A couple have avoided jail after an attack on a woman which left her face and speech so distorted her baby did not recognise her.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for police to return a dog to his distraught owner after he was seized under XL bully laws.

A 58-year-old predator who sexually abused a child and tried to prevent her from telling anyone about it has been locked up.

A woman has died following a crash in a village high street.

There is disappointment at the lack of progress in reducing speed limits on a key route.

The owners of a countryside holiday let have revealed plans to expand the business in the hopes of bringing something new to the area.

A Chinese takeaway risks losing its licence after it was found to be employing several people without the right to work in the UK.

The county council has been urged to look north for inspiration to end a six-year deadlock on a much-needed junction improvement.

Football can resume on a school’s new £700,000 3G sports pitch after a council lifted its whistle ban.

A railway attraction popular with families needs to replace a crucial bridge at a cost of £300,000.

A school has been unable to use its new £700k sports pitch – after falling foul of a ban on noise from referees’ whistles.

A country pub set in three acres is up for sale after the landlord retired.

Pledges to install nature-friendly features at new estates are being broken - but one Kent council has been praised for doing something about it.

A borough is set to spend more on cleaning toilets and recycling. but expects to lose out on revenue from cremations as it sets its next budget.

A councillor has called for more to be done to promote a new hospital shuttle bus.

Plans for a village school to get a new building have been recommended for approval despite traffic fears amid a surge in demand for places.

Speaking to this week’s Kent Politics Podcast, one of the county’s newest MPs says he expects war with Russia may be inevitable.

Its gigantic helpings of meat, veg and yorkies in a tray sent social media into a frenzy - but did our food reviewer think the wait was worth it?

People living on a housing development of almost 400 homes which has been left without internet for more than 24 hours are growing “frustrated”.

A pair of white lioness sisters have arrived in the county and are to now spend their twilight years at an animal sanctuary in the countryside.