Rail operators have warned of major disruption to passengers and services as the latest round of strike action begins.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil ways to get more people back in work at the Budget this week as figures reveal an increase across Kent.

An award-winning chain of cafes has given one of its venues a £50k revamp – and could be in the pipeline to run a rooftop restaurant.

A bid to convert a vacant barn into a pub in a Clarkson's Farm-style project has been approved.

An independent bakery chain which only began serving tasty treats last summer is set to open a fourth shop just months after its latest expansion.

Plans to tear down a row of popular shops and erect a four-floor block in its place appear set to be given the green light.

A glamping site described as "quirky" by supporters will operate for up to seven months a year - despite fears it would spark parking "pandemonium".

Plans have been put forward to build 220 homes on a former sorting office site in a town centre, as well as shops, a café and a restaurant.

A long-neglected high street building once home to Burton and Dorothy Perkins could soon be transformed into a rooftop restaurant.

A much-loved hotel has gone back to its roots after 20 years by reopening under its original name following a major refurbishment.

A couple is hoping to reinvent one of a town's oldest pubs for the 2020s by hosting "DIY events" and street food vendors to take over the kitchen.

Owners of one of the first butchers of its kind in Kent who brought a community together have retired after five decades.

A restaurateur says he is losing customers after an unfair food hygiene rating, which has led him to delay the opening of two new eateries.

Campaigners say a two-year delay announced by the government should be 'the beginning of the end' for a controversial road-building scheme.

Proposals for a car wash and a tyre shop on a derelict site have been criticised by councillors who are powerless to stop it happening.

A community store has been re-launched by an MP after undergoing a three-year redevelopment.

Celebrity hairstylist Lee Stafford has launched a hair academy in his name at a college.

Speculation is growing about the future of a former high street clothing store after work began to fit it out.

Plans to expand a caravan park over land the size of 18 football pitches has been given the green light.

Construction has started to create six new restaurants destined for a seaside spot which will offer views over the English Channel.