The Latest Breaking News from Kent

Responding to street protests in Los Angeles against federal immigration enforcement raids, President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 soldiers from the California National Guard into the city on June 7, 2025, to protect agents carrying out the raids. Trump also authorized the Pentagon to dispatch regular U.S. troops “as necessary” to…

Opposition councillors say confusion has swept over newly Reform-controlled councils

Conservationists warn that losing Lodge Hill in Kent to housing could be a catastrophe for one of Britain’s most at-risk birds

A four-year-old boy died in a crash involving two pickup trucks in Dartford, Kent

More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.

A Reform spokesperson heralded the first Doge meeting at Kent Count Council as ‘very productive’ but admits there is no timeframe for recommendations.

Party tells council officers they risk ‘gross misconduct’ if they block Elon Musk-inspired initiative

The girl went missing after entering the water in Gravesend, Kent, on Friday

Kent Police and the Coastguard resumed their search of the water and river bank on Saturday.

Emergency services have been searching the River Thames at Gravesend.

Morenikeji Adewole, 47, of Dartford, Kent, had been charged with raping the 19-year-old in the early hours of November 1 last year.