An independent school for secondary students is taking in special needs children in the new year.

A zookeeper lost the tip of his finger to a Siberian tiger after hand-feeding it meat in small chunks which he had prepared.

The boss of a popular Italian restaurant is retiring after almost 50 years and has put the business up for auction.

Plans for nearly 800 homes, a school and traveller pitches have prompted concerns about the loss of greenspace, flooding and traffic.

The last of Kent’s traditional oyster fishermen has died aged 95.

A retired nurse who still lives in her own home at the age of 104 says she has been “very lucky” in life as she celebrates around family and friends.

Plans to build more than 200 homes on brownfield sites throughout a historic town centre across the next 15 years have been approved by residents.

A couple known as “Mr and Mrs Christmas” are to have a final lights switch-on after heartbreaking news that the grandad’s cancer is terminal.

An appeal to the public has been made to help find a missing 12-year-old schoolgirl, last seen five days ago.

Plans to turn a beloved garden centre – which closed in the summer – into village hall for the community have taken a step forward.

Eager customers grabbed a trolley and joined the queue ahead of the opening of a new discount store.

The owners of a comic book shop have announced it is closing its doors as more than three decades as they look to retire and “do their own thing”.

One lucky kmfm listener has won £1,000 in kmfm’s final Thousand Pound Friday of the year.

A cash-strapped animal centre is hoping a gift of beer from Sir Paul McCartney will save the day.

Police, ambulance services and the coastguard have been called to concerns for a man’s welfare.

A new space will provide shelter for 30 young people while teaching them life skills from budgeting to cooking.

A fast-food joint has been taken to court after fly-tipping partially eaten burgers, plastic bags and a whole kebab skewer.

A body has been found at a beach after police were called to reports of concern for a woman.

An eye-catching “keyhole” sea stack which selfie-takers would pose next to has crumbled into the sea.

Action needs to be taken to prevent the spread of unchecked Houses of Multiple Occupancy applications, say councillors.