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Plans for a new mental health ward have been approved, despite one councillor describing it as "soul destroying".
Two people have been arrested over an alleged assault after police officers brought in a dog to track their scent after they fled the scene.
Seven men are to appear in court after a Kent port was sealed off by armed police and 1.2 tonnes of drugs found in a cargo ship.
A total of 11 people have now been arrested after a 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in a suburban house.
A bar has implemented new and improved CCTV, drink covers and more door staff after several customers have had their drinks spiked.
Shepherd Neame faces opposition from neighbours after it submitted plans to build new housing on land to the rear of one of its rural pubs.
A prolific offender who stuffed 20 wraps of Class A drugs into his mouth when approached by police has been jailed.
A youngster can now hear his coaches and fellow players on the football pitch after more than £1k was raised in a single day to pay for a "radio aid".
Watch the moment a herd of deer crossed the road to check out some Christmas lights.
Housing association bosses have been branded 'worse than Scrooge' after telling residents to take down Christmas wreaths from doors or be charged.
For many Christmases past, there would have been rousing carol singing in this former chapel but now it is for sale as a family home for £1.25m.
Charities supporting homeless people are facing financial struggles after paying out thousands on hotel fees after Covid shut communal sleeping areas.
A riverside pub is preparing to open its doors again with a new look.
Further performances of a pantomime have been cancelled as members of the cast and crew await test results.
The family of a Kent teacher raped and murdered in Qatar have slammed David Beckham for his £150million deal to become an ambassador for the country.
More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats over last four days, bringing the 2021 total to over 27,000.
A popular cheetah born and raised at a Kent animal park has tragically been killed while hunting just two years after his release into the wild.
Cocaine dealers operating from a rented home in a village road with an average house price of £2 million have been jailed.
A man who killed his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter after she refused to eat her lunch has been jailed.
A former police firearms instructor who shot his daughter's partner twice, has been jailed and will serve a minimum of 26 years behind bars.
A housing application has been passed despite fears of rat-running and overcrowding.
Former teachers are being asked to consider returning to the classroom to help cover Covid absences schools are expected to face in January.
Organisers of a huge outdoor carol-singing event say they have reluctantly cancelled the gathering because of rising Covid cases.
Audience members were told a Christmas pantomime had been called off as they waited for the show to start.
People in Kent are on tenterhooks over whether there will be harsher new Covid-19 restrictions that might affect their festive plans.
After running the oldest pub in one town for six years, a couple have moved to a nearby inn, and plan a refurbishment to boost its food offering.
A former soldier from Kent injured in Iraq is the new disabled strongman world champion and says he will not let his disability define him.
A patient who relies on eConsult to manage her husband's condition says she fears for his health as her surgery closes the service for two weeks.
Water company bosses have threatened to take action to recover non-payments from residents who are refusing to pay their bills.
A security guard who stole a stash of iPads from a grammar school after being sacked by bosses has avoided jail.
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