A long-awaited ban on the live export of animals is finally set to come into force - 50 years after campaigners started fighting for the rule.

Kent County Council has failed to hit targets in three key areas, according to official new figures

Parts of a town centre will be closed to traffic as soldiers parade to mark the appointment of a new mayor and council leader.

Political editor Paul Francis says Natalie Elphicke’s “baffling and futile” defection to Labour is far from the coup Keir Starmer hoped it would be…

We visited a reopened park and ride service as a debate rages over whether running the double-decker diesel buses is bad for the environment.

Controversial ‘red routes’ come into force in one part of Kent today. Here’s everything you need to know about the new traffic measures.

A multi-million-pound project to update a roundabout is months behind schedule with “issues trapping reptiles” among the reasons for delays.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to make Kent’s shores “hostile territory for people-smuggling gangs" during a speech in Kent.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast discusses Dover MP Natalie Elphicke’s defection and hears from the head of polling company Electoral Calculus.

Kent’s smokers are costing the county £1.3bn a year, say new figures.

Workers in Kent are underqualified and underskilled compared to the rest of the country, according to a new report.

A warship from Russia shadowed by the Royal Navy off the coast of Kent has been caught on camera.

The ex deputy leader said she left the Tories over disagreements about the direction they were heading in and an unwillingness to accept mistakes.

Michael Gove will consider whether to intervene over a controversial application to redevelop docks.

A Kent MP continues to face a backlash after defecting to the Labour Party – with new and old allies criticising the move and leader Keir Starmer.

A Kent MP has defected to the Labour Party just moments before Prime Minister’s Questions began - leaving local Tories stunned.

Youth workers have set up a petition calling for their club to be reopened after being left heartbroken at having to turn devastated children away.

People staying in camper-vans near a beach have hit back at fears from residents that the site is becoming a “squatter camp”.

A decision on controversial plans to demolish a working docks and replace it with a business park has been delayed after a legal challenge.

A highly-respected veteran socialist and former Labour group leader has died at the age of 91.