A firefighter who was asked to help the fight against Covid was given a parking ticket when donating blood plasma took longer than he had expected.

As Kent marked 12 months of lockdown, we looked back on the highs, the lows and the heartbreak of an extraordinary year.

Today has been named National Day of Reflection to mark one year since we first went into lockdown.

Police say they are working with universities after 40 people received fixed penalty notices for attending house parties during lockdown.

A much-loved grandmother and town stalwart who was well-known through the huge range of jobs she held has sadly died from coronavirus.

A survey of 222 small towns has listed one in Kent as England's third 'most resilient' during the coronavirus pandemic.

A union has raised concern after a theatre allegedly dismissed 50 staff by email despite it receiving nearly £250,000 in pandemic support grants.

We take a look at life for ice cream van operators - and how the lockdown has claimed an unlikely victim for one popular firm.

Police have temporarily closed down a holiday park's clubhouse after finding it serving alcohol during the coronavirus lockdown.

A council boss has urged residents not to be complacent in the fight against Covid-19, as the end of lockdown is in sight.

Community nursing staff have been working round the clock to help GPs vaccinate patients who can't leave home.

A vaccinator at one of Kent's mass hubs has spoken of the 'privilege' of the role.

Vulnerable patients were forced to wait for hours outside a vaccine centre as long queues snaked around the entrance due to delays letting people in.

Two year groups of children have been forced to isolate after a positive Covid case just days after they returned to school.

Covid cases in the most infected areas have dropped as death rates return to levels last seen when Kent was following Tier One restrictions.

Some children are six months behind due to lockdown, it has emerged, as KCC announces an "ambitious" programme to get youngsters back on track.

A second, temporary, Jobcentre is due to open in a town centre as part of the government's response to coronavirus.

A temporary morgue is to be stood down as a funeral director says deaths caused by Covid and funeral demand is the worst he's seen in his 50 years.

Everyone in Kent should get a Covid-19 test twice a week even if they have no symptoms, health chiefs have said.

Swale has two symptom-free Covid testing centres, but one is set to close soon.