Vince Cable gave his seal of approval to a Sandwich hovercraft-building firm.

Business Secretary Vince Cable says small manufacturing companies are the key to economic recovery after meeting a Kent firm.

MP Charlie Elphicke has opposed the applications for exploratory drilling in East Kent and says he will raise the issue with Ministers.

The closure of Sandwich Quay car park will have an adverse effect on trade - especially at Christmas - say traders.

Details have emerged of a new store set for the former Pfizer site, which has been dubbed "near imperative" for scientific work to continue there.

Plans for a Waitrose shop and new doctors surgery in Sandwich will go on show at a public exhibition on Thursday.

East Kent has scored a massive coup as a pharmaceutical giant eyes a Discovery Park move.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of 48-year-old Julie Fairclough who has gone missing from her home in Sandwich.

After the House of Commons rejected the motion for possible military action in Syria, the district's two MPs say why they voted for it.

Sandwich Festival has been hailed as a great success, with plans already being made for next year’s event.

A Green Party councillor has challenged Sandwich MP Laura Sandys over comments she made about fracking in Woodnesborough.

Schools and students from around the Dover-Deal-Sandwich district are celebrating excellent A-level results.

Royal family fan Colin Carr heralded the birth of the 8lb 6oz future king with a 21 gun salute for Sandwich on Tuesday from The Quay.

Your views are needed on plans to build pylons for an energy connector from Richborough to Canterbury.

Two options for a line of 70 pylons cutting through the county's countryside have been put out to public consultation

A cinema is set for a galactic battle - to raise the cash to enter the digital age.

A middle-aged man was taken to hospital after his motorboat started sinking off the coast of Sandwich.

A renewable energy company has announced proposals to develop a £65 million biomass combined heat and power plant, with the promise of 40 jobs.

Debbie Philpott, a teaching assistant at Eastry Primary School, successfully completed the 26.2-mile overnight Walk The Walk across London.

Deal schools have come up trumps again with Sholden Primary School coming second in the KM’s competition to win new playground equipment.