In The Briefing this morning: 🚨Drug driver 'lost control' of car before fatal smash 🍻Piers Morgan backs bid to save village pub 🛍️One year since the start of Wilko store closures Sign up here: kentonline.co.uk/newsletters/

‘Losing this store has left the shopping centre as dead as a dodo’ A year ago this week, retail giant Wilko shut its #Ashford site ⤵️ kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/losi…

An “unusual” formation of bumpy clouds was spotted over the Kent skyline glowing a vibrant red at sunset 👇 kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/new…

👨‍🌾 Racing against the rain: Hop-pickers at Buckman Green Farm in #Smarden harvest the last of the bines Fourth-generation farmer Mark Batt says the recent bad weather has been a "nightmare"

In The Briefing this morning: 💔Mum's moving tribute to 'happy and caring' son 🏘️Fears over housing next to football ground 🍺Secret Drinker is left all alone Sign up here: kentonline.co.uk/newsletters/

Villagers fear they are at risk of being “swallowed up" by huge developments as plans have emerged for 625 homes behind #Ashford's Homelands Stadium 🏠 Full story ⤵️ kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/f…

A pub owner says he is refusing to give up on reopening his town centre site despite the building remaining empty since the pandemic👇 kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/i…

Garden centres are becoming much more than just stores selling plants and outdoor furniture as they look to fill the gaps left on our high streets👇 kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/…

A signal box that stood at #Wye station for 130 years is to be given a new lease of life after being dismantled 👷‍♂️ Full story ⤵️ kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/r…

Fears were previously raised over intolerable odours kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/d…

In your Briefing tomorrow morning: - Pub could lose licence after punter injured in fight - Driver pulled out hammer in row with pedestrians - Sandwich shop owner's fight to keep business afloat Sign up here: kentonline.co.uk/newsletters/

Four windows were smashed in the attack... kentonline.co.uk/tenterden/news…

One of Kent’s last Wimpy restaurants is on track to reopen by the end of the year, bosses have confirmed More here 👇 kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/o…

It's been a tough time for this town centre trader🛑 kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/t…

Bomb disposal teams were called to a medical facility in #Folkestone following reports of a suspicious package being left outside the building More here 👇 kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/new…

🏊‍♂️ An Olympic swimming champion has pleaded for a new owner to come forward to take over a town’s sports centre which has been put up for sale More here 👇 kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/new…

A pair of drug dealers who tried jumping out of a window to escape police have been jailed kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/d…

In your Briefing tomorrow morning: - 'I can't forgive him for killing my nan' - Man kicked in door to ex's home in text row - Fears traffic-free zone just 'displacing' problems Sign up here: kentonline.co.uk/newsletters/