This year's Sandwich Festival will see the town come alive with entertainment.

A popular fish and chip shop has closed for more than two weeks after a blaze.

Kent Miners Festival is gearing up for its next event at its new home Betteshanger Community Park, at the site of the former pit

A metal detecting group from Dover discovered a First World War medal and returned it to the owner's granddaughter to shed light on a family history.

There will be tractors, animals, a funfair and plenty of stalls for all to enjoy at Sandwich Showground this weekend.

A new play area has opened at Betteshanger Country Park just in time for the last week of the summer holidays.

There are plans being put in place to keep tabs on traffic during Operation Stack when HGVs are diverted to Manston.

The leisure centre in Sandwich which recently went into administration has been purchased by the Ramac Group and will not be closing.

Air fresheners displaying a reminder not to text and drive are now being given away in the second wave of the Mercury’s Why Risk It? campaign.

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Town councillors are being discouraged from attending a briefing by an American firm hoping to return Manston to being an airport.

A fire broke out at a chip shop in Sandwich this morning.

Firefighters were called to New Street, Sandwich this morning after a gas leak caused smoke to fill two properties.

The Fleur de Lis in Sandwich will re-open tomorrow (Thursday) after a year of standing empty.

The leader of a Kent council has pleaded with campaigners to keep the faith over negotiations to restore Manston to an airport.

A warning about cold callers falsely claiming to offer a council tax rebate has been issued Kent County Council Trading Standards

Demolition work on Burlington House is making good progress with the final tenant moving out of the complex last week.

Residents say people parking on St Bart's Road in Sandwich are "inconsiderate".

The historic town of Sandwich has demanded protection from lorries diverted to Manston during Op Stack.

A community group tackling crime in the district has been given thousands from the Port of Dover.