Work to create a new town centre, train-themed playground for children has started, despite concerns the site will be ‘trashed within weeks’.

A bus driver who groomed and sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for 18 years.

A dog walker was taken to court after she was discovered leaving her pet’s poo behind after a walk at a Kent beauty spot.

A tenant who uses a wheelchair is battling to be moved out of his block of flats where lifts have broken down.

A cash-strapped council is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds maintaining and securing a run-down venue as concerns mount over its future.

A care home provider which cares for people with autism and learning difficulties has been put into special measures after reports of neglect.

A grandfather was found covered in a plastic sheet in a woodland six days after he had been reported missing.

Pie shop owners have welcomed a move to get the traditional Cockney pie and mash the same protected status as the Cornish pasty.

A popular fireworks display will not take place this year due to building work.

A village’s only pub had its licence stripped after police raised concerns over public safety and drinking into the early hours.

A violent thug who beat two strangers with a gas canister causing one to have a ‘bleed on the brain’ has been jailed.

A 26-year-old man was on his way to work when he was involved in a fatal crash with two other vehicles on a busy motorway.

A woman suffered burns in a town centre flat fire which sparked a huge emergency response.

Two friends are launching a brand-new gym with plans to “include everyone” after they became aware the town was lacking exercise facilities.

A village football side’s inaugural match went ahead despite vandals trashing their new turf just days before.

Long-awaited plans for health and learning facilities at Britain’s newest garden city have been given the green light.

A 79-year-old man who was airlifted to hospital after being struck by a vehicle in the middle of busy town centre has died.

People gathered at a town’s museum to pay their respects to a historian who worked there for nearly 40 years.

Fireworks fans have been left disappointed after a town descended into gridlock as hundreds headed to a seafront display.

A report has laid bare the consequences of climate change for thousands of homes and businesses if sea defences are not improved in a Kent town.