With a General Election on the horizon, the Liberal Democrats have announced their three parliamentary candidates for Medway.

Proposals to ban disposable barbecues on public land in a Kent borough look set to be scrapped.

Two Kent councils that have embarked on major regeneration projects have the highest debt levels in the county, new figures reveal.

Rishi Sunak will have to pull out all the stops to avoid a battering at the election if the latest polls are anything to go by, writes Paul Francis.

A mum who was told her baby would be “better off” without her in the 1970s, is calling for the government to apologise for forced adoptions.

A former student block has been revealed as one of nine new potential Kent homes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking teens.

A popular former councillor known for her blunt speaking and passion for her ward has died.

The Home Office is poised to start using dental X-rays to assess asylum seekers who claim to be children – but some have raised concerns.

He’s one of the younger members of the ruling Conservatives at county hall but Tom Cannon harbours serious ambitions in both business and politics.

Plans to create a new satellite school for pupils with special educational needs on an island with a shortage of places have been welcomed.

A public meeting about a controversial new one-way system and seafront plaza had to be called off because huge numbers turned up to have their say.

A Kent MP and former minister for postal affairs has welcomed the decision by former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to hand back her CBE.

An MP fighting to overturn the ULEZ zone expansion in parliament is calling for the mayor to suspend the charge on days of industrial action.

A retired NHS and local government worker who founded a healthy living programme says Kent County Council will regret cutting youth services.

A councillor on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine has told how he cheated death as Russian missiles rained down around his hotel.

Post-Brexit checks at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel are going to “wreak havoc” on our motorways and A-roads, a transport boss has warned.

A vision for a litter-free, greener and thriving town centre has been set out by an opposition party tired of waiting for official plans.

Between April and September 2023, 22 people lost their lives on Kent’s roads compared to 11 in the same period in 2022.

The county's largest local authority has missed targets for vital services in 23 of 38 areas including care assessments and special educational needs.

Kent’s only Labour MP says she has been cleared of allegations of antisemitism and transphobia and will stand again in the upcoming General Election.