Staff at a new secondary school are over the moon after being highly praised in its first-ever Ofsted report.

Parts of Kent are forecast to swelter in temperatures of almost 40C this week as a record-breaking heatwave prompts weather and health alerts.

Food lovers are in for a treat as Ashford Food & Drink Festival returns with more than 40 stalls, live entertainment and cooking demonstrations.

Huge new drainage ditches are appearing across the Kent countryside - to kick-start progress on thousands of previously blocked new homes.

A major route has reopened after emergency repairs caused long tailbacks and heavy congestion.

A town’s first outdoor padel courts will be built on a dilapidated site at a popular club amid increased demand for the sport.

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called after a collision between two cars on an A-road.

Drivers may face delays as part of an A-road is shut following damage to a manhole cover.

Demolition work is now underway at a former cinema destroyed by fire in a suspected arson attack.

Determined parents have launched a new gymnastics club just two weeks after the sudden closure of a previous provider that had operated for 50 years.

A burger restaurant boss says it is his “crowning achievement” to be asked to run the kitchen at a swanky rooftop bar.

A teenager who kicked an autistic man as he lay on the ground during a “senseless” gang attack has been spared immediate punishment.

Costly ongoing repairs to a “rollercoaster” dual carriageway could only last three or fours years, it has been revealed.

Parts of Kent are forecast to swelter in temperatures of almost 40C this week as a record-breaking heatwave prompts weather and health alerts.

Huge new drainage ditches are appearing across the Kent countryside - to kick-start progress on thousands of previously blocked new homes.

Owners of one of Kent’s oldest vineyards say they are still planning to step away after a sale lasting 18 months fell through.

Owners of one of Kent’s oldest vineyards say they are still planning to step away after a sale lasting 18 months fell through.

Our reporter and her children found the perfect place to keep everyone happy on a family day out.

A head teacher who was making improvements at a struggling secondary school has announced he is standing down from his position.

Dover and Deal MP Mike Tapp says the Prime Minister is right to introduce a social media ban for children under 16.

Gallery bosses have expressed their delight at hosting the first-ever solo exhibition by actor Nick Frost.

An HM Coastguard officer who has dedicated three decades to keeping lives safe at sea is among several people from Kent named in today’s honours list.

Police body-cam footage shows the moment a drug dealer was found hiding in his kitchen and trying to destroy his mobile phone.

Our reviewer tries a cafe right on the beach serving up great coffee and ‘offensively large’ Scotch eggs which regularly has queues along the path.

An investigation has been launched by police after 67 cars were damaged over the weekend.

Parts of Kent are forecast to swelter in temperatures of almost 40C this week as a record-breaking heatwave prompts weather and health alerts.

A couple who relocated from London after falling in love with Kent have launched their second business in the town they now call home.

A woman who crashed her car on a roundabout after drinking a triple vodka and lemonade has been hit with a fine.

The owner of a family-run garage says switching from a traditional landline to a digital phone system almost put him out of business.

Warm weather has prompted train bosses to lay on extra carriages to key Kent coastal resorts today.

A young man has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a 16-year-old girl two years after a fatal crash.

Police investigated whether a young woman's death was a revenge attack linked to her father - as experts suspect evidence was “placed” near the scene.

Costly ongoing repairs to a “rollercoaster” dual carriageway could only last three or fours years, it has been revealed.

A cyclist has been taken to hospital following a crash with a car that led to a road closure this morning.

A 32-year-old man from Syria has been arrested after a woman died while trying to cross the Channel in a small migrant boat.

A TikToker who was behind a beach meet-up last month, which sparked outrage, says he’s been told he cannot return to the town.

Warm weather has prompted train bosses to lay on extra carriages to key Kent coastal resorts today.

A teenage girl secretly filmed in the shower by her paedophile brother-in-law has branded him “evil” after it emerged she was not his first victim.

A town is set to receive a new council next year in what has been hailed as a ‘good day for local democracy.’

A man has been charged after a high street stabbing which saw armed police descend on a town centre.