A group of travellers has set up on an open space popular with dog walkers.

Angry residents say they are planning to send their garden waste bins back after all but one Kent council hiked the price of the service.

A new ranking of the UK’s top 100 restaurants includes three in Kent.

A dramatic rise in school exclusions across Kent has seen thousands of pupils kicked out of the classroom – including children as young as four.

The Met Office is warning that more than half a month’s worth of rainfall could hammer down this weekend, with a risk of lightning and hail too.

A pensioner struggling with ill health is being hauled before a court by a water company for refusing to pay his bill.

An abusive mum who left her baby so badly injured he had to have both legs amputated is set to be released from prison again.

A store in a budget supermarket chain has been temporarily closed for major refurbishment work.

A charity set up in memory of a teenager who died from a brain tumour is supporting the career of a paediatric nurse who has suffered a tragedy.

Dozens of schools and hospitals in Kent are to benefit from a share of almost £1.2 billion in government funding for upgrades and vital maintenance.

Villagers fear there are “dark and depressing times ahead” after plans for a controversial 1,350-home estate were officially submitted.

A major breakthrough to end the house-building deadlock in Kent has been reached which could help see thousands of delayed homes built.

Poor patient care arising from Kent’s under-pressure A&E departments cost the NHS and taxpayers more than £10 million last year.

Expert coaching help is available to athletes ahead of this year’s gruelling Oysterman Triathlon and Pier-to-Pier Swim.

Parents have warned a child could be killed unless a “dangerous” bridge is urgently made safer for pedestrians.

Fishermen in Kent say their industry is the “sacrificial lamb” in Sir Keir Starmer’s post-Brexit “reset” with the EU.

Hundreds of excited fans lined the streets to watch an open-top bus victory parade in celebration of Whitstable Town’s historic Wembley win.

A much-loved grandma described as “one of the original DFLs” has died of cancer just weeks after first complaining of stomach pain.

Police have charged a young man with attempted murder after an alleged attack at a seaside home.

A carpenter who only agreed to join the RNLI after a chance conversation with crew in 1975 is stepping down after 50 years of operational service.