Scores of people journeyed to keep their coronavirus test appointments today, for nothing.

Two ambulances were called out after it is believed an elderly man was found unconscious.

Two women who ensured patients – with or not with Covid – stayed in contact with their loved ones have been named as the 2020 Hospital Heroes.

As Essex prepares to enter a Tier 2 lockdown, new figures show some areas of Kent have a higher infection rate than our county neighbours.

As the infection rate continues to rise, a Kent GP is backing a temporary lockdown - while a head teacher warns it would be a "poor" move for schools.

Some of Kent's most iconic buildings changed colour to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week.

A worried eyewitness who filmed people pouring out of a hospital after a fire alarm went off says he was "disgusted" by the lack of social distancing.

Publicans either side of the Kent and London border have responded to today's introduction of tighter restrictions in the capital.

Multiple cases of coronavirus have been recorded among primary school pupils and staff forcing an entire year group to be sent home to isolate.

Visiting has been suspended to a specialist ward at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak.

A secondary school has confirmed pupils are learning remotely due to "some positive cases" of Covid-19.

A new Covid-19 testing site has been opened in Dreamland's car park which is currently shut.

An inquest has been opened into the death of teenager Ellis Murphy-Richards who died after being struck by a train. He was 15.

A former restaurant which has been empty for a long time and become a huge town centre eyesore is set to be filled by a new occupier.

A hospital patient was repeatedly restrained by staff, including one incident were a cloth was held over his head, a probe has revealed.

A transplant recipient whose life was saved thanks to the selflessness of her friend says it 'still means the world'.

The grieving parents of a baby girl say they were abandoned by East Kent Hospitals despite repeated pleas for help with her care.

The county's infection rate fell over the last few days and fewer Covid-19 patients are in hospital than in the previous month.

Kent's health boss has praised residents for sticking to the Covid-19 rules but warns things could get worse.

A nurse who was living with an undiagnosed illness says she feared she was imagining the symptoms.