The S&P Global UK services PMI survey scored 55.0 in April, up from 53.1 in March and the highest level since May last year.

Barry Manilow has booked the AO Arena for his May 19 show as an alternative venue if the Co-op Arena is not ready.

A woman has been charged with drink-driving, after a car overturned on a roundabout. Mabel Mockford, 28, of Lavender Walk, East Malling, has been bailed to appear before Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court ...

A crash on a busy A-road left a driver injured and two vehicles damaged. Police, ambulance and fire and rescue crews all attended after a car and a van collided on the A249 near Stockbury, ...

The Conservative Party chairman has appealed to Tory MPs “wait through the weekend” after a bruising first set of local ...

Ms McAllan also rejected claims that Mr Swinney is “yesterday’s man”. He previously led the SNP from 2000 to 2004, stepping ...

Asda has refinanced the vast majority of its mammoth debt pile amid “strong demand” from investors. The supermarket giant ...

A backlash over Labour’s stance on Gaza saw the party lose control of Oldham Council amid otherwise positive local election results. Independent candidates, several of whom explicitly campaigned in ...

Sittingbourne vice-chairman Andrew Marjeram says manager Ryan Maxwell is a joy to work with. Maxwell and his backroom team transformed the Brickies from Isthmian South East relegation candidates to ...

The election count is soon to get under way to determine who will run a borough council for the next four years. The ballot boxes from 91 polling stations across Maidstone, including many Weald ...

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and bailed over the fatal stabbing of teenager Mustafa Momand, Sussex Police said. Armin ...

The parents of Madeleine McCann have released a statement on the 17th anniversary of her disappearance, saying “the absence still aches”. In a message issued on the official Find Madeleine website, ...