New £15m emergency department for children opens to patients at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford on the 75th anniversary of the NHS.

Hopes new children's A&E unit will 'restore public's faith in services' 

Canterbury, Herne Bay, Faversham and Margate will be improved.

Stations set to benefit from £4.4 million improvement programme

Dionne Clarke and Cherrelle Clarke were charged with robbery, theft and fraud offences which they admitted at Canterbury Crown Court.

Mother and daughter sent to prison after stealing from elderly people

People living in East Kent will face further rail misery on Sunday with a warning of severe disruption.

East Kent train passengers warned of severe disruption following RMT rail strike

A £1.7 million museum and £6 million visitor centre celebrating Kent's mining history has opened.

Kent's mining history uncovered with multimillion pound museum

The Trust failed to provide safe care and treatment for seven-day-old Harry Richford, who died in 2017, and his mother.

NHS Trust fined £773,000 over death of newborn baby 

Residents have been left without bin collections for weeks because of problems with a new refuse service contract. 

Council apologises as rubbish piles up in Folkestone and Hythe

Richard Claxton weighed 22 stone when was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) hospital in Margate. 

Kent father who survived covid starts weight loss challenge

A father from Sussex who is being treated for Covid-19 tells us people need to follow the rules.

Fighting the virus: Sussex father describes Covid-19 ordeal from hospital ward

An ongoing independent investigation into the deaths of up to 15 babies in East Kent has revealed there was a failure to implement 21 safety recommendations for maternity services.

East Kent baby deaths: NHS Trust did not meet safety recommendations 

Exterior of QEQM Hospital in Kent - archive photo - ITV News

Grieving parents whose babies died under the care of East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust have met the panel set up to help them find answers.  The independent investigation was set up after a series of preventable baby deaths going back at least five years.

Grieving parents meet panel investigating baby deaths in East Kent

A restored WW2 trench in Kent has opened to the public to give a flavour of what life was like for soldiers on the front line

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