Tunbridge Wells, England News

A homeless robber has been jailed for six years after he lied about having a firearm to trick a betting shop worker into giving him 500.

Decisions on who could take over the financially-troubled K College when it is broken up next year are another step closer.

A senior police officer has returned for his third stint at Maidstone police station to take up the role of Divisional Commander for the force's west division.

The Chelmsford-born 53-year-old who attended King Edward VI Grammar School picked up the gong in the Specialist Factual Programme category for his 2012 production All in the Best Possible Taste.

THE public inquiry into turning the A21 into a dual carriageway will open tomorrow and locals have thrown their weight behind the campaign.

An accounting firm is officially excellent after scooping a national award. Crowe Clark Whitehill, which has offices in Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone, triumphed at the 2013 Finance Directors' Excellence Awards by winning Auditor of the Year: Large Firms' category.

Rye resident and British expat Jo Bryan was recently featured as the "Expat of the Month" on the BBC America web site for her work making expats in the area comfortable and welcome.

Adena Fires based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is a specialist in providing high quality wood stoves and fireplaces.

Sporting glory arrived in a small North community yesterday as the victorious Spennymoor Town FC landed the FA Vase trophy.

He was suspended from his post as High Commissioner with immediate effect, London's High Court heard, and never re-engaged at ambassadorial level.

With 58 of the 84 seats being contested declared, the Tories have also lost seats to Labour and Liberal Democrats.

Officers executed nine warrants at several addresses on Monday as part of Kent Police's crackdown on drug-related crime.

Today sees the sternest test for David Cameron out of any local election he has so far had to face.

School entrepreneurs who generated international orders for their specialist T-shirts struck gold in the 50th anniversary Young Enterprise Kent final.

Saunders has more than 30 years' experience working with SMEs in Kent, and was formerly senior partner for Clydesdale Bank in Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone.

Four Kent councils have set up an energy-switching scheme designed to help people get a better deal on their domestic supplies.

She said: "I didn't know what had happened. It looked like she was having a seizure, so I ran out shouting that my daughter had just collapsed.

A UKIP candidate has sparked outrage by reportedly claiming that Jews deliberately murdered each other in the Holocaust as part of a masterplan to create Israel.

The Co-operative Group has pulled out of a deal to buy 600 branches of Lloyds TSB Bank, including several in Kent.