MPs in Kent have condemned the “appalling” shooting of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally.

After the Conservatives’ bruising defeat, Melissa Todd outlines her hopes for the new government - and what the rise of Reform could mean in future.

A veteran broadcaster has spoken about his aborted bid to become a Kent MP while taking aim at a potential new Tory leader.

New Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been invited to Kent as the number of lone child asylum seekers rises sharply, says Kent County Council.

It is “all hands on deck” as the county council uses the summer months to deal with Kent’s pothole crisis.

A secondary school is set to receive a huge cash sum from Kent County Council to expand its capacity to meet growing demand for places.

A man who collided with a Kent MP and her daughters while driving over the limit and on the wrong side of the road has been jailed.

An attempt to block the “divestment” of eight Kent windmills has been unsuccessful.

A long-running social club regularly visited by former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during her days in the town has shut at short notice.

Fresh from general election success, Reform UK will be turning its attention to Kent County Council when it goes to the polls in May next year.

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.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps to establishing a new UK border security command to tackle people-smuggling gangs.

Activists have filmed themselves attacking a company's headquarters causing thousands of pounds of damage.

The Conservatives will be taking stock after a battering at the polls - so what now for the slimmed-down party, asks Paul Francis.

Fresh from attending counts across the county, our reporters discuss what happened and why.

A scientist, a nurse, a former banker, a barrister and two army veterans are among the new Kent MPs set to take their seats in the House of Commons.

Nigel Farage may have finally found a political berth 90 miles from Kent, but the Reform leader has indisputably had a huge impact closer to home.

Political editor Paul Francis looks at why the Conservatives in Kent have found themselves staring down the barrel of a beating at the ballot box.

A former Kent MP who withdrew from the election race after losing his limbs in a devastating sepsis battle has been handed a peerage by Rishi Sunak.