A Kent MP has defected to the Labour Party just moments before Prime Minister’s Questions began - leaving local Tories stunned.

We spoke to Eurotunnel employees who have worked for the company ever since the Channel Tunnel opened 30 years ago this week.

The CEO of a ferry company that made 786 seafarers redundant has admitted crew are now paid less than £5 an hour.

Thirty years since the opening of the Channel Tunnel, reporter Sam Lennon looks back on life in Kent before it opened.

A motorcyclist killed in a tragic crash during a track day in Kent was a much-loved dad and bike enthusiast.

Motorists face six months of closures on a busy stretch of the A2 while “essential repairs” are carried out.

As the Channel Tunnel celebrates its 30th anniversary today, here is what we saw during a rare look behind the scenes.

A motorcyclist has died in a fatal crash during a track day at a Kent motorsports circuit.

Police have revealed a pedestrian died weeks after being hit by a car - and are urging more witnesses to come forward.

Secret Drinker’s quiet pint gets rudely interrupted in a tucked away town centre pub

Grim images show illegal meat seized at a port including sheep carcasses, pork and cheese dripping with blood. Warning: graphic images.

A firm is on a recruitment drive this spring as part of a team-up with a leading food store chain.

A huge operation to remove litter and debris along a major route has been carried out collecting 14 tonnes of waste.

Food and plants imported into Kent from today could find themselves diverted 22 miles up the M20 for checks - but confusion remains.

A six-figure sum has been awarded to the country’s biggest Napoleonic fortification to help conserve and regenerate it.

Some 7,167 asylum-seekers have crossed the English Channel into Dover so far this new, a new record.

A speed restriction has been put in place on rail services after ground movement was detected under a main train line.

Battle lines have been drawn after campaigners accused developers of trying to turn a historic street into “another HMO alley”.

In the first of a three-part series on our coastal towns, we look at how they hit the big time - and their temporary demise.

New powers for councils to enforce so-called moving traffic offences have been used sparingly to date - although new ANPR cameras could be on the way.