Spring is definitely here as this superb picture of a ladybird taken in an Ashford garden demonstrates.

Around 1,750 people attended the annual lambing day staged by Ashford young farmers in Appledore.

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash with a car.

Over 200 sites across Ashford borough have been earmarked by landowners as possible new housing sites.

A man escaped virtually unscathed after falling from a busy motorway bridge.

Police are appealing for information after a 'sentimental' statue depicting a topless woman was stolen from a garden.

Lidl store closed for big refurbishment.

A driver is understood to have abandoned a car after crashing into a lamp post in South Ashford last night.

Two 13-year-olds were offered sex and sweets by three men in a black car as they played football in a Kent village.

This house owner must have felt it was the last straw when these bales of hay fell from a lorry and smashed into his house.

The principal of Ashford's John Wallis Academy has won praise from Ofsted inspectors.

The new man at the top of a business networking organisation says he wants more female members to join.

A woman was targeted by thieves in a supermarket car park who used a distraction technique to steal her purse.

Adorable penguins will soon be wearing jumpers knitted by a Kent pensioner.

A youngster has taken a council to task after doing her own audit of potholes in her area.

A mayor has demanded a teenage vandal's parents pay for his damage, but admits: 'They may blow a raspberry at us'

Runners from across the Kentish Express area are making their final preparations to take part in this Sunday's Brighton Marathon

A driver involved in a crash on M20 is no longer in a life-threatening condition.

Warm weather reigned again at the weekend with temperatures soaring into the upper teens.

Actress Jan Francis supported a raffle in her home village by making the draw.