Hopes are high after a 300-year-old pub feared lost forever reopened adorned in traditional Kentish decor.

Suspect, 38, accused of ram-raiding newsagent for cigarettes

From gingerbread decorating to film screenings and ice skating, there’s lots to keep everyone happy this Christmas. Here’s our top picks.

Worrying pictures show how an exhausted patient resorted to sleeping on the floor in A&E amid soaring demand at a Kent hospital.

A busy stretch has been causing delays after a crash between a car, van and motorbike created tailbacks of several miles.

A number of councils across Kent are offering free parking during the Christmas period to encourage residents to shop locally.

Drivers are being warned to expect delays after a section of the M2 was forced to shut– due to dogs on the carriageway.

Intended to make walking and cycling safer, a town’s road network will be transformed with the first images showing how it will look in a £1m project.

Residents and their MP have urged the government to help them get a historic bridge fixed which they say would breathe new life into the town.

Flooding and “decimation to wildlife” outside a new crematorium has been blamed on an alleged planning breach during construction.

Controversial plans to build on the site of a Grade II-listed former RAF mast are set to be approved after a 10-year battle.

A swimming centre has been closed with immediate effect in order to carry out ‘crucial maintenance works’.

A disused hotel could be demolished to make way for a new McDonald’s, with fast food bosses hailing the move a “multi-million-pound investment”.

Home-owners in part of Kent are being asked if they would sell their properties to a council for up £200k so it can use them to house homeless people.

High Street business owners say plans to increase rates in the busiest car parks could put off shoppers.

A quiet market town was left in shock after bad blood between teenagers broke out in violence – and now one of the offenders has been jailed.

Like-minded label lovers converged on Kent recently for the 65th anniversary of their society to the lesser-known beer passion of labology.

A mother accused of killing her son has told a jury her lover carried out the attack – while she was away trying to buy drugs.

Wrap up warm, grab a mulled wine and watch your town light up with festive cheer this Christmas.

The dramatic moment fire crews rescued a woman whose car had become stuck in deep water following heavy rain has been caught on camera.