The parents of a boy who died after being swept out to sea have thanked well-wishers for their support on what would have been his 10th birthday.

A popular lambing event shut early as fields used for parking turned into mudbaths and police were called as cars began to block road.

Port Lympne's eagerly-anticipated new dinosaur attraction is now open.

The supermarket is aiming to hire about 15 apprentices throughout Kent this year.

A lorry park the size of Disneyland will not solve Operation Stack on its own, MPs have been told today.

Mercury Prize shortlisted band Wolf Alice will play their only Kent date at Folkestone's Leas Cliff Hall.

Work will finally start on a huge seafront regeneration project later this year.

Discussions are under way over forming a 'super council' in five east Kent districts as Shepway leader warns the area must be prepared.

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Hospital patients have been given a boost by the introduction of free internet access.

Talks are continuing for five local authorities to merge to create an east Kent "super council" in what could be the biggest shake up in decades.

The number of people starting apprenticeships in Kent has risen in the last four years amid a flurry of new employers and growing awareness.

At least one person has been injured after a cyclist hit a pedestrian on a popular seafront parade this evening.

A school has just closed its consultation with parents over a new homework policy after Ofsted identified it as an area for improvement.

The programme of events for the reopening weekend of Folkestone Harbour Arm has been revealed.

Parents and pupils will be lobbying county councillors ahead of crunch meeting over plans to shut a school, with protesters set to present their case.

A service will be held in honour of a Kent war hero exactly 100 years after action in France, which saw him awarded the Victoria Cross.

A pensioner who vanished this morning has been found safe and well.

A group of teenagers were booted off a train for reportedly sparking up a joint inside a carriage this morning.

Cross channel operators say they have reservations about building a huge lorry park to solve Operation Stack.