Proposals to build an enlarged cycle lane in east Kent which will pass through Ministry of Defence land are progressing "positively", it has emerged.

Join us for today's live-streamed episode of The Lowdown, where we're talking about how schools are going to cope as the autumn term begins.

An ever-popular McDonald's restaurant which had been shut for most of the summer has now reopened - but the drive-thru remains shut.

Emergency services including an air ambulance were called to a property in Kent after a patient fell ill

An inspirational teenager who climbed Mount Snowdon to raise cancer research funds has died aged 18.

More than 50 residents have raised objections about a new garden village which would create 9,250 homes, five new schools and health facilities.

A driver who was just about to fill up at a petrol station ended up having to walk home after police seized his car.

Professional models teamed up with volunteer shop workers for a day-long photo shoot to publicise vintage clothes for a hospice's fundraising appeal.

All three emergency services were called out - including an air ambulance - after a pedestrian was injured in an accident.

A pub landlord has told how he dived into a river in a desperate attempt to save a pensioner who had fallen in.

A 22-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash has been named, as friends and family raise cash to pay for his funeral.

Kent’s police and crime commissioner has launched a survey to gauge how safe women and girls feel in the county.

There are calls for a busy four-way junction with limited traffic lights to be redesigned before another pedestrian is killed in the area.

A charity has set up a uniform bank for families who can't afford to dress their children for school.

A volunteer lifeboat crew have issued a safety warning as it found it had been called to rescue an inflatable - rather than a human - from the sea.

Experts have identified the original owner of a silver hawking ring dating from the 1600s to be the First Earl of Montgomery.

Outdated classrooms which reach temperatures of almost 40C are to be demolished and replaced with a new teaching block.

A picturesque and historic river is being used as a rubbish dump say disgusted environmentalists, who have pulled out a vast mountain of waste.

The skies above the Kent coast will be illuminated by fireworks tonight, with huge crowds treated to live music.

A huge power cut cut off electricity to hundreds of homes following a fault with an underground cable.