A care home has cleaned up its act after a bad hygiene inspection saw it given the lowest rating to reinstate its five-star rating.

A suspected shoplifter who assaulted employees at supermarkets has been charged after a crime spree spanning more than a year.

A chain clothing brand with a British and nautical heritage will soon throw open the doors of its latest Kent store.

Safety concerns forcing the closure of part of a town’s swimming pool has highlighted the urgent need for a replacement, a councillor warns.

Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of arson after a fire at a historic site.

A suspect has been charged after allegedly exposing himself in a town centre car park.

A hated £4.4 million roadwork scheme is set to finish eight weeks early – bringing an end to “nightmare” traffic for drivers.

The family of a 24-year-old woman who has been missing for nine days have released a heartbreaking plea for help.

The unemployment figures for Kent and Medway have dipped - but economic uncertainty continues to cloud the forecast.

Passengers heading to London say they were “dumped back” at the station they started at due to a broken down train.

Motorists are facing heavy delays after a two-vehicle crash.

A driver has been seriously hurt in a crash after police chased a suspected stolen vehicle.

Political editor Paul Francis says Natalie Elphicke’s “baffling and futile” defection to Labour is far from the coup Keir Starmer hoped it would be…

We visited a reopened park and ride service as a debate rages over whether running the double-decker diesel buses is bad for the environment.

A “hormonal” wife going through the menopause stabbed her husband in the chest for falling asleep while she was talking about her life problems.

Proposals have been unveiled to create Kent’s first health and wellbeing-focused leisure destination.

New computer-generated images reveal how a Covent Garden-style food hall could be coming to one of Kent’s busiest tourist hotspots.

After months of heavy rain, a Kent railway line running through an active landslide is being watched closely by engineers.

An addict who struck a woman in the head with a knife and left her with “permanent scarring” in a row over drugs has been jailed.

Rehashed plans for more than 100 homes on village farmland have emerged – despite the previous bid being snubbed and branded “out of character”.