A new 'three-tiered lockdown' system has been announced but Kent has avoided stricter measures enforced in other parts of England.

A cell block has been locked down in a Kent prison after two inmates and two members of staff tested positive for coronavirus.

The loved ones of a baker who died of bowel cancer just a month after being diagnosed are calling on the public to get screened.

Take a look back in time and fast forward to the present as we go back into the archives to look at Kent's hospitals through the ages.

An optician is urging people not to neglect their eye tests after spotting a serious condition in a patient misdiagnosed with Covid-19.

The number of Covid-19 patients in Kent hospitals has fallen to nine - despite cases more than doubling in a month.

Inspectors have ordered a care home to improve after they found “there was an increased risk that people could be harmed” since their last visit.

Mums-to-be will be allowed to take their partners in to watch ultrasound appointments from Monday as hospital lifts some of its restrictions.

A town's only secondary school has confirmed both a teacher and a pupil have tested positive for Covid-19.

A coroner has found that a failure to increase a desperately ill child's potassium levels led to his death.

One of Kent's most prominent politicians has lifted the lid on living with breast cancer while keeping a sense of humour.

A youth organisation is looking to raise funds for young people who have had their mental health affected by the ongoing pandemic.

A damning report has demanded a hospital trust improves after staff were seen not using hand sanitiser or changing PPE - and one widow is not shocked.

Blood test appointments are set to return to a hospital within weeks following changes forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, health bosses confirmed.

Bosses at a surgery have said there has been a spike in patients abusing staff over coronavirus rules - and it won't be tolerated.

Around 1,800 patients of a failed dermatology provider may have come to harm during their chaotic tenure in Kent.

Despite having the chance to retire and then contracting Covid-19, a Kent nurse says she's going nowhere.

The boss of a health trust says she's been overwhelmed by the support shown by the community and praised staff in an extraordinary year.

A mum has paid tribute to the hospital team who saved her 26-week premature son.

Virtual NHS appointments in Kent have proved popular with patients, a report has revealed.