Plans to slash dozens of subsidised bus services are up in the air after the sudden departure of Kent's cabinet transport chief.

Filling up your car is now the most expensive it has been for years, so here is where to go for the lowest prices.

A man suspected of several burglaries in the Ashford area has been released.

The Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable says the issue over patients waiting in ambulances for admission to hospitals in Kent is worsening.

Part of a busy dual carriageway has reopened after being shut for emergency repairs after a mammoth pothole stretching 100ft opened up.

A woman who bombarded one one of the world's best DJs with emails and showed up at his Kent home has avoided jail.

A third of people were left waiting in ambulances for more than half an hour outside A&E units in Kent last week.

A young boy from Kent stars in a blockbuster movie which premieres tonight.

Some Kent hospitals are on the highest level of alert - with pressure escalating and an "increased possibility of patient care being compromised".

Singer and former Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker gets her skates on to take part in ITV's Dancing On Ice.

We reveal what stories made the papers for the second half of 2017.

A hotel guest has been arrested and charged by police with burglary.

We look back at the stories that made the headlines in the Kent Messenger over the past 12 months.

Emergency services were sent to at scene of a major "police incident" on the M25.

A man reported to have spat in a police officer’s face has been arrested and charged.

The body of a pensioner missing for seven months has been found by a member of the public on Boxing Day.

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Meet the team of volunteers sacrificing their festive nights to make sure others stay safe during the season's celebrations.

Detectives investigating a theft at an antiques shop have charged a man.