Hundreds of season ticket holders affected by closures on a railway line between East Sussex and Kent are being given £50 shopping vouchers.

A number of coastal communities in Sussex and Kent are to receive millions of pounds of government funding to help create jobs.

This winter's extreme winds caused the biggest loss of trees in in more than 20 years, according to the National Trust.

Winter Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold is to be honoured with a parade through her home town in an open-top bus.

Teenage skier Millie Knight, from Canterbury, will carry the Great Britain flag at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

A ninth man is arrested by police investigating fraudulent use of funds from four UK-based Syrian aid charities.

Two men are charged with the manslaughter of a man whose body was found in a flat in Dover in August.

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Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's League One game between Gillingham and Crawley Town.

Charlton captain Johnnie Jackson says the prospect of an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley is spurring his side on.

Preview followed by live coverage of Friday's Conference Premier game between Dartford and Chester.

Kent announce a pre-tax profit of £156,778 for the financial year to November 2013, but an overall deficit of £98,576.

A man who lost £25,000 on high-stakes betting machines has called for them to be banned.

The UK's first commercially outdoor-grown olives have made it to the table of a restaurant in Kent.

Eurostar boss Nicolas Petrovic says competition from rival rail operators is good after annual passenger numbers broke the 10 million mark for the first time.

Nigel Farage discusses Nick Clegg's claims that he should work harder in Europe.

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