Neighbours fear they will “lose their fabulous views” after plans for eight new houses were given the green light.

Plans to transform a rundown former care home into 10 flats have been approved, despite fears over parking and intensity.

Divisive plans for a “monstrous” solar farm to be built around a village could knock tens of thousands of pounds off property prices, residents fear.

Councillors have been accused of “ambushing” calls for a future in nuclear energy at a former power plant site in Kent.

Rishi Sunak has made it one of his key pledges – but is he winning in the battle to curb the number of small boats crossing the Channel?

A popular seafront walkway currently being upgraded will follow a slightly tweaked route when it reopens next month.

Beach hut owners have been told to be on their guard after a number of padlocks were cut.

An “enormous” hoarding surrounding an axed seafront development will be taken down early next year, council bosses have revealed.

An inspirational nurse who founded a charity dedicated to caring for terminally ill patients has died aged 89.

Bosses at an animal park have cut the site’s opening hours to just three days a week over the next four months.

A food truck owner says the reputation of the cafe next door, which closed due to poor hygiene reports, is dragging down his five-star business.

Plans to build a woodland retreat for “millennials from London” have been met with anger – as neighbours fear the loss of green space and “peace”.

The owner of two wild animal parks has shared an adorable moment he shared with a gorilla at one of the reserves.

A lorry driver caught smuggling cocaine worth an estimated £3m into the UK had hidden the drugs behind a hatch cut into his fuel tank.

From gingerbread decorating to film screenings and ice skating, there’s lots to keep everyone happy this Christmas. Here’s our top picks.

A council is going back to the drawing board on plans to scrap two hours free parking following an angry response from residents.

A spoof letter purportedly from a Kent council claims shop owners will be breaking the law if they play Christmas songs before December.

An animal park in Kent loved by famous faces has launched a new restaurant – and you don’t need a ticket to the reserve to visit.

Residents fear plans to transform a golf course into a lakeside holiday destination would be “a disaster” and on the scale of a “mini Center Parcs”.

Independent traders say losing free parking “kill the high street” as council bosses consider introducing pay-and-display machines.