A council - which recently spent £2.9m buying an historic castle - say it will take 30 years to restore and improve it.

Amid fears of drug culture is on the rise, police have confiscated £90,000 worth of illegal assets in just two months.

As voters go to the ballot box today in one of the most crucial elections in years, we've looked at the most unusual places people will be voting at.

Take a look at some of the most impressive festive trees in the county and vote for your favourite.

A popular comedy drama series, set and filmed in Kent, has been commissioned for a second season.

French coastguards picked up eight migrants in the Channel, totting up a total nine incidents in three days and involving 119 people.

A warning has been issued to dog walkers after a pile of meat and bones was dumped by fly-tippers.

One man has been arrested after a car collision that led to two injuries and caused a hole in a house's flank wall.

New images of a 4-star hotel's ambitious extension plans have been revealed and show what the new spa and outdoor swimming pool will look like.

Unmanned aerial vehicles fitted with cameras are being used across the coastline to monitor migrants trying to reach the country.

A new find of migrants on small boats brings the figure up to more than 100 people in three days. This is the eighth incident in that time.

A new music video - shot on a Kent beach by superstar Ellie Goulding - has been released alongside a strong warning about the use of plastic.

A number of prospective buyers have placed an interest in a town centre former Aldi store, which has been empty for three months.

An unprecedented 79 migrants were picked up in five separate incidents this morning. Four groups were stopped at sea and one already landed.

Border Force the RNLI, police, and coastguards have been involved in multiple incidents off the Kent coast.

An innovative council has agreed to ban weed killers on its land in a bid to save children and insects from harmful chemicals.

Two boatloads of migrants containing Iranians and an Albanian have been intercepted by Border Force.

Members of a Cubs group have been left devastated after thieves targeted their Remembrance Day garden.

Two men damaged the doors of a house before stealing from a jar of £2 coins.

The choir who played at Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding are among acts playing a series of intimate concerts in the run-up to Christmas.