The Port of Dover is the cross-channel port situated in Dover and is the nearest English port to France, which is just 21 miles away across the English Channel served by the Dover Calais ferry. It is ...

Police searching for a 35-year-old man from Chatham said a body had been found. James Waters was last seen on Tuesday (June 10) in the Blue Bell Hill area and had not been seen since. Patrols made the ...

Pluckley is believed to be one of the most haunted villages in the country. From the spectral highwayman at Fright Corner to the continuously screaming man, there is no shortage of spooky stories from ...

Reform UK had a very successful 2025 Local Election in Kent as they won all seven of the seats on offer in Thanet district taking wards that were previously held by both Conservative and Labour ...

Gravesham borough will now have five representatives from Reform UK on Kent County Council as the party won all five seats in the borough. Reform took two seats from the Conservatives in Gravesend ...

A series of closures will take place on and around the A249 near Sittingbourne from January as part of an ongoing improvement scheme. In September 2023, a large-scale project to revamp the A249 ...

The new Local Plan for Tunbridge Wells, which allocates land for development including new homes, is expected by the borough council to be adopted later this summer. This plan will guide council ...

In a result that reflected the overall winners and losers of the 2025 Kent County Council elections Reform UK took all seven seats on offer in Dover off of the Conservative party. The Tories started ...

Live Kent Local Election 2025 results and reaction as Reform sweep to power and Tories crumble Voters went to the polls in almost every area of the county to elect ...

A crash involving two lorries on the M25 is causing severe delays in Kent. The anti-clockwise carriageway is shut from J6 for the A22 (Godstone) to J5 for the M26 due to an overturned lorry and ...

A crash blocked part of the Medway Tunnel this morning (May 29) and led to travel disruption between Chatham and Strood. First reported shortly before 10.30am, the collision had involved a moped and ...

Many of Britain's seaside towns which were once-bustling tourist hotspots have been "forgotten" over the past few decades. The rise of budget foreign holidays, unpredictable weather and a lack of ...