who claim it’s too much.