Online giant Amazon, which has warehouses in Kent, has announced a pay rise for its operational staff but union members have criticised the move.

Traffic was queuing on a busy road after a crash reportedly involving a lorry.

A man was airlifted to a London hospital after an excavator tipped over in a field.

A new technology in action on a Kent farm may solve the shortage of fruit-pickers - by using robots.

Blue Badge holders will lose free parking as a council proposes to introduce ANPR cameras as part of a £530k upgrade of its car parks.

Raise a glass to a great summer with real ale festivals, craft larger bars, street food stalls, live music and more.

A £1.6m investment in solar panels and heat pumps will cut costs and carbon emissions at a popular leisure centre.

Veterans at the RBLI village for ex-servicemen invite the public to join them for tea and cakes to celebrate the charity’s 105th birthday.

The early morning pursuit of a suspected stolen car along a busy stretch of road has led to two men being charged.

A newsagent who started as a paperboy 51 years ago has reflected on the highs and lows of his career - including being held up at gunpoint.

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved member of a cricket team who died suddenly after suffering a heart attack.

A young man who made “persistent efforts” to meet a minor for sex when he was 19 has avoided being sent to prison.

Bus company Nu Venture has warned people to keep an eye on their timetables as it makes changes to certain services.

Details have been released of the third and final phase of a major project to deliver 840 new homes including a link road between two local routes.

Passengers faced disruption after a train hit a tree resulting in the cancellation of some services.

A “village estate” on a disused airfield is still expanding with 542 new homes in the pipeline 30 years after its foundation.

A cocaine dealer who took family photos and made a restaurant booking using his drug-dealing phone has been jailed for more than three years.

A 64-year-old paedophile who breached a court order which banned him from being near children is back behind bars.

The RSPCA is appealing for information after four doves were found in a box dumped at a country park.

A “beautiful side street” Kent pub – which was ranked the second best in the UK last year – has won another award.