A Kent MP says she is optimistic a Tory government will remain after the next election – and isn’t worried about losing voters under boundary changes.

A small village could grow by 120 homes and get a new medical centre under new plans submitted.

The six-week closure of a town’s key artery is likely to put “enormous pressure” on other routes, it has been warned.

A woman has won more than £166k alongside her parents after their postcode won in the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Changes to a motorway junction are included in a new consultation on a borough’s long-term planning blueprint for what can be built and where.

A man who preyed upon “an easy target” by breaking into his home has been jailed after being found guilty of burglary.

A man has been charged with burglary after paintings and a car were taken from a house.

A utility company is to dig up two roads as part of a scheme to upgrade water supplies in a town.

A couple who won a life-changing prize on a £2 National Lottery scratchcard say it was all thanks to them losing their keys.

A man has appeared in court after allegedly shouting and swearing at police call handlers over a five-month period.

A parish council has ‘strongly objected’ to plans for more than 100 homes in a village notorious for flooding.

The stunning flowers will soon be springing up all over the county and we’ve got the best winter gardens to visit if you want to see them.

A popular former councillor known for her blunt speaking and passion for her ward has died.

A village is in mourning for a parish councillor of five decades ‘who was always thinking of others’.

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after being involved in a crash with a car which partially shut a busy road in both directions.

Residents are being asked which buildings are important in forming the character of their village.

Four suspects have been arrested in connection with an alleged knifepoint burglary which left a victim in hospital with “serious stab wounds”.

A vision for a litter-free, greener and thriving town centre has been set out by an opposition party tired of waiting for official plans.

Five years on from its purchase by Kent County Council for junction improvements, a once popular pub is still standing – and still empty.

Fire crews have helped four people out of a car after it got stuck in floodwater.