From sporting victories to exciting discoveries, sad goodbyes and emotional weddings, here are the stories which made the headlines in 2016.

Take a walk on the royal side with a wintry stroll around Hever Castle and Gardens until the New Year.

Take a trip to Christmas past and see how the county's Christmas season looked in years gone by.

It'll be lonely this Christmas for thousands - here's how kindhearted people, firms and charities are providing festive cheer and companionship.

A couple were nearly forced to abandon their festive plans after Tesco told them they couldn't deliver their Christmas food before Christmas

Post offices across Kent will see further strike action today over pay and pensions.

A family preparing to spend their first Christmas in a medieval yeoman's home have talked about their first 12 months living in there.

A spate of arsons, which has seen vehicles in underground car parks destroyed, is being investigated by detectives.

Take a stroll around Kent's picturesque places - and finish off with a warming drink by the fire.

A crash is causing disruption in Hadlow this morning, with vehicles partially blocking a country lane.

A taxi narrowly avoided ending up on train tracks after crashing through a fence.

Three people have been cut from wreckage after a hit and run crash.

It is feared strike action at Post Office branches in Kent this week could disrupt Christmas deliveries.

A Kent district has been rated as the 14th best place to live in the UK in a recent survey.

A fire has ripped through a portacabin being used as a site canteen.

It may be the most wonderful time of the year but for Royal Mail workers it is also the busiest as they pull out all the stops for the Christmas rush.

Commuters face further disruption today as Southern train staff go on strike.

A mum has thanked a charity that is supporting her family as they struggle to come to terms with the fact both parents are battling cancer.

Officers and a sniffer dog were stationed outside a train station in a day of action against drug users.

Firefighters were called to the site of a vehicle fire, which is believed to have been started deliberately.