Plans to build a special needs secondary school have been blocked and sent to the secretary of state over the loss of playing fields.

A council has voted unanimously to support a motion calling on the new Labour government to compensate women impacted by changes to pension rules.

A council has become the first in Kent to recognise experience within the care system as a protected characteristic when making decisions.

Plans to make several towns safer for women and girls, including by using plain-clothes officers to reduce assaults, have been approved.

River boat tours could be set to return to a tourist town as part of proposals to erect a new docking station.

Children will be able to ride the bus for free in part of Kent this summer thanks to a government-funded scheme.

Plans to add more cameras to several towns to catch motorists flouting traffic rules have been welcomed despite claims they’re purely to “make money”.

A new £23.65 million family sports and leisure centre is officially open.

A council has approved plans to bring in charges for those who bin more than others.

Residents in one of the fastest growing parts of Kent are being asked their views on its “blueprint for the future”.

An ex-member of the armed forces says he was continually “chased” by British Gas to pay an inaccurate bill.

A council is considering plans to draft in more plainclothes police officers to step in and prevent assaults on women and girls on nights out.

Thousands of homes could be built on rural land as part of a plan to reshape the look of a conurbation over the next few decades.

A council has made changes to its cabinet after seeing three of its members take up new postings at Westminster.

A revised plan to revitalise a rundown part of a historic town centre and improve a dangerous road junction is to go on display.

A council has vowed to plaster the faces of fly-tippers and anti-social motorists online in an attempt to clampdown on environmental crime.

The sudden chopping down of a tree planted a quarter of a century ago as a tribute to people killed at work has provoked anger among some residents.

Some people have yet to receive their postal vote for the general election on July 4 which could mean they won’t be able to cast their ballot.

A fast-food takeaway accused of employing illegal workers when raided by the Home Office may now have its licence revoked.

A council says it attempting to “move on” a group of travellers who have set up an unauthorised encampment at a recreation ground.