Kent's council reorganisation has entered its legal action era
Kent County Council is taking the government to court over plans to abolish it, even as ministers reconsider whether those plans should go ahead at all
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The £15.5m cost of clearing up Kent's illegal rubbish
Plus Medway’s police complaint, a £13.7m roundabout overspend, cockroaches at Bluewater and a £5m castle
Kent and France want to become a geopark
A shared geological history, plus £700,000 spent on a cancelled waste facility and Kent’s new town that still doesn’t exist
How not to build 660 homes
Plus the far right return to Dover, Operation Brock’s £1.4m bill, ghost plates at Dartford, and another Kent water failure
"Take every opportunity you can and make the most of it”
What we asked Montgomery Tunnicliff, Regimental Sergeant Major with the Combined Cadet Force
Can the Lower Thames Crossing really be Britain’s greenest road?
Plus the beavers that waited 23 years for freedom
Southern Water keeps being fined for polluting Kent. Has anything actually changed?
Plus 122 councillor complaints, a bleak housing picture, recycled clothing in potholes and more from across Kent
“I just happened to have a pocket full of songs”
What we asked musician Rob Shepard about his upcoming musical, Franz & Marie
What happens to the Grand Burstin now?
The uncertain future of a Folkestone landmark, plus electoral hubris and an unexpected bug invasion
Kent's bison finally get their bridges
Plus an inaccessible rail footbridge, falling university rankings, Danny Dyer on polluted water and whales in the Thames
“Canterbury is the natural heart of Kent”
What we asked Alan Baldock, Leader of Canterbury City Council
Kent’s SEND system is getting better, but not for everyone
Inspectors find real progress after years of failure, plus a Reform councillor’s far-right Facebook link, and what KentLive’s closure means for local news
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Kent is becoming warehouse country
Kent’s warehouse boom brings jobs and investment, but is changing what parts of the county are for
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What can you do with the Freedom of Kent?
Plus another Kent school without reliable water, trouble inside Restore, facial recognition in Chatham and the fallout from Dover
Interview
“Sikhism, at its root, is about community”
What we asked Adipat Virdi, immersive storyteller behind the Sikh History in the Medway Towns project
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Kent had a plan for its councils. It lasted 47 days
After 18 months of work, staff recruitment and millions in planned spending, ministers have put the county’s future back under review
Culture
Inside the Kent you rarely get to see
Ten days of free openings reveal grand houses, underground defences, private rooms and some of the county’s less predictable historic places
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How did a masked far-right mob block Dover for hours without a single arrest?
Plus the dramatic collapse of Kent's council reorganisation, a Tory split at County Hall, and the week across the county
Culture
Kent’s greatest screen role is pretending not to be Kent
Kent has played Monza, Sokovia, revolutionary France and Victorian London. When does it get to play itself?
News
Right to Choose stops feeling like a choice
Kent and Medway spent £28.9m on autism and ADHD assessments, then tightened provider activity, with patients left in limbo
News
Nine more Green votes were enough to take a Tory seat in Dover
Plus who put County Hall forward for housing, a communications mishap at KCC, and the rest of the week across Kent
Interview
"Publishers and booksellers underestimate the public"
What we asked Martin Latham, writer, bookseller and the man who opened Waterstones Canterbury
Where is the real heart of Kent?
As County Hall loses much of its power, where will Kent’s real centre be?
Interview
“It's a mammoth-sized project that is only one per cent complete”
What we asked Sam Cox, also known as Mr Doodle