Kent is set to swelter next week with forecasters predicting some of the highest temperatures in ten years.

Butcher David "Dazy" Saunders took cocaine and had been drinking before he was found dead on Christmas Day, an inquest heard today.

Friends and families are counting down the days until the annual Pyjama Walk in aid of the Pilgrims Hospice.

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Demolition contractors have been drafted in to carry out urgent structural work on "dangerous" parts of a fire-ravaged row of flats in Ashford.

A woman who wed her partner in a simple ceremony while awaiting a double lung transplant has celebrated her recovery by having her marriage blessed.

Police and fire crews were called after vandals set fire to hay bales on a Kent farm.

A small barn was completely destroyed in a blaze after flames from a nearby bonfire spread.

Tributes are pouring in for Kathleen Benn, who had an astonishing 104 grandchildren - but never forgot a birthday.

A tricky maths question about a girl called Hannah's sweets has prompted an outcry from pupils left stumped during a GCSE exam.

The RSPCA has revealed a large bird that turned up at a Kent farm this week is a male emu and they are trying to re-home him.

Tonight's meeting to discuss controversial plans for an anaerobic waste digester on a farm in Benenden has been postponed.

A boss behind this mountain of mattresses which has built up at a Kent beauty spot has vowed to take action.

Popular teenager Jason Pettey had previously thought about suicide before hanging himself from a tree, an inquest heard.

The removal of a badly damaged £100,000 pavement sculpture in the town centre is under way.

The Met Office issued a weather warning as Kent was battered by heavy rain and strong winds of up to 60mph.

Families will have to pay 25% more for bus travel for children after Kent County Council announced plans to increase the cost from £200 to £250.

Kent's life-saving air ambulance marks 25 years - and more than 25,000 call outs - today.

A student suffered burns when a plastic cup full of boiling water exploded in his face - prompting his family to call for the town's A&E to stay open.

Two victims of a crash that killed three people were a mother and her daughter, an inquest has revealed.