Taxpayers will pick up the bill for policing Operation Stack - which is more than half a million pounds - after the Home Secretary refused to pay it.

Firefighters tackled a kitchen fire last night, which is believed to have started by unattended food left in a cooker.

Firefighters have tackled a blaze in a two-storey property in Bethersden which is believed to have been caused by a log burner.

A road's been shut this afternoon after a 'sinkhole' appeared in the carriageway.

A young boy has been taken to hospital after he was hit by a car.

A tractor driver's been fined after two cars - including a £21,000 sports car - were written off when he shed his load of straw.

A dead pony dumped in a country lane was so heavily covered in mud that it looked like a huge lump of earth. Warning: graphic image.

Drivers are complaining that they are being left out of pocket because of the high cost of petrol at garages in Tenterden.

A promising young footballer who died after his car crashed into a tree was not wearing a seatbelt, an inquest heard.

A nature expert was shocked to find the rotting carcass of a large wild boar as he walked along the shoreline on Romney Marsh

A council is warning residents to beware of bogus callers claiming to work for the authority’s legal and accident investigation team.

Appointments have been rescheduled and extra staff are being brought in to help East Kent's hospitals cope during the planned junior doctors’ strike.

The row over Tenterden’s pink pub rumbles on – nearly two years after the Woolpack was painted a delicate hue

Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to free a woman from a car after a crash.

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A young mother whose husband died on Christmas Day is determined to make this year’s festivities extra special.

A grower has launched the country's first naturally red apple juice.

A Maidstone man's car veered into another on a busy road near Ashford when he suffered an epileptic fit, court hears.

It's that time of year again when good taste goes out the window in aid of charity - tweet us your best Christmas jumper photos!

Scores of motorcyclists are expected to pay a touching tribute to a 19-year-old motorcylist killed in a crash.