Engineers are carrying out emergency repair works on Maidstone Road in Paddock Wood.

Former Kent Schoolboy Solomon Akhtar has made it to the interview stage of BBC One's The Apprentice - find out how he fared here (spoiler alert!).

A court has ordered for the destruction of nearly 500 packs of legal highs seized by Trading Standards.

A drug dealer who hid beneath a during a police raid has been jailed for three years.

A man who collapsed in a field has died despite efforts to save his life by air ambulance crews.

After being ordered to pay overdue council tax, property mogul Fergus Wilson has revealed he no longer takes on tenants who share his surname.

Firefighters in breathing apparatus tackled a fire in a two-storey house this afternoon.

A gang of burglars who have been terrorising the south east are now thought to be responsible for over 200 break-ins.

A man who was cut free from a taxi after an accident in Lamberhurst has been taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries.

Officers are searching areas of Kent for a convicted criminal who is being recalled to prison.

An adapted version of the much loved Charles Dickens classic, a Christmas Carol, is being performed at a theatre in Kent this winter.

Ofsted inspectors are pleased with the progress being made at Staplehurst Primary School

Bedgebury Pinetum near Tunbridge Wells will host Ivor Novello Awards' 'Songwriter of the Year' Tom Odell in June 2015.

World renowned Ralph Steadman displays artwork charting his career in museum's gallery.

A teenager stepped out in front of an oncoming train after becoming "heartbroken" by the breakdown of his relationship, an inquest heard.

Schools in the Weald have been performing above expectations. Find out how they fared here.

A man accused of murdering a grandmother was due to stand in court this morning but did not appear.

Maidstone councillors have voted to abandon their 13-year experiment with cabinet government on the grounds that it is undemocratic.

Police are reminding residents in Kent to keep their homes secure as Christmas approaches.

The Mayor of Tunbridge Wells has been spreading Christmas cheer across west Kent this winter.