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Yellow weather warning as rain and wind to hit Kent

01 October 2021
Yellow weather warning as rain and wind to hit Kent

The Met Office has warned to expect strong winds and heavy rain especially along the coast.

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Sabina Nessa murder search in Kent continues

01 October 2021
Sabina Nessa murder search in Kent continues

Officers from Kent Police and the Met are continuing to comb fields and woodlands in search of clues in to the death of school teacher Sabina Nessa.

Time flies as town loses its clock tower

30 September 2021
Time flies as town loses its clock tower

A Kent seaside town is now without the clock tower which had stood there for 119 years.

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Kent's 'new' Roman temple now on permanent display

29 September 2021
Kent's 'new' Roman temple now on permanent display

A 2,000-year-old Roman temple discovered three years ago while building a housing estate has been saved and is now open to the public.

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Boris Johnson says petrol crisis is 'stabilising'

29 September 2021
Boris Johnson says petrol crisis is 'stabilising'

The Prime Minister insists the fuel crisis is 'stabilising' as troops prepare to drive delivery tankers and queues continue at petrol stations.

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Commuters face delays at London Waterloo

29 September 2021
Commuters face delays at London Waterloo

Train travellers are being diverted from London Waterloo because of a smouldering power cable.

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Matrix fan caught by police watching film while driving

29 September 2021
Matrix fan caught by police watching film while driving

A fan of Keanu Reeves' sci-fi film was caught by police who say he was watching the movie while driving his car.

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'New secondary school could destabilise us'

29 September 2021
'New secondary school could destabilise us'

The founder behind Sheppey's only secondary school has hit back at criticism and says plans for any new school will hamper teacher recruitment.

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Works starts on dismantling town centre clock

28 September 2021
Works starts on dismantling town centre clock

A 36-feet tall town centre clock tower in Kent is being dismantled for the first time in 119 years so it can be restored 187 miles away in Derby.

Train company Southeastern taken over by government

28 September 2021
Train company Southeastern taken over by government

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed in a series of Tweets that the rail company which serves Kent has been stripped of its franchise.

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Seven-year-old play predicted the pandemic

27 September 2021
Seven-year-old play predicted the pandemic

A play which eerily predicted the Covid-19 pandemic is now touring Kent thanks to the persistence of its producer and director. We see what it's like.

Record numbers of asylum seekers reach Britain by boat

27 September 2021
Record numbers of asylum seekers reach Britain by boat

Officials say more than 16,400 people have already landed in the UK this year by small boats, twice last year's record.

It's "all clear" to see our play All Clear says director

24 September 2021
It's "all clear" to see our play All Clear says director

Director Paul Slaughter says it's "all clear" to see his play All Clear in theatres. It was written seven years ago and is about a worldwide pandemic.

New head's school gate uniform checks and mobile ban

24 September 2021
New head's school gate uniform checks and mobile ban

The new principal at a 'troubled' secondary school explains why he has introduced uniform checks and cracked down on mobiles.

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Ground-breaking community supermarket launched in a bus

23 September 2021
Ground-breaking community supermarket launched in a bus

One of Britain's first mobile community supermarkets has been launched in a converted red London double-decker bus. But it needs volunteer drivers.

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New school would stop 1,200-pupil exodus

22 September 2021
New school would stop 1,200-pupil exodus

Parents are celebrating after education bosses say a favoured option is another school is needed to prevent a daily exodus of 1,200 pupils.

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'Island gives much more than just kiss-me-quick hats'

21 September 2021
'Island gives much more than just kiss-me-quick hats'

Why is Sheppey so often treated with ridicule across Kent and used as an insult? Reporter John Nurden sets the record straight.

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Paramotorist 'seriously injured' in death crash

20 September 2021
Paramotorist 'seriously injured' in death crash

'Human swan' Sacha Dench seriously injured in crash which killed a colleague as part of a challenge to fly round Britain was in Kent last month.

Bid to save historic firing range

09 September 2021
Bid to save historic firing range

Parish councillors have appealed to a Kent council to save as much of a former military firing range as possible.

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9,000 patients told to find new GP

08 September 2021
9,000 patients told to find new GP

Thousands of people in Kent will have to register with a new GP in a shock new twist to a major health shake-up.

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