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Panto postponed until next year

Panto postponed until next year

Another popular pantomime has been forced to postpone this year's shows due to the coronavirus crisis.

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Night time closures for main road

Night time closures for main road

Drivers warned to prepare for three weeks of road works on busy route.

Parents fear 'unauthorised absence' after school's Covid-19 case

Parents fear 'unauthorised absence' after school's Covid-19 case

A pupil and some of her classmates were sent home from a Kent grammar school after a positive coronavirus test which has left some parents fuming.

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Strike! Bowling alley gets the go ahead

Strike! Bowling alley gets the go ahead

Plans for a bowling alley in a town centre have been approved by councillors.

Station staff bitten, spat at and headbutted

Station staff bitten, spat at and headbutted

A man has been charged after railway workers and security staff were headbutted, spat at and bitten.

Pub to have 'arcade bar' in £50k makeover

Pub to have 'arcade bar' in £50k makeover

Arcade game classics such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders to be added to town centre pub after big refurbishment.

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Time to change our mentality

Time to change our mentality

Darren Blackburn hopes to become the first Sittingbourne manager to produce a top 10 finish for eight years.

Recovery of missing gunner’s plane begins, 77 years on

Recovery of missing gunner’s plane begins, 77 years on

The wreckage of a plane that vanished during the war is finally being recovered and one of the crew’s family say they are “amazed” by the progress.

'Arrogance was their downfall'

'Arrogance was their downfall'

A pair have been jailed after committing a spate of 'brazen' thefts, including making off with a climbing wall.

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Man arrested after child hit by car

Man arrested after child hit by car

A man has been arrested after a child was knocked down on his way to school.

Kent riders gear up for return

Kent riders gear up for return

A quartet of Kent Speedway teenagers will finally see competitive action this weekend.

Little girl injured in freak accident expected to make full recovery

Little girl injured in freak accident expected to make full recovery

A young girl who needed life-saving brain surgery after she was struck by a tree has started her recovery at home.

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Schools count the cost of damage after fires

Schools count the cost of damage after fires

Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused to storage units after two primary schools were targeted.

Four vehicles crash on M2

Four vehicles crash on M2

Emergency services have been at the scene of a four-vehicle crash which closed a motorway.

New plans raise bar for old pub

New plans raise bar for old pub

Proposals have been drawn up for a former pub to be converted into flats and a shop.

Mum's wait for cystic fibrosis drug

Mum's wait for cystic fibrosis drug

A woman who furiously campaigned for cystic fibrosis drugs to be on the NHS has said her own treatment has been delayed due to an infection.

Pupil tests positive for Covid-19

Pupil tests positive for Covid-19

A secondary school pupil has tested positive for coronavirus - but teaching is unaffected as they had not been into the school.

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Mourners line streets for young girl's funeral

Mourners line streets for young girl's funeral

People have paid their respects at the funeral for an eight-year-old girl tragically killed when she was hit by a falling tree.

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Tyre trouble for Hopkins

Tyre trouble for Hopkins

Luke Hopkins was left frustrated in the two Pirelli National Superstock 1000 races at Silverstone.

Drugs seized after dawn raid on site

Drugs seized after dawn raid on site

A large cannabis farm and class A drugs have been discovered after a dawn raid at an industrial site.

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