The county was shaken by a big explosion as a huge bomb unearthed on a London building site was detonated in a Kent quarry today.

Controversial plans for one of the largest developments in a council's history on a former army base will go before planners this evening.

Her Majesty The Queen will open a new museum centre dedicated to Battle of Britain airmen in Kent next week, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Private Aaron Whitelock has earned top rank in his battalion to compete in an army skiing event - despite suffering two nasty injuries.

A paramedic has been awarded a military honour after saving the lives of Afghan soldiers - the first time he set foot in a war zone.

Two Gurkhas based in Kent are set to embark on a daunting 1,500-mile challenge to mark the 200th anniversary of the British and Nepalese alliance.

The Royal Navy has confirmed it tracked and intercepted a Russian warship after it was spotted off the Kent coast.

Nigel Farage hit out at a Channel 4 documentary spoofing the first 100 days of a Ukip government... before it aired.

Four lynx choppers took a detour and landed in the Weald village yesterday.

TA soldier Tony Wyles has gained admirers since taking up wheelchair rugby when his military career was cut short after an explosion in Lebanon.

Wartime Boulton Paul Defiant fighter models arrives safely at new home in Hawkinge.

At least two military helicopters have been seen hovering above Kent.

A hero of the First World War who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery will be remembered with a ceremony on the centenary of his death

A relic from Kent's wartime past is slowly being washed away by the sea.

A Napoleonic fort has been brought into the 21st century with a new interactive app which takes visitors on an audio tour of the site.

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the night 69 men lost their lives when the submarine HMS Truculent was sunk in the River Thames.

The panto opening night was a swash-buckling one that included local gags, innuendo and finely toned legs in tights - oooh Aargh!

Future First World anniversaries such as Gallipoli and Somme to be marked.

Protesters and politicians stormed out of a council meeting on the fate of Manston branding it a sham.

Soldiers from the Kent regiments and those that left from the county's barracks remembered at commemorations led by Uefa president Michel Platini.