Vital work to protect thousands of homes and businesses from flooding is set to last eight weeks.

Plans to buy more than 40 affordable homes have been approved to help cut down a council’s waiting list.

Devastated Kent farmers say a “bombshell” new inheritance tax means their families will have to sell off land to stump up “crazy” amounts of money.

We’ve taken a look at what became of the eight units in the county once home to fashion giant Topshop.

A Chinese takeaway given a poor hygiene rating after inspectors discovered mould, flies and staff playing card games has made improvements.

An elderly vandal cut down and binned hundreds of handmade poppies created to honour the fallen - because he “didn’t like the red weeds”.

Secret Drinker meets new friends and a picky bird in a bar right by the beach

A man has been taken to hospital after being hit by a van on a zebra crossing.

A renowned contemporary arts festival has confirmed its dates for next year after a 12-month delay.

Show your respect to those who have lost their lives in battle at the county’s Remembrance Day services and parades.

A popular music venue described as a ‘staple’ of a town is to close after more than a quarter of a century.

A tourist hotspot in Kent has apologised for creating “unrealistic expectations” of a fireworks event by using an image of a huge display from 2018.

A now-closed nursery inside a prominent seafront building could be transformed into a health clinic.

The world’s last working sea-going paddle steamer is to return to a Kent harbour for the first time in more than 20 years.

Plans to convert a historic military building into a four-bedroom home have been branded a “travesty and betrayal” by concerned campaigners.

Owners of a struggling hotel say they are determined to make it a success after plans to turn it into a boarding school fell through.

A historic castle has been turned into a film set - but its owners have issued an apology following a “misunderstanding of the site’s boundaries”.

Can children cope without a smartphone until age 14 or 16? Thousands of Kent parents think so and they’re on a mission to change things.

Plans for seven futuristic phone boxes with touch-screens have been refused amid fears they would ‘clutter’ up a town centre.

How did a village once renowned for its quaint antique shops and modest homes transform into a luxury house hotspot? Millie Bowles reports.