Folkestone Dover and Hythe collecting Tetra Paks to generate electricity
Residents will no longer be able to recycle Tetra Pak in their household collection bins in the Folkestone & Hythe and Dover districts from next month. The material – most…
Safety advice following reports of suspicious door-step callers in Ashford
Ashford residents are reminded to be vigilant of door-step callers after Kent Police received five reports of suspicious activity in one afternoon. Door-to-door traders are said to have visited properties…
Thanet county line dealers sentenced to more than 20 years
Five drug dealers who operated a county line supplying heroin and crack cocaine into Thanet have been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. The five were responsible for…
Ashford’s commitment to visitor economy recovery backed by tourism research
Visit Kent’s latest Tourism Economic Impact Study shows that before the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ashford’s visitor economy was valued at £311m, after welcoming 4.7m visitors in 2019.…
Kent to stay in Tier 3 as situation worsens
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins. This week the government has reviewed the tiers in England for the COVID-19 social…
Five members of Dover drug dealing network are jailed for more than 20 years
Five members of a network which sold heroin and crack cocaine in Dover have become the latest drug dealers jailed following an operation by Kent Police. The group were part…