Sixteen wards are being contested in the local council elections for Tunbridge Borough Council.

Taxpayers are footing the bill for a traffic wardens' day out... to the zoo.

People across Kent are going to the polls today to decide who should represent the region in the European Parliament.

A KM Group poll has revealed huge voter apathy ahead of tomorrow's Euro elections.

KCC ponders move for libraries to be run by charitable trust

A Maidstone woman is unable to vote for the first time in more than 40 years this week, after a mix-up with her postal vote.

A “fourth and final” offer from Pfizer has been rejected by AstraZeneca due to fears over job security.

A prospective Labour MP has hit out at his own party and its "dodgy" election campaign in a blistering attack recorded secretly.

UKIP MEP candidate Janice Atkinson has been photographed giving anti-racism protesters an offensive hand gesture in the middle of a Kent high street.

Ukip party leader Nigel Farage is to make a final push for votes today... in the town where he was attacked by a placard-waving protester.

Nigel Farage says increased attacks on his party show the Westminster elite are running scared.

The new leader of Thanet council is Labour’s Iris Johnston.

Residents and councillors in Sandwich have spoken out over fears switching street lights off could be dangerous.

Liberal Democrats are putting aside polls suggesting major losses at the European election as they launch campaign in Kent

MP Laura Sandys says the drop in jobless claimants in South Thanet is due to growing businesses such as Discovery Park.

Prime Minister David Cameron has today vowed to do everything possible to keep Manston airport open as it prepares to shut tomorrow.

Villagers will take to the polls at the end of the month to decide whether they want another community hall in Meopham.

Planning committee members reject plans to build a new supermarket behind a popular community centre.

There had been eight mayors of Gravesham called John since the First World War and, on Tuesday night, John Caller became the ninth.

A decision is due tonight on plans for a controversial new supermarket which opponents say will threaten the future of a community centre.