Bailiffs have been used by councils around Kent more than 30,000 times in the last year, it's been revealed.

Giant union Unison has targeted social care bosses in its campaign against zero hour contracts in Kent.

Police are considering setting up special courts to tackle a worrying rise in domestic violence cases.

The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance has fallen by 930 across Kent and Medway

Education chiefs have been prompted to change their plans for a replacement 11-plus exam... as more schools plan their own test.

Medway Council is considering banning adverts for payday loans.

A council has admitted wardens do not offer a grace period at any of its car parks... even while drivers are paying for a ticket.

A long-awaited development to bring more than 6,000 homes is set to get under way soon after planning approval last night.

Neighbours’ views are invited on the proposed conversion of the former Inland Revenue offices in Ashford’s Wellesley Road into 26 affordable flats.

A Conservative councillor has caused controversy by claiming he would like to “ban equal rights fascists”.

A council leader has admitted he is not optimistic about recouping the £3.3million owed by the collapsed ferry company Transeuropa.

Kent's police officers are facing huge pressures to hit performance targets... which is stopping them 'getting on with the job', a report's revealed.

Payam Tamiz receives an apology from the Evening Standard after he was accused of calling women "sluts".

A council report into fracking has sparked a huge row, after its author said it was 'not capable of serious damage'.

A report has painted a grim picture of Margate... with teen pregnancy, school failure and fatherlessness on a par with inner cities.

Labour has chosen a 24-year-old town mayor to fight MP Laura Sandys in South Thanet, which includes Sandwich, at the next general election.

Labour has chosen a 24-year-old town mayor to fight MP Laura Sandys in South Thanet at the next general election.

Live Aid legend Sir Bob Geldof is showing little charity to a neighbour in a row over a garden gate near his Kent country estate.

A debt of more than £3million to a Kent council after the collapse of a ferry firm is owed by four companies, it has emerged.

Confidential documents released from 1982 reveal the government considered an option to flood parts of Kent to save London.