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Ten years on from a decision to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools, childhood obesity rates have climbed instead of falling.
The fate of 17 homes residents fear could turn a section of the Garden of England into the “dumping estate of the UK” is set to be decided.
Shelved plans to install new jet fans in a closed-off tunnel on a busy road could have taken more than 18 months to complete, it has been revealed.
New road restrictions could be added to an increasingly busy trading estate to tackle congestion and improve safety - but not everyone is convinced.
With spiking on the rise and just one conviction in five years, we hit the streets to find out how safe women feel, and the picture is sobering.
Having grazed the hills above a town for almost three decades, a “local celebrity” has died sparking tributes from animal lovers.
Park-goers say they have been put off visiting after being chased by debt collectors over unpaid parking fines - despite providing proof of payment.
Rail services were affected this evening after trespassers on the line of a railway station prompted the power to be switched off.
A council has backed a campaign to support local farmers through catering at council-organised events despite an attempt to leave out meat and dairy.
A crash involving three cars has prompted fresh calls for extra safety measures on an accident-prone road.
Plans to deliver almost 10,000 more homes in a Kent district have been pushed back by up to a year amid a government shakeup of housebuilding rules.
Motorists are facing queues on the M25 near the Crossing owing to reports of a broken down vehicle.
A council says a £1.5million underspend on a new leisure centre will be reinvested into “critical” improvements in two others.
A London developer revived plans previously shunned by a planning inspector to overhaul a rare historic hut.
A shopkeeper has been criticised after plans to convert a village pub into a farm shop and restaurant fell short of what was promised.
Nursery bosses have revealed their struggle to find a new home after being forced to leave their current site of 30 years.
Many railway journeys across Kent will be amended this month to manage the impact of autumn leaf fall.
Charges are being considered at a seafront stretch residents say is at risk of becoming a “squatter camp”.
Residents are ‘disappointed’ after divisive plans for a sewage treatment plant to serve almost 6,000 new homes were approved following an appeal.
A huge fire which ripped through a Kent furniture chain store 20 years ago is still remembered for the chaos it caused.
Shoppers have expressed their sadness at the loss of a beloved family-run shop in the middle of a town after 60 years.
A gran suffering from terminal cancer has a heartfelt dying wish before it’s too late - ‘look after my friend of 30 years.
The death of a popular fishmonger who ran the county’s ‘mini Billingsgate’ has been met with sadness.
Fire crews believe a blaze that broke out in a derelict building was started deliberately.
Four people have died in “two tragedies” in the Channel, including a two-year-old boy who was “trampled to death”.
Parts of a street were cordoned off by police after reports a man threatened to set fire to a house.
A father-of-seven who had his licence stripped away was spotted behind the wheel of his sister’s works van twice by the same police officer.
A judge told a man who picked up two knives from his kitchen to confront weapon-wielding yobs outside his home that he made a “terrible” decision.
An empty unit in the middle of an industrial estate could be turned into a performing arts studio as a theatre company bids to take it over.
A high street fashion retailer is to shut its store at an outlet centre in the county this month.
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