From gingerbread decorating to film screenings and ice skating, there’s lots to keep everyone happy this Christmas. Here’s our top picks.

A number of councils across Kent are offering free parking during the Christmas period to encourage residents to shop locally.

Secret Drinker hobnobs it at an ‘upmarket’ pub that’s ticking all the right boxes

Three men who carried out keyless car thefts across the county have been jailed for a total of more than seven years.

Organisers of a food, drink and music festival have revealed they won’t be returning to Kent.

A local authority chief executive is retiring after working 40 years for the borough.

Officers have released images of two men they would like to identify after a door and windows were smashed at a home.

A string of break-ins, which may be connected, have seen several Asian households targeted.

Proposals for a garden village on a green belt site could be dropped in order to help a council get its threatened local plan past an inspector.

The former principal of a Kent college has been effectively banned from education – while his deputy agrees a confidential deal with liquidators.

Police have made two arrests following a report of a break-in that led to a push bike being stolen.

Police had to step in to help a woman in her late 70s after a person pretending to be her back told her to send £4,000 to a random address.

Two thieves have been jailed after pleading guilty to conspiring to steal cars after taking high-value vehicles from outside owners’ homes.

Another local authority has joined the growing list of those making it compulsory for taxi drivers to accept card payments.

Councillors are set to decide whether to give a town’s leisure centre a major revamp or build a £19.8 million new one.

An annual fireworks display has been postponed after a town park flooded.

A high street crash involving a pedestrian and motorbike resulted in two people being hurt.

Goods including alcohol worth almost £1,000 were reportedly stolen from multiple shops in two towns.

A suspect has been arrested following a car crash where one man died and another was seriously injured.

A Kent charity is raising awareness about the little-known condition, childhood arthritis.