Residents are due to burn their MP on the bonfire at the village's annual fireworks night celebrations in protest over the planned £250m lorry park.

The jury is considering its verdicts after two men denied attempting to rape a woman in a park.

A coroner told an inquest he is hoping to find "what lessons can be learned" from seven tragic deaths at Camber Sands.

A man accused of attempted murder stabbed a party guest in the stomach with a carving knife and twisted the seven-inch blade, a court heard.

An animal rights group are set to protest at a Kent slaughterhouse this afternoon.

A man's body has been found in woodland close to a major road.

Drivers were stuck in tailbacks in a town centre last night after a rush hour crash.

An ordinary house on an ordinary street in Ashford became a ghoulish horror maze for Halloween in aid of charity.

An inquest into the beach deaths of a teenager and good Samaritan who drowned trying to rescue him has heard of the moments leading up to the tragedy.

A lorry driver will appear in court after being spotted watching a laptop while travelling along a busy motorway.

Police are hunting for the thugs who threw an egg from a car window, which caused a woman serious face injuries.

A fire close to the M20 has caused one lane to be closed while crews tackled the flames

Health chiefs insist A&E services have improved following the instalment of a new paediatric waiting and treatment area.

Flames that could be seen in the distance sparked an emergency call out at midnight, forcing firefighters to climb fences in a bid to find the cause.

Generators installed to help homes and businesses following a large power cut in Ashford been removed almost a week on from the initial outage.

An online petition for traffic management at a busy junction near a retail park has already received over a thousand signatures in less than 24 hours.

A fault with Asda's card payment system left scores of customers queuing for long periods of time to pay for their groceries this afternoon.

Ashford Borough Council have warned that recycling bins will not be collected if the incorrect items are placed inside in a new crackdown.

Electricity generators installed following a power cut in Ashford on Monday night will remain in place until engineers complete the work on the fault.

A man has confessed to sexually assaulting a student during a botched robbery but claims he was not trying to rape her.