X Factor winner and Birit Award nominee Matt Cardle has announced he will play two dates in the county this summer.

Sea Street Developments boss James Green speaks out as councillors give controversial plans the go-ahead for a beachfront plot of land.

A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a moving car in a supermarket car park, as the driver is quizzed by police.

A litter of "handbag" dogs that were smuggled into the UK in the back of a van has been seized by a Kent animal charity.

An RNLI lifeboat crewman who has saved almost 90 people’s lives has hit a major milestone after heading out on his 1,000th launch.

Campaigners left the council chamber in their droves dejected by the approval of an application for a seafront plot of land last night.

Sittingbourne and Folkestone band Get Inuit talk national airplay, being on the road and shiny new vans ahead of this weekend's City Sound Project.

The family of a 31-year-old killed when her car careered into a field say "life will never be the same without her".

A judge has refused protesters permission to challenge a council's decision to sell off a prime piece of seafront land.

Today we look back on the Queen's visits to our county - as she marks a landmark birthday.

A teenage boy has been injured in an assault on a recreation ground.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge discussed a Kent Buddhist nun's project to help children in Bhutan during their royal visit.

A new 1940s take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream sees professionals and amateurs turning in top performances.

From famous authors to actors, Kent has a literary line-up in 2016 to get stuck into.

A head teacher suspended from a struggling secondary school says she was not expecting to be pushed out “in any way, shape, or form”.

An RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, features 14 Bottoms at the Marlowe Theatre.

Winning big corporate clients earned a woman's company a place on a list of the UK’s fastest-growing female-led firms.

Households were offered bottled water by contractors after a gushing leak left them without water for most of the day.

A police helicopter was hunting a driver who had been followed by officers after failing to stop, before driving into a field and running off.

A taxi driver whose cab was stolen and set on fire says a Kent town is being targeted by arsonists.