A chronically disabled woman has said she would rather die than continue to live in the cramped kitchen she calls her “prison”.

Voters will today elect two new borough councils and choose the next Kent Police and Crime Commissioner.

Dramatic video shows the moment a motorbike went up in flames in town centre traffic.

A primary school where safeguarding concerns were previously raised has now seen improvements to teaching and learning.

A popular folk festival with a mix of British tradition and an international flavour is set to return to a tourist town this weekend.

May is National Walking Month, and we’re celebrating with glorious strolls through Kent’s woods, villages, parks and gardens.

A lorry became wedged under a railway bridge for more than an hour after getting stuck.

Residents in one part of Kent will get the chance to vote on the county’s first urban neighbourhood plan when voters go to the polls this week.

A war hero who made the ultimate sacrifice while on a mission as part of a squadron of Lancaster bombers has been honoured, 80 years on.

An interim inspection by the education watchdog has indicated a secondary school could soon be upgraded to the highest rating achievable.

Proposals to demolish a working docks and turn it into a business park have been recommended for approval despite huge opposition.

A parish council is raising funds for legal battle to stop a garden village which would “destroy neighbourhoods, countryside and wildlife”.

A doctor has been banned from practising medicine after breast cancer patients he performed substandard surgery on were left feeling “mutilated”.

A proposal to build more than 20 homes on the site of a former church has been given the nod.

An innocent bystander was left with permanent scars after he bravely stepped in to save a stranger from a pub toilet beating.

A primary school is celebrating after scoring highly in an Ofsted inspection again in a “challenging” year marked by the death of a popular teacher.

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.

A hotly-debated road scheme accused of being just a council income-generator will start next month.

A man alleged to have been found jumping up and down on the bonnet of an out of action police car has appeared in court.

A town centre pharmacy hit with a repossession notice has reopened in a new location in a shopping centre.