A much-loved dinner lady who taught thousands to read and play netball will retire after 44 years in the role.

Residents fiercely opposing plans for a mini-housing estate claimed “this is not what the village needs” moments before it was approved.

A bus operator is offering 5,000 people a free ride to entice them back to public transport

An electrical fault is believed to be behind a fire at a barn.

The fate of plans for 1,000 homes on the edge of a town has been taken out of a council’s hands because it took six years to make a decision.

Traders granted an extra four months in a doomed shopping centre say they are still being “fobbed off” by council bosses amid calls for compensation.

An air ambulance was spotted on a recreation ground following reports of an incident in a high street.

Queues formed at a new sushi and noodle restaurant which has filled a high street unit left empty for six years.

A man has been arrested following reports he was seen carrying a weapon in a busy city centre.

A 16th-century manor estate left to rack and ruin could be transformed into housing in a last-gasp effort to save the site.

A bus operator is offering 5,000 people a free ride to entice them back to public transport

Plans for a sprawling battery storage plant housing 100 shipping containers near a small Kent hamlet have officially been launched.

A CCTV image has been released after a man was seriously injured during a reported attack inside a convenience store.

Huge queues gathered at a high street Mexican restaurant after it gave away free burritos.

Kent’s largest theatre will welcome thrilling plays, smash-hit musicals and famous faces over the next year. Here’s how to get tickets.

Double-decker buses are to be axed at Park and Ride sites as passenger numbers struggle to recover to pre-Covid levels.

A Conservative county councillor who has been deselected as a candidate for the forthcoming elections has vowed to fight it as an independent.

Opposition to a housing estate on the edge of a village has quadrupled in less than a month - as furious residents say the scheme is “too big”.

A dad seen on CCTV taking cocaine has been hauled before the courts after breaching a driving ban.

Take a night off from the kitchen and order a burger, pizza or curry to your door from these top-rated takeaways.

Get access to hundreds of historic houses and castles, many of which are putting on special activities for the Easter holidays.

When discussing where to go for this week's review, it was one image which sealed the deal as we chose a Tex-Mex restaurant with sea views.

A huge military aircraft was spotted flying low across Kent.

Sarah Everard’s parents are calling for tougher sentences for violent offenders that “reflect the seriousness of the crime”.

A bus operator is offering 5,000 people a free ride to entice them back to public transport

Police are still at the scene of a stabbing but have made four arrests, it’s been revealed.

A baby-faced teenage thug who bottled his dad's colleague in a bust-up over Winter Wonderland told police on arrest he would “do it again”.

The “blacklisting” of a whole beach for months on end due to its no-swim warning has been blasted by an MP.

Firefighters have been called to a blaze at a waste management firm’s depot today.

A person has been taken to hospital after falling from a ladder.

A large emergency response descended on a residential street after a man sustained serious injuries in a reported stabbing.

Two overturned cars caused long queues on a motorway after a crash.

Bosses behind a popular town centre restaurant have announced plans to launch a second site.

A bus operator is offering 5,000 people a free ride to entice them back to public transport

A host of big names, including The Libertines, Tom Jones, Roger Daltrey and Olly Murs, are coming to the Kent coast this summer.

A hospital ward became a wedding venue for a Kent couple, with staff arranging the ceremony after a heartfelt proposal last week.

A frustrated mum says she is being driven “mad” by fleas and mice in her council home just weeks after moving in.

An anti-Tesla billboard urging people to "overthrow Musk" and linking him to the far-right has been erected in a Kent town.

Enjoy spicy street food, artisan produce, refreshing cocktails and real ales at Kent’s summer food festivals.

Police have released a further image after a store worker was allegedly threatened during a robbery.