Kent Online

Plans to build homes on the edge of a popular park have been branded “a disaster waiting to happen” as they look set to be given the green light.

There are delays on a busy route after an accident this morning.

A drink-driver who crashed his car into a bush had earlier been boozing as he was marking an Armenian day of national celebration.

A taxi boss says “nightmare” gas works are costing him £1,000 a week.

The new owners of a seafront bar say they are determined to turn the page on its recently troubled history and give it a fresh lease of life.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a police chase, which shut the A2.

A man has died at a beauty spot after police were alerted to concerns for his welfare.

A man was left with life-changing brain injuries after being knocked unconscious by a driver moments after throwing a glass object at his car.

Friends of a 37-year-old man who lost his life after drowning in a Kent river have paid tribute to him.

Kent’s Gladiators star has told of not eating for 12 days, losing 15kg in bodyweight and hiccupping every “three to five seconds” after being injured.

A scrumptious food and drink festival will return to the Kent coast for its ninth year.

A conservation charity has called on the new environmental regulator appointed for the £9bn tunnel link to ensure it “minimises impacts” on wildlife.

The wall to a front garden was damaged after a parked car was hit by a moving vehicle.

Soaring levels of sick days in a council’s waste services have racked up losses exceeding £1 million.

A discount retailer has confirmed it will be shutting another one of its locations next month as part of its restructuring and recovery plan.

A proposal for 132 flats on a former shipyard could see a condition which claws back profit for council services if approved.

Police are investigating an incident at a school for young offenders after three female staff members were allegedly attacked by a teenage boy.

A special needs school is set to shut after an application for it to merge with an academy trust was thrown out by government education chiefs.

A cash-strapped uni has appointed its next boss after the incumbent announced his retirement after having cut hundreds of jobs to save £20 million.

A 20-home estate with a shop and a clifftop mansion are among the latest planning applications submitted to Thanet District Council.