The children's favourite is coming to Ashford as the star attraction at Saturday's festive family fun day.

Education chiefs are urging schools in Kent to postpone planned trips to France as the threat of further terrorist attacks looms.

Residents and rail staff have been praised for their quick thinking when a late-night train derailed after hitting a herd of cows near a Kent village.

Plans to build a new brewery in the county are a step closer after ale lovers pledged more than £1 million of their beer money for the project.

Kent's motorways were shut for almost 1,000 hours over a summer of travel misery, as it's revealed costly traffic-cutting measures are NOT being used.

Around 100 people joined in the national minute's silence for victims of the Paris terror attacks today.

A man charged with sex offences against young girls in two parts of Kent has been found dead.

A garage was damaged this afternoon after flames from an outdoor incinerator spread.

A Kent village has shown its support for the people of France after more than 120 people were killed in suspected terrorist attacks overnight.

Channel services into France are all still operating from Kent despite the devastating events that happened in Paris on Friday night

A council chief executive is leaving after six years to take up a new job in the private sector.

Yet another deadline date for completing a multi-million pound tower block refurbishment has passed with no sign of the work ending.

A volunteer working with migrants at The Jungle in Calais has spoken of the experience.

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has joined with a Kent rocking horse firm to raise money for charity.

A man in his 40s was treated by paramedics after his car overturned and landed on its roof in a ditch.

A mum says she is lucky to be alive after her car span out of control.

A judge has questioned the prosecution of a woman who risked jail to care for malnourished dogs.

Two pigs abandoned in Hoo have been given new homes - and new names.

An inquest into the death of a Kent lawyer killed in a Brazilian boat accident heard she suffered a catastrophic head injury.

An estate agent is opening four new outlets across Kent as it tries to cement its place as a national player.