The Government faces a battle to meet its goal of 1.5 million new homes in England.

Despite the forecast, a yellow heat health alert has been extended until 9am on Tuesday for the South East, South West, and London.

No cause of death was immediately available.

A six-month-old chimpanzee has been reintroduced to her group and accepted by a surrogate mother at a Kent zoo.

A BMW driver was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after being involved in a collision with a JCB on a busy A-road.

Three carriages from the train, which was travelling from London Victoria to Eastbourne, derailed on their side, trapping passengers.

The Prime Minister is being kept updated on developments across the region.

The new retailer taking over a 7,000 sq ft unit has been revealed after the closure of a pop-up arcade.

A teenager is being treated by paramedics after being pulled from the water on a Kent beach.

The emergency services have been called to a crash involving four cars on the A2.

A major sea rescue operation was launched during the solar eclipse after a loose horse ran into the water at a popular beach.

A CCTV image of a group of men has been released as part of an investigation into an alleged attempted burglary.

Nine fire engines were sent to an early-hours blaze at a specialist vehicle restoration business which left a workshop badly damaged.

In today’s podcast, grieving families say synthetic opioids could be responsible for more deaths in the county than currently recorded.

Ofwat has provisionally ruled that five of 13 suppliers can increase charges for customers to increase investment by £3.4bn by 2030.

The ONS said GDP rose by 0.4% between April and June, helped by growth of 0.3% in June.

A divisive bid to turn part of a public green space into an additional pub garden is now poised for approval, despite concerns about noise.

Rare amber ‘extreme heat’ warnings have been issued by the Met Office from 9am to midnight on Thursday.

An arrest has been made after a car left a road and flew several feet through the air before hitting the top floor of a house down an embankment.

Community volunteers say their “blood is boiling” after the mother of a convicted killer tried to sell his toy guns in a village social media group.

A murderer who won the right to a retrial on the grounds of diminished responsibility has been resentenced after a jury found him guilty.

Drone images reveal the progress being made on a new Aldi store ahead of its expected opening later this year.

Kent is officially in drought - but it was a very different picture 30 years ago today.

Residents have expressed frustration after the reopening of a busy route has been delayed for a fourth time following a gas leak.

An inquest has opened into the death of a 23-year-old man who was killed after the car he was in hit a tree and a road sign.

In today’s podcast, a woman who was two times the drink drive limit has been sentenced after crashing into a grandmother’s bungalow.

Trespassers inspired by social media videos have been breaking into a closed Kent wildlife park.

Andy Burnham will hold an emergency Cobra meeting on Wednesday as temperatures this week could reach 38C and wildfires rage on.

Her funeral service is taking place later at the Catholic abbey where she regularly worshipped

Some areas face a fifth heatwave of the summer, with rare extreme heat warnings in place.

An arson attack inside a high-rise that potentially put hundreds of lives at risk was carried out after “poor security” allowed intruders to break in.

Bosses of two separate businesses said they were surprised to see people queuing to get their hands on special glasses to watch the solar eclipse.

A 40-bed nursing home has shut amid safeguarding concerns as alternative places are sought for residents who have dementia and mental health issues.

Falling water levels have revealed a mysterious sword which may have been hidden beneath a castle lake for generations.

A town centre sandwich shop described as the “best by far” is closing its doors much to the upset of loyal customers.

in today’s podcast, a hated contraflow on the M20 could be deployed less often amid plans for a new development at the Port of Dover.

Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing man they are concerned for.

Retrospective plans for the expansion of an existing Traveller site next to ancient woodland and a major A-road have been lodged.

Frustrated neighbours have slated a pub’s plans for extra outdoor seating as “privatisation by stealth” of public land.