Tributes have been paid to a popular actor who played one of Dickens's most colourful and well-known characters at festivals for decades.

A pizza restaurant was hit with a zero-star food hygiene rating after inspectors discovered it was infested with rats.

An application has been submitted to turn a car park into a Traveller site, nearly a year after a group were placed there on a temporary basis.

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved character best known for his Hawaiian shirts and health tips for people he met in the street.

A petition with thousands of signatures has been sent to bosses after news that a town centre branch will be closing.

A 12-year-old boy has been reported missing and police believe he may have travelled to London.

A popular cafe which has been providing breakfast and lunches to the town’s shoppers for more than two decades is shutting down.

A historic hotel deemed “unviable” by its owners will be converted into a private school if new plans are approved.

The grieving mother of a woman who took her own life has contacted the King for his help to open a vital respite centre.

Kent features in a new Disney blockbuster hitting the silver screen this week.

A cafe that closed after more than a decade of trading is to become a champagne bar hosting live music most nights.

The landlord of a now-closed pub says he is not willing to give up his home after permission to convert the boozer into a house was refused.

A binge-drinker who went on a pub rampage after being refused alcohol on the day of his dad's funeral has been given a booze ban.

A business owner has slammed a new traffic management scheme he says is costing him thousands of pounds and is making a high street a “ghost town”.

A second warning advising beachgoers to stay away from the water on a popular coastal stretch has been lifted.

A town will host its first ever Pride parade and party.

A historic high street pub is up for auction – more than a year after it closed its doors for the final time.

A dessert parlour dedicated to a seven-year-old hit-and-run victim is opening tomorrow, featuring the UK’s biggest gumball machine

A nurse-turned-baker will open her new shop in a town’s high street next month.

A Grade II listed town centre pub is on the market.