Christmas lights displays and switch-on events have been cancelled by a cash-strapped council to save £75,000.

A campaigner says local authorities should have created more sites for Kent’s Gypsy, Roma and Traveller population.

Upset residents only found out by accident that new neighbouring homes had been approved.

A polling prediction website says the number of Labour MPs in Kent will rise after the next general election, with tactical voting likely.

An MP has labelled a major shopping centre a relic from a bygone time and has called for it to be knocked down to make room for housing.

Labour candidate Lauren Edwards is aiming to become an MP despite previously being baffled why anybody would want to.

A former riverside rubbish tip is to be transformed into a new park in a £1.3 million green project.

Kent Police is one step closer to gaining new powers for combating boy racers.

Residents will get chance to influence future development in Medway at a series of upcoming events asking for feedback on the proposed Local Plan.

A council-led scheme offering drivers free parking one day a week has been scrapped amid financial troubles.

Building work to convert long-deserted office space into flats is expected to go out to tender by the end of this year.

The council is keeping tightlipped about the progress of ambitious plans to turn part of a shopping mall into a healthy living centre.

A litter-picking group that has collected more than 5,000 bags of rubbish will stop running after “totally unacceptable” rule changes by the council.

A council’s planning policy is being questioned after a new house was allowed to go ahead despite it clearly breaching the rules.

The council is being urged to get tough with boy racers by introducing new punishments - including £1,000 fines.

A council is being warned of bankruptcy in a financial report which says it could face budget shortfalls of almost £40 million within two years.

Medway’s Local Plan opens for consultation today, giving residents a chance to have their say about the future of the area.

Just £178,000 of a £1.6 million grant have been claimed by eligible people in need.

A challenge has been mounted to a controversial red-route traffic management scheme.

Four years after it was found to be inadequate, a key council department has been graded as good.