It’s not everyday a blockbuster movie tipped for a BAFTA is shot in your hometown. Reporter Alex Langridge gives her verdict on Andrea Arnold’s Bird.

We met two filmmakers who have moved from London to Kent and are producing a documentary they hope will prove DFLs and locals have ‘more in common’.

A mother says her autistic son was humiliated and bullied after being told to wear a Christmas tie by teachers.

A kmfm listener has had the perfect start to the festive season after pocketing the £2,000 Cash for Christmas prize.

Christmas joy has been dampened for families in Kent after scrooges targeted festive displays, cutting down lights and leaving homeowners frustrated.

A village pub has been taken over and transformed by a new family who reassures it is “in safe hands”.

A solicitor who caused two crashes when driving her Jaguar while almost three times the alcohol limit has avoided being suspended.

Drivers are facing a traffic headache this Christmas following the decision to redeploy Operation Brock again.

A huge Kent Wetherspoon pub is set to get even bigger as bosses prepare for its grand reopening after splashing £750,000 out on a revamp.

An independent vets which employs just three people could miss out on their Christmas bonuses this year due to a card machine scam.

An art deco cinema, Victorian water tower and former gunpowder works have made it onto a new list of important heritage sites.

A school with more than 1,500 pupils has picked up a prestigious title after being named in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide again.

The owners of a new Korean restaurant want to breathe new life into a struggling part of a town centre.

Customers have been left disappointed after an annual Christmas lights trail was cancelled due to poor weather.

Police have confirmed one teenager has been bailed following a devastating fire at a former Debenhams store.

A doctor who had been able to continue working despite being convicted of sexual assault has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct.

Several emergency vehicles were called to a hotel following a medical incident.

A charity which has taken in 450 “misfit” unwanted animals says they will be destroyed if it cannot relocate.

Footage captures how a crater was left in a road after a bus drove over a burst water main - which has forced a business to shut.

Listeners of kmfm have raised more than £12,000 to buy gifts as part of the radio station’s Christmas toy appeal.