The Latest Breaking News from Kent

The water supplier for Kent and Sussex has become the latest to announce a hosepipe ban citing demand this summer breaking "all previous records" amid "extreme" dry conditions.

Millions in Kent and Sussex have been told by South East Water to restrict their use of hosepipes and sprinklers from August 12

Mr Rees-Mogg, the Brexit opportunities minister, said he was wrong to claim there would be no delays in Kent, but suggested Brits should holiday in Portugal instead while lashing out at French authorities

Genevieve Pepper, 44, from Ramsgate, Kent says she was offered 30 per cent of the value of the family home, so is now heading to court to try and get 50 per cent

With British vineyards set to have their best summer yet, Katie Strick picks the most luxurious tours a short train ride from the capital

The final whistle blew, the nation started singing Sweet Caroline and then here in Kent the heavens opened. The drought is over. OK, the water companies might not agree but let’s just bask in the poetry for a second while someone is off hunting for the key to the football…

Construction has begun on the UK’s first “secure school” where youngsters will be offered “mindfulness” sessions and a strict curriculum in a bid to steer them away from crime.Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the “radical” institution being built on the former Medway Secure Training Unit in Kent would help drive…

In Challock in Kent the taps ran dry for six days, causing the school and gastropub to close

Jawad Akbar, 38, was jailed for life in 2007 for planning fertiliser bomb atrocities at shopping malls, including Bluewater in Kent, at nightclubs and in Britain’s domestic gas network

Youngsters will be made to follow ‘strict’ curriculum in bid to cut reoffending

Daniel Wright started having an affair with Sue Rees after she began attending Village Physiotherapy clinic in Orpington, Kent, eventually talking her into giving him nearly £30,000