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Students help centre get shipshape

Students help centre get shipshape

15 July 2013

Generous students have donated money raised at a fashion show to help transform a heritage centre.

Mum's dying wish ends in wedding day bliss

Mum's dying wish ends in wedding day bliss

15 July 2013

A young mum was granted her dying wish to marry the man she loved after her wedding day was organised in just a few hours.

Former bank to become a pub

Former bank to become a pub

15 July 2013

A historic bank in Maidstone town centre is set to be turned into a traditional pub

Premiership boss soaks up sun in Kent... with egg, chips and ice cream

Premiership boss soaks up sun in Kent... with egg, chips and ice cream

15 July 2013

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas popped to the Kent coast to soak up the sun - and proved he's developed a taste for a classic English dish.

Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Chatham Historic Dockyard

Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Chatham Historic Dockyard

15 July 2013

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Chatham's Historic Dockyard later this month, it has been revealed today.

Thousands would lose homes under Grain airport plan

Thousands would lose homes under Grain airport plan

15 July 2013

Two thousand people would lose their homes under plans for the world's biggest airport at Grain, according to a study commissioned by Boris Johnson.

Road to be resurfaced after damage by lorries

Road to be resurfaced after damage by lorries

14 July 2013

Large vehicles going to and from a school construction site are severely damaging parts of a road, a Halfway resident has claimed.

Homes turned down over flooding fears

Homes turned down over flooding fears

14 July 2013

A plan to turn a town pub into homes has been refused because of concerns over flood risk.

Shoppers show their generosity

 Shoppers show their generosity

14 July 2013

Shoppers have been donating food to help others in need in Gravesham.

"Boris Island" dead in the water

"Boris Island" dead in the water

14 July 2013

Boris Johnson has ditched his idea of an island airport in the Thames Estuary in favour of one on the Isle of Grain.

Couple puts town on the map with website

 Couple puts town on the map with website

13 July 2013

Married couple Andy and Zoe Hudson have launched a community-based website for anyone living in the area.

London taxi fire on M2

London taxi fire on M2

13 July 2013

This is all that remains of a London taxi after it caught fire on the M2 this afternoon.

Family told to get heart check-ups

Family told to get heart check-ups

13 July 2013

A coroner has told the relatives of a young dad who died suddenly to undergo cardiac screening.

Big-hearted boys give holiday cash to help disabled child targeted by conman

Big-hearted boys give holiday cash to help disabled child targeted by conman

13 July 2013

Two schoolboys have donated their summer holiday money to a disabled child targeted by a cruel conman.

Brit winning men’s title at Wimbledon nothing new for Vera... aged 108!

Brit winning men’s title at Wimbledon nothing new for Vera... aged 108!

13 July 2013

A care home resident has celebrated her 108th birthday - in the week Andy Murray became the fourth man to lift the Wimbledon title in her lifetime.

Nellie celebrates her 105th birthday

Nellie celebrates her 105th birthday

13 July 2013

Not many people can say they have received a birthday card from the Queen and even fewer can say they have more than one.

Rewards for school walkers

Rewards for school walkers

13 July 2013

Pupils who walk to school rather than jumping in a car have been rewarded for their efforts.

Modelzone closes two stores in Kent

Modelzone closes two stores in Kent

12 July 2013

Jobs are threatened as toy chain Modelzone closes its two Kent stores.

Family of eight sharing one bedroom

Family of eight sharing one bedroom

12 July 2013

A cramped family of eight are begging the council for a bigger house after reaching bursting point in their one-bedroom flat.

Heatwave warning as Kent set to sizzle

Heatwave warning as Kent set to sizzle

12 July 2013

The Met Office has issued a heatwave warning for Kent as the county prepares to bask in temperatures of more than 30 Celsius this weekend.

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