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

An estate agent more than three times the drink-drive limit nearly crashed after being pulled over by police patrols while on the school run.

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

An "obsessed" arsonist caused at least £10,000 worth of damage when he set fire to his ex-girlfriend’s stables in a revenge attack.

A husband-and-wife team have transformed a former high street pub into a town’s highest-rated hotel in less than a year.

A trio of drug dealers have been given a combined 37 and a half years of jail time for trafficking 24kg of meth to Australia.

The Conservatives have chosen their candidate to defend Tunbridge Wells at general election.

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

Motorists are facing queues of up to 45 minutes following a lane closure.

Election battle pitches former soldiers into tussle for Dover

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

The county has had its fair share of wild animal sightings over the years - here’s some you can spot if you’re lucky.

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.

A hated “Spanish-style plaza” blocking a stretch of seafront to traffic as part of a pedestrianisation scheme will reopen.

Plans to keep the history of a former fire station alive have been green-lighted six years after it closed.

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

Two leading councillors accused of failing to properly declare their financial interests have spoken out after been cleared of wrongdoing.

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

It’s been 10 years since they removed the toll booths at the Dartford Crossing but the traffic delays haven’t eased one bit, complains our columnist.