The Latest Breaking News from Kent

Eight areas in the UK have been placed in drought conditions: Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and south London, Hertfordshire and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the east Midlands

Four water companies have announced hosepipe bans in the UK, as another heatwave scorches the country

The maximum sentence for child abusers was increased from 14 years to life imprisonment following a four year campaign by a Kent family.

Dry conditions and impending drought mean millions of people in the UK are now, or will soon be, under a hosepipe ban. There is a “temporary use ban” in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with Kent and Sussex to follow. It’s virtually impossible for water suppliers to enforce this…

Eight suspects have been arrested across southeastern England after a man was shot dead near a subway station two weeks ago.

The former Chancellor was filmed speaking at a Tory event in Tunbridge Wells, Kent last week where he blamed Labour for putting cash into areas of the country that need it most.

A leaked video taken in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at the end of last month shows the former chancellor saying Labour formulas targeting poorer areas "needed to be undone" - which Labour branded "scandalous"

Millions of customers in Kent and Sussex were told to restrict their use of hosepipes and sprinklers from August 12 after parts of England saw the driest July in records dating back to 1836

South East Water say they have been left with no choice but to ban the use of hosepipes and sprinklers from Friday in Kent and Sussex - until further notice