An artist known as The Doodle Man has unveiled new artwork and murals at the Sk8side skate park in Ashford

From a pirate ship to elephants and a skip, it was an afternoon of wacky races for the Aldington Soapbox Derby.

A petrol station has reopened after it was hit by lightning.

A house has been struck by lightning and bad weather is set to continue today.

Traffic concerns is one of the reasons plans for a new convenience store is being objected to by residents as a planning application is submitted.

Kent author and journalist Frederick Forsyth has revealed all about running missions for MI6 during the Cold War.

An MP has denied having an account on a website for people who want extra-marital affairs after his email address was found on a leaked list of users.

Police are hunting an attacker who hit a reveller on the back of the head with a glass bottle as he washed his hands in the toilets of a nightclub.

A Przewalski foal - once declared extinct in the wild - has been born at a Kent zoo.

Fewer libraries in Kent offer wireless internet access than anywhere else in the country, which ministers say is fuelling their decline.

Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on a Kent village for the return of the Soapbox Derby.

A family is appealing for help after losing all its winter animal feed in a devastating fire.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a hit and run after a man in his 40s was found lying in the road with serious head injuries.

A woman remains in a London hospital with multiple injuries after reportedly jumping 30ft from the roof of a supermarket.

The high-speed rail firm has bounced back to carry its highest number of people after suffering earlier this year after the Paris terrorist attacks.

A busy town centre road has closed after a sewer main burst, flooding the carriageway.

Firefighters had a busy night after a heap of silage spontaneously combusted and a car caught alight along the motorway.

Rail operator Southeastern is on the hunt for school leavers who have just passed their exams to join the company as apprentices.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with three offences, including GBH, after a pensioner was stabbed at her home.

An "evil" father who raped his own daughter - and even offered her to the visiting coalman - has been jailed for 20 years.