Plus 122 councillor complaints, a bleak housing picture, recycled clothing in potholes and more from across Kent

The uncertain future of a Folkestone landmark, plus electoral hubris and an unexpected bug invasion

What we asked Alan Baldock, Leader of Canterbury City Council

Plus an inaccessible rail footbridge, falling university rankings, Danny Dyer on polluted water and whales in the Thames

Inspectors find real progress after years of failure, plus a Reform councillor’s far-right Facebook link, and what KentLive’s closure means for local news

Kent’s warehouse boom brings jobs and investment, but is changing what parts of the county are for

What we asked Adipat Virdi, immersive storyteller behind the Sikh History in the Medway Towns project

Plus another Kent school without reliable water, trouble inside Restore, facial recognition in Chatham and the fallout from Dover

After 18 months of work, staff recruitment and millions in planned spending, ministers have put the county’s future back under review

Ten days of free openings reveal grand houses, underground defences, private rooms and some of the county’s less predictable historic places

Kent has played Monza, Sokovia, revolutionary France and Victorian London. When does it get to play itself?

Plus the dramatic collapse of Kent's council reorganisation, a Tory split at County Hall, and the week across the county

Kent and Medway spent £28.9m on autism and ADHD assessments, then tightened provider activity, with patients left in limbo

What we asked Sam Cox, also known as Mr Doodle

As County Hall loses much of its power, where will Kent’s real centre be?

Plus who put County Hall forward for housing, a communications mishap at KCC, and the rest of the week across Kent

What we asked Martin Latham, writer, bookseller and the man who opened Waterstones Canterbury

A far-right march on County Hall uses false claims about Kent County Council to demand the removal of 15 million people from Britain

What we asked Dr Lauren Sullivan, Labour MP for Gravesham

Plus Dartford drivers paying to go nowhere, Whitstable reaches peak oyster and an anti-migrant protest at a closed Pizza Hut

Five drinking water suppliers, disconnected supply areas and decades of mergers leave neighbouring Kent households subject to different hosepipe rules

What we asked Christine Rayner, former editor of newspapers across Kent

Plus a £50,000 toilet saga, Greens and Reform against solar farms, a delayed Leas Lift and the battle over a Walmer sauna.

The fire cuts are defeated but the underlying problems remain, plus Kent's four new councils begin to take shape

What we asked Anton Vamplew, astronomer and creator of the Night Sky Club

Plus Margate’s art boom, Dover’s unwanted political spotlight, a critical incident at East Kent hospitals and Costco coming to Aylesford

KCC replaces its flagship efficiency department with a council-wide way of working with no savings target, no new powers and closed meetings at the centre

Our interview with Martin Stirling, writer and director

Another £7.5m is needed, with payroll still in testing and the system’s future undecided

Plus a council stretching from Folkestone to Sheppey, six-hour border queues, Southern Water bosses facing trial and a far-right damp squib in Dover

What we asked Iain Dale, radio broadcaster and author of his new autobiography

An argument over wording is obscuring what the council's close decision actually changes

Our interview with Rich Lehmann, former Green Group leader at Kent County Council

Plus missing KCC documents reappear, another Tunbridge Wells water failure, a £7m sewage fine and a fight over ancient woodland near Maidstone

Four authorities, fourteen councils to unwind, and less than two years to build a new system of local government

For 82 years, Kent has mostly dealt with the SS Richard Montgomery by leaving it alone. Now, the masts are coming down.

Plus Kent waits on local government reform, Operation Brock returns, fire cover struggles and a very broken walking app

A routine Facebook post becomes a story about AI in political imagery and whether photographs can still be trusted

What we asked A W Earl, author and folklorist

Plus a quarry row near Maidstone, Dover border fears, the Goodyear blimp, influencers in a lavender field, and lots more

How a contested field became part of Britain’s AI infrastructure argument

What we asked Ian Watson, club promoter and debut novelist

Adult social care keeps driving the deficit, as Kent weighs new homes, water restrictions and fire cover