Selfless lifeboat crews put their Christmas celebrations on hold to respond to reports of a person in the water – which turned out to be a dead sheep.

Hundreds of people flocked to a Kent beach to mark the 40th anniversary of the town's popular Boxing Day swim.

Bulbs have been placed in planters for the spring in one of many projects funded by a £267,000 post-lockdown grant.

A woman who appeared on an ITV talent show is back behind bars after sending abusive emails to a therapist just a fortnight after being released.

A small art gallery on the Kent coast was inundated with submissions for its latest exhibition, including from a famous actor and renowned artists.

A cinema and a park and ride service are among the suggestions so far put forward in a town survey.

Boxing Day Dip organisers have confirmed the annual event will still go ahead despite rising cases.

Youngsters are invited to help decorate a giant Christmas tree outside a village pub.

Another group of people trying to cross the Channel, including a heavily pregnant woman and a young boy, have been saved by a lifeboat crew.

A special Christmas Eve market will bring festive cheer to last minute shoppers in one Kent town.

A Poundland will relocate to a store twice the size in the New Year, filling a former town centre M&S shop.

A missing £20,000 digger from East Sussex has been found in a locked container in a Kent town.

Police are reviewing evidence after 10 men launched an attack on three security workers in a pub.

Neighbours have raised concerns over loss of green land and wildlife after plans for 140 new homes emerged.

More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats over last four days, bringing the 2021 total to over 27,000.

Almost an entire cul-de-sac has covered their homes in lights in a bid to win a Christmas lights competition.

A beauty clinic's £1,090 donation to a foodbank will help supply treats to struggling families this Christmas.

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A man has been taken to hospital after he was attacked and suffered an eye injury in an attempted robbery.

The woman tasked with turning around a troubled hospitals trust in Kent will arrive with a track record among England's best.