The moveable barrier currently stored on the hard shoulder of the M20 will be shifted to the central reservation – sparking a year of disruption.

An investigation has been launched and a man arrested after an attack in the early hours which left a man with stab wounds.

Two very small children were among those seen brought to a Kent port in the latest saving of asylum seekers from the sea. .

Police forensics teams are in a car park this morning following a reported stabbing.

An organisation which helps support young refugees and asylum seekers as they settle in the county is to be honoured next month.

An elderly man has twice been the victim of a distraction burglary, and detectives believe the two incidents are linked.

Border Force and RNLI crafts have picked up groups of people making the Channel crossing in small boats.

A teenage asylum seeker took his own life after being wrongly judged to have turned 18 and moved to adult housing, an inquest has heard.

A charity has ambitions to transform a Grade II listed library on a military camp into an educational centre for future generations.

New measures are being introduced to stop adults 'masquerading as children' in an attempt to 'abuse' the asylum seeker system, the Home Office says.

A flood warning and alerts were issued in Kent as high spring tides and strong winds were expected.

A series of workshops and walks this month at one of the RSPB's nature reserves will show visitors how to identify bird breeds.

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers crossed the Channel to the UK on board small boats over the last 12 months, figures reveal.

A bus operator has warned growing levels of Covid-related absence and an ongoing driver shortage could force it to scale back timetables.

Asylum seekers who land on Kent's beaches will be triaged at an airport before being processed, the Home Office has confirmed.

A service which supports older people in the community is appealing for more people to volunteer their time to combat loneliness in the new year.

An eyesore roundabout coated in litter, broken signs and police tape has been compared to a town tip by a resident desperate for it to be cleared up.

We all love a festive TV special at Christmas and this year two prime-time slots are filled with shows filmed in Kent.

Another group of people trying to cross the Channel, including a heavily pregnant woman and a young boy, have been saved by a lifeboat crew.

More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats over last four days, bringing the 2021 total to over 27,000.