An inquest has opened into the death of a “unique” dad who was “loved by everyone”.

A householder says he can’t sell his bungalow because an insurance company has failed to sort out damage caused by a neighbour draining a giant pond.

A council is offering a free seven-day workout and a chance to win other prizes to anyone who enters its 2024 Residents’ Survey.

Around a quarter of residents turned out at polling stations to give a resounding yes to their neighbourhood plan.

A Tory politician has decided not to back her neighbouring MP in the Conservative Party’s leadership contest and has put her support elsewhere.

The rider of a green Kawasaki motorbike has died following a crash with a white Fiat Panda.

A 17-year-old who had gone missing has been found safe and well.

Residents are pleading with their neighbours not to contaminate their shared recycling bins after waste collectors repeatedly refuse to take them.

A charity which helps poorly children to stay in school using the latest technology is fundraising to help more youngsters.

A developer has submitted plans for 99 homes on farmland in the green belt.

An elderly Parkinson’s disease sufferer was attacked by her husband during an argument at their home.

Villagers are holding their breath to see if work to lower an historic church wall will stop it being bashed by traffic.

The pub-hotel is just one of the late summer gardens opening this September as part of the National Garden Scheme.

A village faces a four-month road closures while a new water main is installed to cope with increased demand.

Synonymous with beer for centuries, look who has just entered the Kent wine market…

Defendants are being kept in police cells to help with a shortage of prison space while one jail in Kent has sat empty for six years.

A vet says his new surgery will cater for cats and dogs but will also have a specialist service for exotic animals.

Friends and family have paid tribute to an Australian gap year student who was teaching at a Kent school when he died after reportedly collapsing.

Five years after KCC bought a pub to make room for a new junction that’s not happened it’s been suggested it be renamed “The White Elephant”.

A town’s residents are being urged to take part in a citizens’ science project to test the quality of rivers and streams.