A busy road has been closed this morning to allow for emergency services to attend to an accident.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spared the £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing from a series of sweeping cuts to national infrastructure schemes.

A historic church described as the “bedrock of the community” has cordoned off part of its churchyard for urgent repair works to take place.

A group of residents are gearing up to fight against revised plans for an “enormous” winery they fear will do irreparable harm to the countryside.

A peacock who endeared himself to villagers after spending the best part of a year roaming driveways has been rehomed after concerns over his welfare.

A once popular Chinese restaurant, which was repossessed two years ago, has been given permission to be turned into flats.

The Chancellor is reported to be considering delaying major road projects, including the Lower Thames Crossing, amid a hug black hole in finances.

Multiple parked vehicles were damaged overnight in a town and police are appealing for help to identify the vandals.

Residents are protesting proposals to house unaccompanied asylum seeker children in their street but charities say they provide a vital “safe space’.

Two friends holidaying in Turkey have revealed the traumatic experience of seeing another tourist die while on a mountain road trip excursion.

An investigation has been launched after an abandoned pony was found crawling with maggots and flies as it “stumbled down the road”.

The winner of ITV’s popular talent show will make her panto debut in Kent this December after securing a place in a “dream” production.

A shopping centre has received its eighth award for having one of the best green spaces in the UK.

A teenager has been detained after being charged with making threats to kill and threatening a person with a bladed weapon at a place of worship.

A river boat cruise company is set to resume additional services on the River Thames during the summer holidays.

An uninsured car led officers to uncover loaded handguns and drugs in a storage cupboard.

A village was blocked off after a black car crashed into a wall.

Streets were cordoned off close to the River Thames as emergency services joined in the search for a missing person.

Plans to solve Kent’s transport problems have been drawn up by the county council but it needs another £3.1bn of government funding.

A council has forced the sale of a property to recover £36,000 it says it was owed in council tax.