Town gears up for return of hugely popular festive lantern parade

Whitstable is gearing up for one of its brightest seasonal traditions as the annual lantern-lit parade returns this weekend.

Curtains up for Kent’s biggest and best pantos

We’ve got everything you need to know about Kent’s panto season, from dazzling dames to famous faces.

Follow festive trails at Kent’s historic estates

Historic houses will be decked out for the season with twinkling lights, Christmas carols and festive garden trails.

BRIT Award winners Bastille to play one-off open-air concert

The group, best known for hit single Pompeii, have announced a special Kent gig next summer.

Roller hockey club: ‘If we can’t raise £25k we won’t survive’

A sports club which has been going for 50 years and trained England players has just months to raise enough money for a new floor.

Final nail in coffin as Kent special needs school to shut next month

A London council has now officially approved the decision to shut a residential special needs school in Kent.

Son runs 100 miles to fund treatment for mum’s stage 4 cancer

A 13-year-old has run 100 miles to help give his mum the best chance of beating advanced cancer.

'I pulled my kids out of school to teach them myself as we travel the world'

Intrepid parents have withdrawn their children from school to travel the world and give them an education beyond the classroom.

‘Increasing concerns’ over delays to new special school for Kent

Fears are growing a new special needs school for Kent previously given the go-ahead by the government may be in jeopardy.

The Kent families turning tragedy into hope for other parents

Two Kent families who lost young children to brain tumours are helping fund a trial that could one day save others from the same heartbreak.

Soft play centre and cafe opens in former Wilko building

A church has opened a soft play hub for families in a former Wilko unit, with more facilities set to launch next month.

Popular play centre reopens three months after ‘heartbreaking’ closure

A soft play centre forced to close for months after suffering extensive water damage during heavy rainfall has reopened.

Bluewater play park to shut for ‘dream’ refurbishment

A shopping centre has revealed plans to overhaul its outdoor play area as part of a major refurbishment project inspired by school children.

Parents reunited with paramedics after roadside baby delivery

The parents of a baby born on the roadside in the early hours of the morning have reunited with the paramedics who delivered him.

‘I knew something was wrong’: Mum’s fight after baby’s life-changing condition dismissed as reflux

A first-time mum told her baby “screaming all night and day in pain” was normal has learned she has dystonia and cerebral palsy.

'Our baby's heart was beating 300 times a minute – we were told to say goodbye’

The parents of a three-week-old baby have told how they were warned to prepare for the worst after her heart started beating 300 times a minute.

The Kent district where 1 in 10 mums smoke during pregnancy

Shocking statistics have revealed that one in 10 mums smoke during pregnancy in a Kent district.