As people stub out for good or turn to e-cigarettes, smoking in Kent has generally dropped - but some areas have seen a surprising rise in the habit.

Tributes have been paid to a parish and borough councillor who has died following a long illness.

A murder suspect left his DNA on the bath taps in the home where a pensioner was bludgeoned to death, a court heard.

A police officer from Kent has been dismissed after crashing his car while more than double the drink drive limit.

Kent commuters face significantly higher fares for return journeys into London than passengers doing exactly the same trip in reverse, it's revealed.

A Kent company specialising in furniture made from machine parts has created the world's first fully functioning bar out of a Boeing 747 jet engine.

A man had a shock when he discovered this snake in his garden.

Here are the latest cases to appear at Maidstone Magistrates' Court.

A Kent vineyard, which supplied bubbly to the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is to set to launch its fizz across the pond.

Armed police will be deployed at locations including Bluewater, Canterbury Cathedral and the Port of Dover from today.

One of the largest independent suppliers of water coolers and bottled water in the country has expanded with a takeover.

A German lorry driver who drove on the wrong side of the road and smashed head-on into a man's Land Rover has been jailed for more than a year.

Owls were taken from a Cranbrook home and other animals were released during a burglary.

Voting for this year's Cute Kids competition is underway

A pilot was forced into a crash landing in fields after an engine failure while flying a replica First World War aircraft.

An elderly businessman brutally beaten to death in his own home suffered more than 60 separate injuries, a pathologist has told a murder trial.

A premium desserts supplier to M&S, Waitrose and Sainsbury's is set to open a new manufacturing plant.

Auditions for the ITV show Britain's Got Talent, come to Tunbridge Wells this weekend.

A man cried in the dock as he admitted he was over the limit when he crashed his car at a roundabout.

CCTV in Maidstone could be a thing of the past after it was suggested the money could be better spent elsewhere.