A “one-of-a-kind” cafe owner is finally hanging up his apron and retiring after five decades at the stove.

A luxury homeware brand has opened its first-ever bricks-and-mortar shop.

A family was asked to pay more than £1,400 for the right to repair a headstone after officials said the 50-year-old grave had never been purchased.

Residents and traders in a town branded Hackney-on-Sea say that although house prices are rising, the influx of Londoners is good for the area.

Today marks a year since a high street favourite left a popular shopping centre, but bosses say customers are flocking in.

A store worker dismissed for missing work after a trip to Pakistan to see family during the pandemic has been awarded a large pay-out.

Overflowing bins at a picturesque seaside spot have gone unemptied for more than a month, with one resident describing the area as “pigsty”.

A young girl whose parents were told they should terminate her birth after she was found to have a rare brain defect is defying the odds.

A man has been arrested and safeguarding emails sent to parents after reports of “suspicious activity”.

Police are looking for a woman after a purse was taken from a birthday card shop.

A red nose placed on a landmark transforming it into Rudolph sparked a visit from police after a mistaken member of the public called it in.

A young man has been arrested after multiple reports salons around the county that staff had their phones swiped.

A well-used route regularly blighted by roadworks was shut for four days after a water leak.

A whistling postman who has raised hundreds of thousands for charities by pedalling on a static bike has handed in his final cheques.

Four new lottery winners, three of which have become millionaires overnight, have hit the jackpot in the run-up to Christmas.

A person has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a height at a historic landmark prompting a large-scale emergency response.

A footballing icon and his family have celebrated a “very special” stay at a venue in Kent which has become a celebrity hotspot.

A 38-year-old sex offender has been locked up for targeting a vulnerable homeless woman as she slept in a shop doorway.

A once fit and healthy young man has had his life turned upside down by a devastating rare condition after he suddenly started having night terrors.

There are fears that illicit sexual activity has returned to woods next to one of the county’s busiest roads.