A series of bad takeovers caused a loss of more than £720 million for an insurance firm last year, which led to a drastic restructure.

Around 1,000 lorries are to be held at a station car park in a bid to ease the Operation Stack crisis, as parts of the M20 re-opened this morning.

Half-naked entertainer and internet prankster #DiscoBoy takes the party to lorry drivers stuck in Operation Stack.

A new technology centre, run by a company which has supplied parts for the Battersea Power Station development, has been opened in Kent.

A restaurant chain, which was considering a number of sites in Sevenoaks for a new branch, has decided not to proceed with plans.

A Kent MP has spoken of his disappointment at a leading bank's decision to close a branch in the county.

Highways England has rejected plans to introduce a contraflow system on the M20 to ease Operation Stack chaos.

Firefighters rescued the woman from the wreckage of her car after it crashed into a tree.

A new burial ground, the second to be developed in the county, has been opened in west Kent.

It may be the peak of summer, but Kent is being hit by unseasonably miserable weather conditions, forcing the cancellation of some events.

An inquest has heard how a lorry driver was to blame for the deaths of a father and his two daughters in a horrific motorway pile-up.

Two people have been seriously hurt after reportedly falling from underneath a lorry on the hard shoulder of a motorway.

A former Lord Lieutenant of Kent - who shaped and modernised the role and donated millions to charities - has lost his battle against ill health.

A trio who were arrested on suspicion of murdering a man after he was found with head injuries have been released without charge.

A Kent primary school has pulled out all the stops for its annual sports day, which for the first year was held on its newly built field.

Kent's police commissioner has urged the government to pay back the £700,000 recent costs for tackling Operation Stack.

The Kent home of Peaches Geldof has reportedly been sold after it was deserted for more than a year following her death from a drugs overdose.

Residents in west Kent could finally be free of a disturbing, whining noise which is produced by easyJet's A320 planes.

The M20 has reopened as Operation Stack is no longer in place.

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