These beautiful blue-violet flowers will be springing up all over the county in the next couple of weeks. Here’s where you can see them.

A ‘tired-looking’ traditional pub is to get a £325k makeover and a Birra Moretti beer garden.

A near-death experience in the jungle with armed guerrilla fighters led to one horticulturist creating his dream garden at a luxurious Kent estate.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a rare post box which is more than 100 years old was stolen.

Enjoy spicy street food, artisan produce, refreshing cocktails and real ales at Kent’s summer food festivals.

An award-winning 19th century pub called “one of the finest” in the county has gone up for sale.

A recovering drug addict stole more than £150 worth of goods from a store after her friend suggested she shoplift.

Police searching for a 43-year-old missing man has now been found.

Torn between boozing and eating out in style? Secret Drinker finds a pub that has all the bases covered.

The murder suspect in the Valentine's Day pub shooting died after falling in the Thames, an inquest has heard.

A bus driver has been suspended while a transport company investigates how a bus carrying school children careered into a verge.

Two men and a teenager have been accused of stealing dozens of phones from Vodafone.

A train service had been suspended, causing major disruption for rail users.

Residential places at a special school are to close later this year under a proposal by the county’s largest local authority.

A drink driver arrested on a warrant for failing to attend court to go to his brother’s funeral later received an apology for how “he’d been treated”.

A security guard whose car rolled back into another vehicle on a motorway was found to be more than three times the legal limit to drive.

Fire crews spent two hours tackling a fire at a house which started due to an electrical fault.

A town in the Kent countryside has been named as one of the best places to live in the south east.

Commuters faced delays after fire crews battled a large fuel tanker fire on a motorway.

A pensioner who was tied up with cables and had her head split open by a masked burglar with a gun has relived the harrowing ordeal.