Fears are rising that residents of a coastal hotspot could soon be left with nowhere to swim amid pool closures and declining seawater quality.

As a decision on the Lower Thames Crossing is delayed again, why is it so expensive, will we have to pay a toll and where is the money coming from?

Nearly 30,000 adults and children are waiting to be assessed for autism and ADHD in what critics are calling a “broken” system.

Environmentalists are calling for the planning status for a £2.5bn theme park to be revoked after a saga lasting more than a decade.

Shoppers reportedly had to leave a town centre supermarket due to an emergency.

A decision on whether to build a new road crossing under the Thames will not be made until at least May 2025.

A popular American food chain has been bought out, but a number of its restaurants are to close.

A two-year-old brown bear living at a Kent animal park is set to undergo life-saving surgery having been diagnosed with a brain condition.

A by-election is set to be held for a ward with a councillor accused of multiple sex offences.

An overturned car caused traffic queues as parents dropped their children at school this morning.

An alleged sexual assault in a town park is being investigated by police.

Vehicles, horse boxes and mobile homes are being removed from an illegal forest development several years after a council started enforcement action.

McDonald’s unveiled fresh plans to serve food 24 hours a day at its latest drive-thru in the pipeline for Kent.

A “no-swim” warning has been removed from a Kent beach after testing showed the water quality had returned to an acceptable level.

Two shop owners fed up of having to travel to London for good quality Asian produce have opened their own cash and carry.

A town’s oldest tavern with a vibrant history dating back to the 18th century has gone on the market for more than half a million pounds.

A man is in hospital and a property in a high street has been cordoned off by police after a stabbing.

A sleep-deprived woman filmed “barbaric” late-night roadwork which kept her awake for three nights and forced her to flee her home.

Ten years on from a decision to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools, childhood obesity rates have climbed instead of falling.

The fate of 17 homes residents fear could turn a section of the Garden of England into the “dumping estate of the UK” is set to be decided.