People in a seaside town have staged a vigil to remember those who were drowned when a small boat capsized in the Channel last week.

Charity ambassadors who received royal recognition for their services to others switched on a town's Christmas lights.

Two mothers and each of their four children were among 27 people who died while crossing Channel to Kent.

An 'emergency' protest will take place today demanding 'safe passage' for asylum seekers after 28 people lost their lives trying to reach the UK.

A new free evening bus service running between two towns will help women get home safely over the festive season.

Concerns over vibrations from the use of heavy machinery during a £1million forecourt renovation have prompted a museum to shut.

The chance to meet Father Christmas - without booking - and browse stalls will be at Martha Trust Christmas Fayre.

People are urged to get their Covid jabs as cases rise again and are asked to take advantage of a district's third new vaccination centre.

A 24-year-old hoping to join her fiance for a new life in Britain has been named as the first victim of the Channel crossings tragedy.

A politician has urged the government to use offices in northern France to allow refugees to apply for UK visas.

The phone says France, but the food was anything but haute cuisine in Kent's closest pub to mainland Europe

A protest is set to take place outside Downing Street on Saturday after a tragedy saw dozens of asylum seekers drowned while crossing the Channel.

A pro-refugee group stresses that asylum seekers have not been deterred by yesterday's mass drowning, with more people arriving today.

Refugee campaigners say the government must act swiftly to halt the number of would-be asylum seekers trying to reach the UK.

It is understood at least two boats carrying people seeking asylum have attempted the crossing the day after dozens of people died in the Channel.

Since the start of last year, more than 30,000 people have risked death crossing to the UK aboard dinghies, kayaks and other small boats.

Joint police patrols on the French Channel coast have been proposed to help prevent asylum seekers attempting to cross the Channel.

Organisers of an ale festival need to search for a new venue after their usual one is put out of action for years.

Councillors and others are wearing white ribbons on a day highlighting male violence against women as efforts against the scourge continue Kent-wide.

People smugglers facilitating perilous crossings to the UK have been slammed as 'murderers' after more than 30 asylum seekers died in the Channel.