Three recently-closed leisure centres are a step closer to opening again after the council agreed a deal with a new leisure provider.

Spend your summer relaxing on the luscious lawns, playing tennis on the courts and splashing around in your own private pool.

From free family festivals to author meet-and-greets, here’s five ways to make the most of the end of the Easter holidays.

The Tulip Celebrations display sees more than 40,000 symbolic flowers burst into colour this month.

Officers found dozens of canisters containing nitrous oxide during an anti-social behaviour operation.

A motorist in a "nice car" has been caught hitting speeds in excess of 100mph and going through a red light.

A wildlife park will be hosting a Tudor festival with games, talks and a visit from the Tudor King himself, Henry VIII.

Secret Drinker enjoys life on the high Cs at the old opera house in Kent's poshest town.

Funding has been agreed to help reopen three leisure centres which closed suddenly after the company that ran them went into liquidation.

Wondering how to keep the family happy over the bank holiday? We've got you covered with great days out from Good Friday to Easter Monday.

Thousands of people took part in legendary 50 mile walks in the 1960s, organised by the Kent Messenger and inspired by the president of the USA.

A man has been arrested and police are stepping up patrols after a stabbing in a residential road.

A suspected county lines dealer has been charged on suspicion of supplying crack cocaine and heroin.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a late-night crash involving a buggy in a village.

A stolen dumper truck stolen was recovered after officers pulled over a suspicious van on a Kent motorway.

The spring flowers will be bursting into life in gardens and woodland all over the county in just a few weeks.

A flood alert has been issued for a river which runs through part of the county after heavy rain.

A man has been arrested after police stopped a van they believed to have a false number plate – and then found a stolen dumper inside.

There are long delays on a motorway after an accident.

A fire at a derelict pub is being treated as a suspected arson attack.