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• Kent's Councils: 5 Options

  A total of five different options have now been put forward for council areas in Kent once the current two-tier system is abolished.

• MPs Doubt Gatwick Growth Boost

  The Government's decision to approve a huge expansion of Gatwick Airport has been followed by a legal challenge and strong criticism from a cross-party group of MPs.

• Old Bright the Postman

  The Amelia Scott centre in Tunbridge Wells says it's delighted to have acquired a collage depicting the church in Frant and the local postman from the 1820s.

• Crowborough Asylum Seeker Camp Row

  The Liberal Democrat leader of Wealden Council says he now regrets not informing the people of Crowborough earlier of government plans to house 600 asylum seekers at a local military base.

• Reform KCC Lose One More

  Reform UK have suspended their County Councillor for Swale, Isabella Kemp, reducing their numbers to 48 from the 57 who were elected in May.

• Inspired by Multiple Sclerosis

  Heather Russell-Kaye from Hildenborough has told West Kent Radio how doctors repeatedly failed to recognise her symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

• Houses on Green Belt

  Vast house building plans are being laid out to increase the population of the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling by one third in the next 17 years.

• St Mark's Field: Developer's Plans

  The developer Esquire has submitted a planning application to reclassify St Mark's recreation ground as a "Biodiversity Enhancement area."