“I was radicalised by trying to buy a house”

What we asked James O'Malley, journalist, podcaster and 'Professional Opinion Haver'

KCC faces transparency questions after damning ICO ruling

Regulator decision on cancelled meetings points to bigger problem with records, scrutiny and accountability

Kent fire service plans biggest shake-up in more than a decade

Five on-call stations at risk, plus Margate town council plans, storm overflows in Thanet, some very old naming, and custard pies

“It's a gloriously varied life”

What we asked Laura Lexx, comedian, podcaster and author of Klopp, Actually

Kent’s town centres are searching for a new purpose

Declining retail forces towns to look elsewhere, plus Bluewater facing bus cuts, South East Water payouts and subsidence risks

The taps are back on, but trust has not returned

Water company failures, housing rows, Broadstairs disorder, Amazon robots mark another week in Kent

“I described Kent as a thousand silos of awesome”

What we asked George Matuska, Learning Disability and Autism lead at NHS Kent and Medway Mental Health

How Kent got stuck with Britain’s border problem

Operation Brock was meant to keep Kent moving. Years later, it has become a recurring reminder that nobody has found a better way to do this.

Kent’s housing market is splitting in two

Rents rise while house prices stall, lingering water outages and the week’s other Kent stories

“Life is meaningless and short, but it's life”

Our interview with Rob Earl, Chartered Environmentalist and co-founder of the Medway Poets

How many times can Kent’s water system fail the same test?

South East Water says it planned for the heat. Thousands of Kent households still lost supply.

Kent’s water failures return with the heat

Plus border queues, a restored synagogue, Dreamland scrutiny and the week’s other Kent stories