It’s hotting up, so our reviewer has picked out the best cocktail bars in Kent to spend time in the sun with something ice cold in your hand.

A military aircraft has been spotted flying low over a hospital in Kent this afternoon.

There was a surprise in store when the Secret Drinker visited this high street pub for a lunchtime pint.

A clothing shop has opened its first ever Kent store at a busy shopping centre - with another retailer due to open tomorrow.

The emergency services are at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on a motorway.

Thousands of customers across the county are still experiencing water supply issues caused by the bank holiday heatwave.

An elderly couple say they were conned out of nearly £50,000 by a rogue builder who fooled them into believing he too was a devout Christian.

A student-run restaurant that has operated in a school for almost 20 years is to close, sparking sadness among customers.

A shopkeeper was left feeling “helpless and hopeless” after dozens of teenagers swarmed his store and stripped fridges of alcohol.

South East Water has warned customers to continue to expect issues with supplies across the weekend.

South East Water is continuing to urge customers not to fill paddling pools, wash cars or water gardens as 12,000 homes remain without supplies.

Energy-intensive proposals for an AI data centre have been slated as “vague” and lacking detail to back the applicant’s sustainability claims.

A fresh appeal has been launched to identify a man who was sadly found dead in a field nine years ago.

Five years after a horror crash that nearly killed him, a garden centre owner has managed to rebuild his life through a miraculous recovery.

An independent family brewer has named its pub of the year at an annual awards ceremony.

Police and the air ambulance were called to a medical incident.

Survey works are underway on a busy pier, ahead of urgent repairs to ensure the historic structure survives for decades to come.

A new interactive sculpture designed to amplify the sound of the sea and map hundreds of shipwrecks on the notorious Goodwin Sands has been unveiled.

Residents and traders have expressed their dismay at a council’s decision to impose a three-hour time limit in busy car parks.

Toby Carvery is understood to be interested in taking over a former Brewers Fayre site which closed for good this week.

France resorts to conventional checks to manage “challenging situation” after long border processing delays at Dover.

One of Faversham’s longest-serving market traders, who counted Live Aid founder Bob Geldof among his customers, has died suddenly at home.

The government is to be asked to use a major Kent inland freight facility for tourist traffic to ease pressures from new EU border controls.

The boss of Kent’s biggest hospital trust has left her role as ‘significant concern’ over its leadership crisis has seen NHS chiefs slash its rating.

Long-held plans for a swimming pool on one of Kent’s fastest-growing housing estates have been ruled out in favour of a new £2.5 million sports hub.

A tourist hotspot is celebrating its traders recording their busiest days ever selling thousands of pizzas, fish and chips and oysters at the weekend.

An elderly couple say they were conned out of nearly £50,000 by a rogue builder who fooled them into believing he too was a devout Christian.

Work has finally begun on a landslip-hit road which has been closed to the public for more than two years.

A social media-star ambassador has shared joyful photographs from a visit to a coastal Kent town – attracting attention from his large following.

A dad has won his appeal to keep an illuminated sign of his late son on a town centre building.

A brand new library has opened in a town after its original facility closed due to safety concerns.

Beachgoers have been urged to steer clear of a storm-damaged structure after visitors were spotted climbing on it and taking photos.

A quirky Kent museum dedicated to crabs has been named the best in the UK by Time Out.

Our columnist decided to go on a coastal walk last weekend and saw some remarkable sights he wasn’t expecting.

It’s hotting up, so our reviewer has picked out the best cocktail bars in Kent to spend time in the sun with something ice cold in your hand.

Bosses of Manston Airport are applying for a two-year extension to the deadline for when work must have started on its redevelopment.

Nobody’s Fool contestant Melissa Todd says life inside ITV’s “Smart House” felt “like prison” as lies and manipulation unfolded.

Social media influencers have denied fuelling chaotic scenes on a Kent beach as fed-up residents urge them to “stay away”.

A town-centre furniture shop site is on the market with plans for 10 flats.

People attempting to use high-speed services from the county are facing long delays due to a broken down train near London.