Craig Mackinlay, the ex-MP who lost his hands and feet after contracting sepsis, has spoken of his near-death experience and the future of the Tories.

A council has vowed to continue to deliver a series of financial support schemes for residents bearing the brunt of the cost of living crisis.

Pharmacists are taking action against shameless shoplifters who are stealing cosmetics and baby milk to order.

A popular figure, described as a ‘local legend’ who taught thousands of children and represented his community with distinction has died.

Council cutbacks would leave users of two Kent children’s centres in deprived areas devastated and vulnerable, say staff and parents.

A Kent MP is calling for the government to put an end to violence on the streets after far-right protestors set fire to a hotel.

A Kent MP is calling for plans to convert a former care home into a facility for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to be reversed.

Fishermen feel “pushed to one side” as the majority of cash intended for much-needed facilities has been diverted to an ambitious port project.

Lord Craig Mackinlay has told the Kent Politics Podcast of his fight back from near death and predicted the direction his party is about to take.

Plans for a new town council look set to be dismissed once and for all after campaigners were accused of “moving the goalposts”.

Neighbours were surprised to learn a care home will be turned into a reception centre for asylum-seeking youngsters, having received no forewarning.

An extended 20mph zone comes into force in October and has been widely welcomed but a campaigner says it’s just a way of fleecing drivers.

There are fears consumers are being put at risk of food poisoning after it was revealed 1 in 10 Kent restaurants have not been inspected in two years.

The Conservatives face a major Liberal Democrats challenge in Tunbridge Wells at next May’s county council elections.

A council is to press ahead with acquiring a housing development that currently does not provide the minimum standard space.

Two children’s centres face an uncertain future as Kent County Council proposes to withdraw funding.

Plans to turn a former hospital into 87 homes can go ahead after a developer agreed to almost double its financial contribution to local services.

A newly-elected Labour MP has accused a political opponent of ‘game-playing’ over the fate of a town centre library.

A union is balloting its members who work for a waste company about potential strike action over pay as a bin crisis looks set to continue.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spared the £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing from a series of sweeping cuts to national infrastructure schemes.