A grammar school is considering setting its own 11-plus test in a move that education chiefs fear could place children under more pressure.

Thanet District Council has ordered a review into the future of Ramsgate's former Pleasurama amusement park after developers failed to meet a deadline

Top councillor David Carr has lost the support of Conservative colleagues after saying travellers "screw everything up".

A £100k Portas cash injection to breathe life back into Ashford has still not been touched, it's been revealed.

A worm population - which has almost doubled in 10 years - could stop Kent fishermen earning their living.

A councillor tasked with allocating traveller sites has been suspended today after criticising their communities - saying they "screw everything up".

A report has condemned the 'fiasco' surrounding Kent's youth tsar Paris Brown... claiming a panel failed to scrutinise her appointment.

All parties on Kent County Council are today expected to back a pay freeze for councillors, keeping their basic allowances at just more than £12,800

Special PCs are to be given a council tax rebate to acknowledge the work they do as volunteers, Kent police commissioner Ann Barnes has announced.

A council is facing criticism over a top secret deal with stricken ferry firm TransEuropa after it emerged the authority is owed £3.3million.

A councillor has slammed his town centre for having too many charity shops and cafes.

Kent rail passengers have been warned to expect serious disruption on services to and from London... for up to two years.

The man behind Paramount Park has warned a new river crossing could ruin plans for the Disney-style resort as the government unveiled its plans.

A former Conservative county councillor who defected to UKIP says he has already been told he would be welcomed back to the Tory fold.

Maidstone and Weald MP and equalities minister Helen Grant has defended plans for same-sex marriage ahead of a key Commons vote tonight.

Parents face huge increases in travel costs to send their children to school as new rules require children to stay in education or training until 18.

The Kent MEP who leads the Conservative group in the European Parliament is facing a battle to carry on after failing to secure enough votes.

A community group has decided it will not run this year's illuminations in Herne Bay because they fear a "backlash" over their poor standard.

Sandwich shop losses bid to stay open until 5am

Les Wicks has been dropped in a major shake-up of Medway Council's cabinet.