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Almost 21,000 applications have been made by children to secondary schools in Kent - and close to 80% are set to get their first choice.
The Conservatives are set to take over running Thanet council
A postcode lottery has emerged for Kent students eager to study at university.
Henry Bolton has quit Ukip after being ousted from the party over racist texts sent by his girlfriend.
A bid by the Conservatives to take control of Thanet council in coalition with a breakaway group of disaffected Ukip councillors appears to be off.
A councillor who came to power as leader of the only Ukip-run council in the country has stepped down amid growing calls for him to quit.
Five councillors are considering quitting en masse in protest at the sacking of former party leader Henry Bolton.
Ukip members are meeting today to decide whether to allow leader Henry Bolton to continue in his role.
Party members have backed vote of no confidence in Henry Bolton.
Dealing with FOI requests means less money for frontline services, claim county councillors
The bosses of three Kent councils have urged the government to look at building permanent lorry parking.
A GPs group in part of Kent is facing a potential budget deficit of £12m this year.
Kent's crime commissioner is prepared to act if an inquiry following a brutal murder finds the force needs to do more to tackle stalking.
The idea of a bridge over the Channel could be discussed by officials.
Drug dealers and criminal gangs fighting are becoming a scourge in one Kent town, it's been claimed.
Officials have given plans to recruit 200 extra police officers in Kent the go-ahead, in one of the biggest recruitment drives in years.
The government has released more funding to help ease the growing pressure on Kent's adult social care services.
The future control of a council is in doubt after a dozen Ukip councillors announced they were leaving the party.
An authority's failure to endorse its draft housing strategy in a dispute about the future of a former airport site could have major consequences.
The head of an academy trust has warned the county risks an abuse scandal if it does not act to stop vulnerable children being placed in Kent.
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