A young girl forced to swerve her scooter off a pavement to avoid overgrown trees was left with a “smashed-up face” after falling to the ground.

A mum’s criticised a now-closed coffee shop after staff went unpaid, but the apologetic owner says he tried everything to keep it afloat.

A convoy of ice cream vans drove through a town in tribute to the owner of an iconic business who served the community for 70 years.

Eagle-eyed courier firm workers intercepted a package containing £10,000 which helped prevent an elderly woman from being scammed.

Tributes have been paid to a “well-liked and respected” grandmother who was stabbed to death in her home.

A boy missing for days from Greater Manchester could be in Kent as concerns grow for his welfare.

Emergency services are at the scene of an incident near a railway station.

Shocking pictures show the aftermath of farming equipment falling off a lorry into a road.

Police are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found on Kent’s railway network today, just hours apart.

Part of a main road has reopened after it was closed in both directions due to a large sinkhole.

If it were up to columnist Melissa Todd, private schools would be abolished and children - both rich and poor - allocated places by a lottery system.

A farmer says clearing up fly-tipping on his land has cost him thousands of pounds - as residents’ concerns grow about the impact on rural Kent.

A luxury hotel could be transformed into a care facility amid a huge predicted shortfall of beds in the area.

Councillors have allowed a pub to keep a holiday let and pizza oven in its garden after they were installed without planning permission.

Frustrations are growing over the lack of action to crack down on groups stripping the shoreline of large quantities of shellfish.

Is it game over for Secret Drinker in the pub with the turbo-charged barmaids?

Protesters are celebrating a reprieve after developers failed to win approval for a controversial 1,600-home estate last night.

A council leader says six-month roadworks branded “stupid” by traders will ease congestion caused by a major neighbouring motorway in the long-run.

The owner of Premier Inn has put another restaurant on the market as it plans to expand its hotel business.

A woman known only as Mrs Z is planning a holiday after scooping a six-figure sum on an instant win game.