Growing up, Cheryl Baker’s parents couldn’t afford stage school but now the singer is hoping to give young people the opportunities she never had.

A 60-seat Domino's restaurant and takeaway could be created under plans submitted to councillors.

There are plans for a two-storey Marston's pub and restaurant just outside of the city, offering 50 new jobs.

Business groups in the county say they want an extra hour of daylight in the afternoon to boost tourism and trade.

A town could have a new leisure centre by 2018 if funding is obtained in the first quarter of next year, it is understood.

Investors are being offered shares in a winemaker's beer and cider business as it tries to raise £1 million to build a town-centre brewery.

Plans for a new 56-room hotel to be built in the grounds of a historic Kent building were due to go before a planning committee tonight.

TV judge thinks new catering college has a bright future.

Chinese investor SinoFortone has pledged a multi-million pounds investment into Kent's proposed entertainment resort.

The city council is to help event organisers avoid clashes for Whitstable's summer season next year.

A building which has been a pub since the 1300s looks set to become a branch of Costa Coffee.

A popular landlady has pulled her last pint in a village pub, as the doors close, possibly for good.

The story of Dreamland's iconic rollercoaster has had its ups and downs, but it's now set to carry its first passengers in 10 years.

A 16th century pub is to reopen as a 50-cover eaterie run by the man behind Kent Restaurant of the Year 2015.

More pubs in Medway are starting to offer rooms to suit tourists and people deciding to make a night or a trip to the Towns.

A pub supervisor has been fined more than £4,000 after illegally airing a Sky television football match without paying for a subscription.

A former police intelligence officer has changed career path and opened her own coffee shop in Kent.

A farm which has welcomed thousands of children over the past 20 years is to shut, with some of its animals being sent for slaughter.

Stephen Sunnucks will take over the role in December.

A fish and chip shop has been announced as the best in London and the south east - after last month being crowned best in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.