NHS England figures show an average of 405 staff members at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust were off ill each day between December 23 and 29. However, this was down from 414 in ...

Kent train services over Christmas and New Year. Image source, Getty Images. Image caption, From 21 December, fewer rail services than usual will run, train companies say. ... East Kent Mercury.

'Provisionally this Christmas we have recorded the highest daily minimum temperature for Christmas Day on record, with both Exeter Airport and East Malling not falling below 12.4C.' ...

With just over a week to go until Christmas Day, BBC South East reporter Phil Harrison visited Medway Mail Centre in Rochester, Kent, on Monday to watch the final preparations.

A Christmas market in a historic cathedral city in Kent has been rated as one of the best to visit in the UK – and it's just an hour from south east London.