Plans to designate a popular country park as a nature reserve have been ruled out, leaving campaigners "desperately disappointed".

A Kent pier is set to fully reopen in the coming weeks - months after being damaged by Storm Ciarán.

A town centre car park has closed for good to make way for a major multimillion-pound redevelopment.

A former church youth worker was snapped on camera snatching precious jewellery during a break-in at a neighbour's home.

A frustrated businessman wants to install cameras in his car park to stop rogue drivers hogging his customers’ spaces.

A father and daughter are worried their pet alpacas and goats could be culled as the animals are set to be tested for the bluetongue virus.

A nursery has been forced to close suddenly, the parent company citing its “financial position” as the reason.

The proposed size of a controversial solar farm has increased to 206 acres in an official planning application.

A pharmaceutical company is closing its doors for good – just weeks after Pfizer announced plans to axe 500 jobs.

A hospital trust has been ordered to make “immediate improvements” with staff shortages and “overcrowded” A&E departments leading to safety concerns.

“Lairy teenagers” wearing creepy clown masks with “huge sharp teeth” have been disturbing villagers in a series of anti-social acts.

Rail passengers are experiencing delays after a person was spotted on the tracks.

Three new cases of bluetongue disease have been identified in the county.

A major route has been blocked after two cars and a motorbike crashed on a roundabout leaving one person injured.

A new TV programme about the discovery of Viagra, in which a Kent laboratory played a key role, is airing this month.

Roadside verges will pile up with litter and urine-filled bottles for a year following a council’s decision to skip a six-monthly clean, it is feared.

Wheelchair users are calling for vital upgrades to a 3km stretch of the King Charles III Coastal Path which they say is “completely inaccessible”.

Worried residents say traffic-calming measures are needed in their small but busy street as speeding drivers have become a “menace”.

Two adorable lion cubs hand-reared by Kent animal park owner Damian Aspinall have moved to a public enclosure for the first time.

New details have been revealed of continued works and closures on the A2, which continue beyond the New Year.