Maidstone revellers are choosing fines over the chance to volunteer on Urban Blue after being found drunk and incapable on night's out.

The Lib Dems took another seat from the Tories tonight - by just six votes.

Kent's police commissioner has promised to improve the way she engages with the public after a 'car crash' TV show - and could scrap Ann Force 1.

Five candidates will know before midnight which of them will be taking up a seat in the Town Hall.

A Kent MP is to be knighted, it's been revealed... just days after he quit a government minister role.

Patriotic residents in Deal will be pleased to see a Union Flag flown from Deal Town Hall after it was given the go-ahead this week.

As part of PM David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle, MP Charlie Elphicke has been made Parliamentary Private Secretary to Iain Duncan Smith.

Poll tips UKIP to make breakthrough in Thanet South, according to survey by Lord Ashcroft

Gillingham and Rainham MP Rehman Chishti is now the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State for Education

A compulsory purchase of Manston airport could be a long way off say Thanet council chiefs as a petition to buy it is presented to 10 Downing Street.

Kent County Council spent £6.7million on redundancy payouts and exit packages in two years, it has been revealed.

Two of the new care groups could merge barely a year after being set up

A mum's been in tears after waiting three years for an extension for her disabled son... who's forced to sleep in the lounge.

Maidstone's UKIP councillors are reporting back to the electorate on their first two months in office at a public meeting tomorrow.

Anti-racism protesters have organised a demonstration after a far-right group announced a meeting this weekend.

County councillors have today confirmed they will explore ways in which closed Manston airport could be retained.

Kent MP Michael Fallon has been named defence secretary after two colleagues lost their ministerial jobs in a savage cull by the Prime Minister.

Walmer Green is filling up already in anticipation of the Royal Marines concert this afternoon. Get down early and remember to leave the car at home.

Following a spate of prison escapes, new research reveals Kent's prisons are overcrowded and understaffed.

The Urban Blue bus, a fixture of Maidstone town centre since 2009, which was put on eBay to make room for its successor has failed to sell.