Education secretary Michael Gove is under pressure to approve plans for a "new" grammar school in Kent as lawyers assess the legality of the scheme.

An MP has today announced she will not stand as a candidate at the next election after making a "difficult and heart-wrenching decision".

East Kent Against Fracking (EKAF) handed a letter against fracking propaganda to David Cameron in Downing Street on Friday

Bowling club members have slammed "bonkers" new health and safety rules that mean they need to fill in risk assessment forms.

Four members of a council's watchdog committee have quit after their report into standards of behaviour was heavily criticised.

The election for two parish councillor vacancies in Meopham will take place on December 12.

Council chiefs are moving to ensure that borough funds are spent on local services.

Councillors could be forced to have training to improve their conduct after a shock report found the public suspects secrecy and corruption.

A video of a mystery orb captured hovering in the sky for at least half-an-hour has prompted claims of UFOs in Kent.

Kent nightspots should be charged thousands of pounds a year to help deal with the effects of alcohol-related crime and disorder, it has been claimed.

More than half of Kent's street lights are to be switched off overnight as part of a bid to save cash.

A group of nightingales could be packed off to Essex... to make way for a 5,000-home development.

A Liberal Democrat councillor is set to be investigated following claims he admitted on Twitter to hating Americans.

A councillor has blasted Medway Hospital's boss during a committee grilling over maternity failings.

Her first year has seen a major PR crisis, negative national headlines and a damning police report , but has Ann Barnes been a success as crime tsar?

Policing minister Damian Green says police forces are more accountable, a year after the first police commissioners were elected.

Allegations of sexism and bullying within Deal Town Council are being referred to the Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles.

Free extra tuition should be given to bright children from poorer backgrounds in Kent to help them pass the 11-plus, a report has warned.

Angry people living on a treacherous road full of potholes are blaming it for broken bones and leaving the elderly too afraid to leave their homes.

Kent County Council could end a three-year council tax freeze under cost-cutting budget proposals being set out today.