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Thieves target Enbrook Folkestone restaurant - but that was just for starters

A till, safe and cash was reported stolen following a break-in at a restaurant in Folkestone, but that was just for starters.
Bid to ban people eating dogs in Britain backed by Dover MP

A bid to ban people from eating dogs in Britain is being backed by Dover and Deal MP Charlie Elphicke.
Passionate about your community? Find out how you can be a councillor in Folkestone and Hythe

Folkestone and Hythe Civic Centre in Castle Hill Avenue

People passionate about their communities are invited to an open evening about becoming a local councillor.
Badger backing councillors welcome rejection of Sandgate Valley town houses plan in Folkestone

Tim Prater and Gary Fuller have welcomed the rejection of plans by Folkestone and Hythe District Council to build 10 three storey town houses on Romney Avenue in Sandgate Valley, Folkestone.
Dozens helped into work by FREE Dover Jobs Club

Dozens of people have been helped into employment, training and voluntary work in recent months by the Dover Jobs Club.
Folkestone and Hythe MP pleased over £1.25million government grant for Otterpool Park

Constituency matters... a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 20 February 2019
Man jailed after concerned taxi driver alerts police to sexual assault in Folkestone

Jailed - Daniel Arber

A call to Kent Police from a concerned taxi driver in Folkestone has led to a man being jailed for sexual assault.
Two young men jailed in Young Offender Institution after vicious Boxing Day night-out attack in Dover

A violent assault on a group of four friends in Dover after a Boxing Day night out in 2016 has resulted in prison sentences for two of their attackers.
Residents fear Folkestone and Hythe council will be pushing ahead with more parking charges

More parking charges?

After the introduction of parking charges last year on Princes Parade, residents fear Folkestone and Hythe District Council will pushing ahead with previous plans to introduce parking charges on Sandgate Esplanade says a local campaigner.