Kent's fire service is encouraging "Jedi knights, princesses and nerf-herders" to turn their lightsabers into lifesavers and check their smoke alarms.

Two big dates in the Kent folk calendar have been announced for 2016.

A Romanian worker launched a one-man protest outside a car wash after he said the firm failed to pay him his wages.

An Ashford councillor threw his ID card on a desk and walked out of the council chamber at the end of a lively debate on creating community councils.

The funeral of Wittersham village stalwart Alan Wood will take place at Charing Crematorium at noon today (Thursday).

Figures released today reveal how Kent's primary schools compare in the English league tables.

A family has paid tribute to a teenage motorcyclist described as a "loveable cheeky monkey who lived life to the full" after he died in a crash.

Fire investigation teams are looking into what caused a serious blaze in an oast house roof overnight.

A 50-year-old man killed in a crash on Tuesday has been named locally as Dave Currer.

A spooked reindeer escaped and was recaptured at a lights parade - by a quick-thinking PC who grabbed his antlers!

A vegan mum who wanted to buy a live turkey for her baby daughter for Christmas was shocked when a farm refused to sell her one.

An "evil" former soccer coach who raped and sexually abused vulnerable young boys over a 30-year period has been locked up for 22 years.

Brave parents have told of the shocking moment their young son told how he'd been abused at the hands of an online predator. Read their account here.

A town council has announced it is to receive a whopping £3.5m from the sale of land to a housing developer.

A woman's told of the moment she saw the front of her house cave in as a car crashed into her lounge.

A Kent health trust has recruited a familiar face to help pull it out of special measures.

Chancellor George Osborne has revealed new measures to tackle the problems caused on Kent's roads by Operation Stack.

A starving horse died within hours of arriving at an animal rescue centre after being abandoned in a field.

Fire crews were called to a farm after a fire was reported in one of the barn outbuildings.

Criminals targeted a primary school firework display to pass off fake £20 notes, depriving pupils of money needed for new computers.