A Kent prison has been praised for how it reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic, following an annual report into how it is run.

The chief executive of a controversy-hit hospital's trust is to step down next spring.

Babies and children have been among asylum seekers making the crossing to Dover today.

A 92-room hotel is being used to house several dozen Afghan families brought to the UK, as donations of clothes flood in from kind-hearted residents.

A teen asylum seeker shared his joy after he and other asylum seekers arrived on a Kent beach as Priti Patel set for showdown talks with French.

A three-bedroom house on the Kent coast can be snapped up for a third of the average local property price.

The government has been told to stop using a controversial barracks to house asylum seekers.

A body has been found in the search for a missing pensioner.

A mum who hoped to raise £20,000 for research into her rare form of cancer has died - but her family are continuing her fundraising legacy.

A man who staged his own kidnapping has been jailed after he was caught by making spelling mistakes.

The only non-American to be crowned winner of the most prestigious international BBQ competition in the world has shared some of her top tips.

The happiness of girls continues to decline dramatically, says the well-respected charity, which is now insisting the government take action.

CCTV shows an angry man grabbing several bags of rubbish outside a shop and tossing them across the street - leaving the area strewn with waste.

Six glass-sided kiosks can now be built at the Ashford Designer Outlet, potentially providing Krispy Kreme and other eateries with a new home.

Police officers were taunted by onlookers after a patrol car became lodged on a retractable security bollard.

A silver medallist at the Tokyo Paralympics, from Kent, has shared the heart-warming moment he was reunited with his daughter.

The start of a fire which took hold of an outbuilding is unknown, the fire service have confirmed.

To mark 20 years of the Medway Messenger we tracked down the subject of the first-ever front page to discover how her life has turned out.

The boss of a struggling academy has left her post over the summer holidays.

A proposal to remove 'healthy trees' from woodland, home to 11 species of bats, have been met with upset, anger and confusion.