A pensioner says he has resorted to offloading his rubbish to friends after no collection for three months following a council’s new bins contract.

Queues are building after a reported accident between two vehicles on a major route.

Thrilled residents held a street party after winning the battle to stop a "terrible" new 250-home project from going ahead.

A major A-road linking two towns is to shut for around eight weeks in a move likely to bring travel misery this summer.

Emergency services are in attendance and trains have been halted following reports of a person on the railway line.

A pair of long-admired mystical statues submerged in a Kent river have been found to be damaged beyond repair.

A prolific shoplifter who ignored an Asbo-style court order to carry on thieving has vowed: “I won’t step in a supermarket again.”

An MP has called for “kinder politics” after her general election campaign billboard was defaced with graffiti.

A general election hustings for the Weald of Kent constituency will take place later this month.

A popular pub landlord couple say they plan to retire to Spain after almost 20 years at the helm of a bustling inn.

A once familiar name on Kent’s high streets is to close its longest-serving store – blaming changing shopping habits and the closure of nearby banks.

A crash between a car and motorbike, which was reportedly on fire, blocked a motorway.

Plans to build homes on the ‘best and most versatile’ plot of farmland in a village have been blocked.

The victim of a machete attack hacked 10 times in a doorway has narrowly avoided jail for firing a starter pistol at his assailants.

A fight which broke out at a train station has led to two people being arrested and taken to hospital.

Official plans years in the making have been launched for a 1,800-home village - with developers hoping to break ground next year.

A registered sex offender who breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) multiple times has been jailed.

A woman whose husband went missing while scuba diving and never came home says she knows how Michael Mosley's wife feels.

A contraflow system and 40mph limit are set to return on the A299 Thanet Way for up to three months while emergency safety works take place.

A charity which helps hundreds of cats each year desperately needs to raise more funds to cover its rising vets bills.