Ambitions for building an extension at a popular pier are on ice for now, but bosses insist the attraction is in better shape than ever.

From candlelit carols to big band concerts, we’ve got some of the best music to get you in the festive spirit this December.

A musician who has earned international fame for his pioneering music, sampling everyday sounds, has been honoured at the Ivors Classical Awards.

Footage shows the dramatic moment this year’s highest tide swept the coast.

A Spanish-style plaza on the Kent coast is set to be completed by the end of the month - shutting off a stretch of seafront to motorists.

It’s not a Saturday night to savour as Secret Drinker joins the line-up in ‘God’s waiting room’

Tremors were recorded in the county, seismologists say, after residents reported their homes were shaking.

Floodgates have been shut across a Kent district over fears of a higher-than-predicted tide.

A divisive new Spanish-inspired seafront plaza will close to traffic for good before the end of the month.

A number of councils across Kent are offering free parking during the Christmas period to encourage residents to shop locally.

A seaside watering hole has been snapped up by a leading pub group – but its landlords will remain the same.

A dad pulled to safety from railway lines was given a train ticket by police upon release - and returned to the same spot to take his own life.

A cash-strapped council is proposing to sell off off its stock of windmills in a desperate bid to claw back funds.

A one-eyed biker warned his former friend that he would kill his dog and then beat him over the head with the carcass.

Lifeboat volunteers have saved a yacht which had begun to take on water after one of its crew members had suffered an injury.

A bid to build 160 homes on 15 acres of farmland has been given the go-ahead despite neighbours’ concerns.

A pensioner who groped a teenager while giving her a back massage claimed she had "misinterpreted" his actions.

Disabled passengers are set to benefit from new step-free railway station access following a multi-million-pound overhaul.

Residents across Kent have shared their photos of the Northern Lights, which illuminated the skies over Kent in vibrant shades of green, red and pink.

A paedophile school bus driver has been convicted of sexually abusing two further victims, who came forward after reading a KentOnline report.