The Latest Breaking News from Kent County Council

Kent County Council leader Roger Gough said 12 of the 39 people rescued from the freezing water on Wednesday were lone migrant children.

Some 39 of 197 children reported missing, FOI finds

E-scooters will disappear from the streets of Kent and trials will end within months after an 80-year-old woman was knocked to the floor by a rider on the pavement

A trial of e-scooters in Kent will be cut short to prevent people getting “seriously hurt”, the county council has ruled. E-scooters cannot be used legally on public highways outside a small number of trial areas, which from December will once again include Kent.

A lone vigilante fed up with people parking near his home in Kent has taken matters into his own hands and painted yellow lines on the road, as council bosses pledged to cover it up

The estate often has problems with drivers from outside the area leaving their cars on the road

The popular coastal footpath in Gravesend, Kent, was closed after a huge number of tyres were dumped with wires and debris sticking out making it dangerous for walkers

Premier League outfits Manchester United and Arsenal were among the counterfeit kits

P&O Ferries said queues ‘picked up’ on Monday morning, and it took an hour for passengers to clear French passport control.