Those over the age of 45 are being invited to book Covid jabs as the next stage of the UK's mammoth vaccination programme begins.

The next stage in the lifting of lockdown has started, with pub gardens, hairdressers, gyms and libraries able to reopen for the first time in months.

Commuters face an expensive return to work as parking fees as well as train cost go up in price, while ticket machines vanish.

The number of vaccinations administered has fallen by 54% but total jabs in Kent have passed the million mark.

The full list of candidates standing in the Kent County Council elections on May 6 has been published.

From beer gardens reopening to barbers once again cutting hair, there will be further easing of lockdown restrictions next week. Here's what changes.

Councils are counting the cost of Covid after losing millions of pounds from car parking charges and some fear next year could be just as difficult.

Images of communities rallying to help hospitals during the pandemic will become everlasting as staff reflect on an overwhelming year of donations.

Gritting lorries will be out in force as hail, sleet and light flurries of snowfall arrive in Kent following a glorious spell of Easter weather.

A total of 36 bodies found in Kent are unidentified according to figures which also reveal a rise in missing person cases in the county.

There are concerns about a rise in vandalism across the county, despite police reports actually showing a drop in offences.

Fewer than a third of adults have been vaccinated in one Kent neighbourhood - while in others more than 75% have been jabbed.

Holiday destinations will be graded using a traffic light system allowing quarantine-free travel to the safest countries, it has been reported.

Dozens of arts groups, theatres and historic venues will receive a share of £5m in government funding to help them recover from the pandemic.

We asked readers for recommendations for chippies that batter the opposition. Here are the most popular in Kent - but which one gets your vote?

Thousands of new homes are planned for across the county as developers pick up the pace - we take a look at some of the biggest.

More than half of people in Kent are living in areas with internet speeds below the national average - is your town one of them?

Kent's director of public health is encouraging anyone who leaves home to socialise to get tested for Covid-19 twice a week.

A Public Health England study suggests the Kent Covid variant is no more deadly than previous strains - but greatly increases risk of hospitalisation.

As England begins to creep out of lockdown we visited Kent's beachfronts and parks to see how many of you are taking advantage of new-found freedom.