Councillors have called an objection by Sport England to plans for 139 homes “ridiculous” - and now Angela Rayner will need to sign off proposals.

A 296-flat planning application which will transform a brownfield site in the middle of a town centre has been approved.

Kent could be hit by tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever within decades if climate change continues to worsen, a new study has found.

A Labour county councillor has been deselected over “concerning” remarks he made and placing bets on election results.

Artist Tracey Emin and residents of an “iconic” tower block are celebrating after a controversial plan to replace windows was quashed.

A council cabinet said it would have to take “difficult decisions” in order to ensure the council stayed afloat amid warnings of financial troubles.

Kent council leaders have urged a local authority to rethink its “short-sighted” proposals to buy properties in the borough.

The three main candidates in what was one of the most important by-elections in UK political history have shared their insights a decade on.

Social care providers could be forced to close if they are not exempt from an increase in national insurance, Kent County Council has warned.

A corner shop has been stripped of its licence to sell alcohol after being caught selling age-restricted products to a 13-year-old.

Dozens of Kent farmers are descending on Westminster in protest over a new ‘death’ tax which they claim will destroy rural family businesses.

A grassroots football club looking to transform their ground to help them grow say a new council bill is “too much to ask”.

There are more than 80,000 people in Kent thought to be taking illegal drugs, new official figures have revealed.

Families who have spent generations building up farming ventures fear the “destruction” of their way of life following changes to inheritance tax.

A council is to move into a town’s tallest building by the end of the year - but meetings will continue to be held in its current HQ.

A Green-led council has been accused of playing “fast and loose” with taxpayers’ money over plans to make offices more environmentally-friendly.

Fresh calls have been made in parliament to urge the government to look at all possibilities of extending the underground network into the county.

A legal threat from Lidl could scupper construction of a new Aldi store - even though the plans have already been green-lit.

Councillors have reacted after a decision on a new garden village with more than 8,000 homes was taken out of their hands.

Campaigners to save family services at a much-loved children’s centre gathered at County Hall this morning ahead of a council debate on the issue.