Householders face a 4.59% rise in council tax, after a council set its budget.

“Exciting” plans, including 300 new homes and a town square, have been unveiled to replace a leisure complex.

Plans for a new sports hub for a rapidly growing town have been axed even though thousands more homes are to be built.

A drug dealer has been jailed for two years after hiding bags of cocaine behind a car air vent.

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A mum who had been harassing her children’s relatives for months, assaulted a shop worker and threatened to stab a policeman when he went to her aid.

A fee-paying school is investigating after a young boy suffered “several injuries” following an accident “on a staircase”.

A teacher and mum-of-two is hoping to become the first MP to represent a newly formed Kent constituency at the next general election.

A suspected shoplifter has been charged after hundreds of pounds worth of meat was reported stolen from a supermarket.

A Green party representative who published private details about discussions over a town’s leisure centre says he stands by what he did.

Angry residents say they can “no longer trust” the Royal Mail due to chronic delays to their postal deliveries.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of multiples offences including driving while under the influence of a banned substance.

A council has made the decision to remove all bottle, can and plastic banks following a rise in kerbside recycling.

It’s been billed as a more social and accessible version of tennis but does Padel live up to the hype? KentOnline went courtside to find out.

The MP has taken the unusual step of writing to police chiefs amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas conflict.

A garden therapy scheme that has helped scores of people recover from depression and anxiety is to close in a “devastating” blow.

A railway station where trains are late or cancelled more often than they run on time has been named the worst for commuters.

A new development of flats and retail space will give a nod to the site’s past when it opens after a major revamp.

CCTV footage shows the moment a 10-year-old boy’s quad bike was taken from a back garden, before being set on fire near the family’s home.

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