Council bosses were asked about failing social services, roadworks chaos, broken promises and accessibility issues at a Q&A session.

We’ve rounded up a number of festive events taking place during December for children, families and adults to enjoy.

A pensioner says he has been left stranded by a council’s clampdown on street parking due to a ‘human error’ they only realised 20 years later.

Missed appointments, cards going AWOL and a Gills season ticket arriving three months late – we lift the lid on Royal Mail delays.

Drivers have been urged to slow down when passing road works after a car crashed into a set of traffic lights and sped off.

A drive has been launched to support local independent businesses this Christmas – and the council is offering free bus travel.

The sitcom star will be visiting two Kent theatres as part of her brand new tour, The Plot So Far.

A drug dealer who was caught in the act and has been jailed for more than three years had “misplaced confidence”, says a detective.

Lloyds is shutting another 45 branches across its network amid the ongoing shift away from high street banking – including five sites in Kent.

Drawings of new proposals to transform a dockside industrial estate have been revealed.

The Dickensian Christmas Festival is back with more Victorian festivities, including lantern parades, street performers and characters.

A gardener and his beloved pet birds have caused quite a stir in one historic town thanks to their high street outings.

Our reviewer visits an RC enthusiasts’ dream for an unusual breakfast experience.

A former golf course earmarked for a new park is home to great crested newts and 34 species of birds.

An MP is supporting a bill that would ramp up fines on overrunning roadworks to more than £12,000 a day.

A town centre pub has reopened after a huge refurbishment – with a new name and majestic new look.

A couple are toasting their success after pulling pints at the same pub for three decades while more than 30 boozers nearby have closed their doors.

A woman who has worked for the same shopping chain since she finished school is celebrating 40 years with the company.

A village pub, once a popular haunt among smugglers, is on the market.

A volunteer knitter for a baby bereavement charity has shared her secret to a long life – and it is more simple than you might think.