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Kent County Council says it has sourced a replacement service after one of its home-to-school transport providers folded.

A mum has told how she feared her teenage daughter was going to die after she was struck down by meningitis following a night out in Kent.

Health chiefs are considering mass-treating thousands of nightclub-goers after a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a popular venue.

A secondary school has urged pupils to remain vigilant after a man was arrested following reports he had been “talking inappropriately” to a child.

A man has been airlifted to a London hospital in a serious condition following an alleged assault in the early hours.

A Kent doctor has warned about the symptoms to watch for after a meningitis outbreak that killed a university student and a secondary school pupil.

A new facility designed to house community health services has welcomed its first tenant on the first floor of a shopping centre.

A 25-year-old man has appeared in court accused of punching a pensioner and stabbing her in the chest in an unprovoked attack.

A council is ditching an underground car park’s automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system following a two-year trial plagued by issues.

Concerns for a person's welfare prompted a large emergency services response in a woodland.

A business owner says she has been left out of pocket after a delivery driver walked away with a parcel containing a vital computer tablet.

Hundreds of new homes have been approved to be built on the edge of a village despite concerns the infrastructure is already at “breaking point”.

More than 1,250 parents and carers across the county have signed an open letter supporting a ban on smartphones in schools.

An amateur footballer who saw “red” after being red-carded by an FA referee and attacked him from behind has been ordered to pay him compensation.

A man has been arrested after a pensioner was apparently stabbed with a pair of scissors.

An office manager has launched a campaign to get a bus route slip road open to all traffic to ease congestion on a problem-hit industrial estate.

The number of families in temporary accommodation has doubled in one part of Kent in just a year.

A couple have told of the stress and strain they are under after being saddled with a £6k bill for repairs to a home they no longer live in.

A popular nightclub could be linked to a meningitis outbreak that has left a university student and a secondary school pupil dead.

A ​speeding driver whose crash with two vehicles broke his pregnant girlfriend's back and left their child disabled ​from birth has been spared jail.