The £80m Thanet Earth complex near Birchington was to have delivered its first salad crops to shops this autumn. But excavations on the 91-hectare site uncovered finds going back to Neolithic times.

A Kent man has appeared on the BBC show Digging For Britain after discovering the UK’s oldest shoe and an “ultra-rare” piece of 4488-year-old leather.

Thanet Earth's parent company, fresh produce supplier Fresca, is based in Paddock Wood, Kent. It says east Kent is ideally suited to crop production, having 17% more light than other parts of the UK.

A vast Neolithic structure that could date back to more than 5,000 years ago has been discovered on a rugged island off the coast of Scotland.