County transport bosses are examining options for three lorry parks in Kent to cut the number of HGVs illegally parked on roads overnight.

Kent County Council leader asks central government for written promise on flood funding.

An emergency fund that offers critical support to thousands of struggling families across Kent - even paying for food - is being ditched.

Kent police commissioner Ann Barnes has been forced to explain to MPs why she's not revealed her new youth czar almost three months after interviews.

Council tax will be frozen again for another year after Dartford Borough Council voted for a freeze.

The threat of development has been removed from four greenfield sites, earmarked for housing under the draft Local Plan.

People are being invited to have their say on a new scheme to replace the Kent Freedom Pass after a major U-turn.

A councillor who runs a renewable energy company had his sales patter branded "dodgy" after offering to give the council a quote in a budget meeting.

A Royal Mail sorting office could be reopened just months after it was closed, the Kent Messenger can exclusively reveal.

The purchase of a prominent office block is the key to a major new town centre development say councillors.

A Kent MP is facing a backlash after urging girls to take up "feminine" sports... like cheerleading and ballet.

Sickly smells coming from a deodorant factory could be a thing of the past.

Around 100 business people were given the chance to quiz developers behind the proposed Newnham Court shopping centre yesterday.

Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury, rejected suggestions there is no money to improve flood defences in a visit to Yalding yesterday.

An MP is demanding answers after all high-risk general surgery in east Kent was centralised amid patient safety fears - but he was not told.

Lib Dem politician Danny Alexander will be in the village from 3.50pm to speak with residents about flooding.

A political row has been sparked amid claims work to protect Yalding from flooding was scrapped... before the latest storms.

Two contenders for the Dover and Deal parliamentary seat are at loggerheads over plans to increase maternity pay.

County council taxpayers are likely to be hit with a hike in bills as a three-year freeze looks set to come to an end today.

Kent council taxpayers face paying more for fire and rescue services for the first time in four years, it has been announced.