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A gambling-addict who swindled her local authority employers out of huge sums of cash while in charge of housing benefit payments has avoided jail.
On what would have been his 100th birthday, Tony Hart’s daughter has helped open an exhibition of his work and paid tribute to “her hero”.
The government has stepped in to support East Kent’s crisis-hit hospitals amid mounting concern over bed-blocking and unsafe levels of corridor care.
Pub bosses in the county say government reform to alcohol licensing fails to address the core pressures threatening their futures.
Villagers worried about plans for thousands of homes are calling for the creation of a “buffer zone” in a bid to protect their area from development.
When Paula Spencer arrived at one of Kent’s most troubled estates 25 years ago, she knew she had a challenge on her hands, as KentOnline reports.
New owners have taken over a fish and chip shop and are making urgent improvements after it was given a zero-star hygiene rating by health inspectors.
Work to convert a former council HQ into 60 flats could start next year - but plans to add two extra storeys to the building have been dropped.
Work on the £10 billion Lower Thames Crossing could see "spades in the ground" sooner if the government can speed up court challenges.
A psychiatric patient on unescorted day release from a hospital has been convicted of attempted murder.
A Kent attraction has been ranked among the world’s best by Tripadvisor reviewers, for the second year in a row.
A lioness rescued from war-torn Ukraine has undergone a huge operation lasting almost three hours.
The headquarters of a health care provider is to shut temporarily for works, forcing thousands of patients to go elsewhere for services.
Play had to be paused during an under-10s football training session - as armed police searched the area.
An adult education centre will be relocating to a new venue in a town against a backdrop of government cuts to courses.
A world-famous assortment of teapots, which was expected to make up to £80,000, has failed to sell at auction.
A house owned by the council, which has been heavily linked to anti-social behaviour, has been closed down by police.
A 22-year-old is due in court after an assistant head teacher was injured in a suspected acid attack in a pub garden.
A sculpture left headless for more than a year after vandals attacked it has been restored to its former glory.
Poundland is to close another Kent branch after less than four years in a former M&S unit.
Plans for a new hospitality and training venue and a listed building conversion are among the latest applications lodged with the district council.
Police have released CCTV images of a man after a convenience store cashier was reportedly threatened with a knife.
A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital after he was hit by a car.
An NHS trust which has been ordered to make significant improvements has changed its name as it hopes to better help people access support.
Two crashes are causing delays on a busy motorway this morning.
A cyclist has been injured after being hit by a car.
An appeal has been launched to find a missing man, who was last seen walking away from his van after leaving it in a car park.
A UK warship and helicopter shadowed a Russian submarine as it travelled through UK waters.
A court has heard how a cockapoo owner left the scene and then lied to police after her dog attacked and seriously injured a child near a school.
A pensioner has proved it’s never too late to try something new - after dreaming up an idea to open a cafe while enjoying a pint with his pal.
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