Champagne corks popped as guests were offered a first glimpse inside a highly anticipated restaurant ahead of its official launch.

A popular high street restaurant has vowed to find a new home after suddenly shutting its doors citing “reasons beyond our control”.

Homeless people based at an encampment inches from a busy dual carriageway have been told tents being lived in will not be removed.

A huge crane at the site of a much-delayed seafront development has been taken down - but bosses stress work will restart early next year.

A heartbroken mother has decorated her son’s grave with pumpkins, flowers and spiderwebs in tribute to her Halloween-loving teenager.

An appalled mum filmed human waste flowing through a new-build family estate - which has been blamed on nappies being flushed down the toilet.

The cost of swim sessions at a new council-run leisure centre is “scaring” some families away this half-term who claim it’s too much.

One conman claimed to be a police officer investigating a rogue trader to scam elderly people with building work they didn’t need.

A national test project has found high levels of phosphates and nitrates in a town’s river and streams.

Eurostar has been accused of “goading” passengers after one of its fleet stopped at a Kent station overnight.

Drivers are being warned after scammers placed fake QR codes on pay-and-display machines.

Award-winning TV presenter Clare Balding has visited a Kent church ahead of its multimillion-pound transformation.

The family of a man missing for a week have paid tribute to their ‘beloved father’ after police found a body and launched a murder inquiry.

A pan-Asian restaurant that occupies a large town centre site is set to close next month.

Thieves broke into a visitor centre at a wildlife reserve causing £1,500 worth of damage.

A circus which announced a Kent show without even having a venue has set up at a new location after months of searching.

A council hopes that the threat of jail will bring to an end a decade of illegal waste dumping.

A devastated family has described the “big void” left in their lives after the tragic death of a son who was “always there for anyone”.

Boaters say it is the “end of an era” as they leave a marina set to become a new housing development.

With scare attractions all the rage, our reporter heads to the country’s longest-running horror maze this Halloween to see if he can deliver a fright.