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LATEST NEWS…
  • Library image: Westgate Towers Canterbury Officers investigating a report of a sexual assault in Canterbury have made a second arrest. An 18-year-old man from Canterbury was arrested on Thursday 22 July 2021 and was taken into custody.   The arrest follows a report that at around 11pm on 9 […]
  • A Sheerness homeowner is helping Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) share life-saving safety advice after a vanity mirror sparked a fire in the bedroom of his home.  The blaze developed in the occupant’s bedroom in Belgrave Road on Sheppey, on a sunny afternoon on Friday 16 July, and is […]
  • Witnesses are being sought to a two vehicle crash in which a motorcyclist died in Lordswood near Chatham. The incident happened at 6.05pm on Wednesday 21 July 2021 when a grey Nissan X-Trail was in collision with an orange KTM 390 Duke motorbike on North Dane Way at the junction with Lordswood […]
FEATURES…
  • The family L-R Charlotte, Riley and Joseph Williams Photo Charlotte Williams Riley Williams, aged nine years old, loves fishing and has been angling since he was four years old. He and his Dad, Joseph, have been regular passengers onboard the Lady Ann, a charter fishing boat owned by Jason Parrott […]
  • If you’re considering buying your first home in the very near future, you’ve come to the right place.   In this blog, we’re going to talk you through the basics of buying your first home and what to expect. It will no doubt become one of the most exciting yet stressful experiences of your […]
  • Purchasing property in any country can be tedious, especially as each country has its own set of rules and regulations. When you’re purchasing a property in Spain, it’s essential to understand what is involved with the buying process, including any fees, taxes, and other expenses. Spain […]
TOURISM…
  • Thanet District Council has updated its Beach Management Plan, with preparations in place three months earlier than normal ready for the Easter weekend. Every year in Thanet, plans are made for ‘high season’ which tends to coincide with school summer holidays. However, this year the council has […]
  • It’s that time of year again when beaches are getting ready for summer. Beach recycling work has already started between Beach Walk and Tankerton Sailing Club. The dozer and excavator will work their way along each groyne bay regrading the stones, ensuring the beach is in good shape for the […]
  • An historic orchard is being restored at Russell Gardens in Dover in the latest phase of the Lottery funded restoration of Thomas Mawson’s c.1900 design for Kearsney Court gardens.  A total of sixty-three fruit trees are being planted, including a variety of apple, pear, and cherry trees.  […]
ENTERTAINMENT…
  • Folkestone Festivals have organised a series of events starting next Saturday, 3rd July 2021. Take a peek at what’s on offer… More details at folkestonefestivals.org or the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FolkestoneFestival […]
  • Words and pictures by Ray Duff Town Mayor Cllr Michelle Keutenuius, third from right, welcomed all to Pride Photo: Ray Duff Folkestone Pride became the county’s first outdoor LGBT event in almost two years last Saturday, due to the pandemic, and was held on The Leas near the Bandstand with a […]
  • Fancy a visit from Dame Trott, Fairy Nuff or Silly Billy on your doorstep? Looping the Loop have announced plans to stage Jack & The Beanstalk for free across four Ramsgate streets this Spring. Characters from the famous pantomime, including a terrifying giant, will visit to up to 30 households […]
DRUGS…
  • A suspected drug dealer will appear in court after officers from the Community Policing Team in Folkestone seized ten wraps of cocaine. Officers on patrol stopped a vehicle in Bouverie Road West at around 12.20pm on Friday 22 January 2021. High-value clothing and electrical items, two mobile […]
  • A car suspected to have been stolen was brought to a halt by a police stinger in Wye near Ashford. On Friday 19 February 2021, at around 8.30pm, the vehicle was safely stopped in Olantigh Road after it had been pursued by patrols from the Canterbury area. An officer from the Kent Police Dogs Unit […]
  • A drug dealer found with cocaine, cash and a knuckleduster has been jailed for more than six years. Rennie Ash was pulled over by officers in Margate in March 2019 after they noticed his van did not have a valid MOT certificate. A large block of cocaine was found in the vehicle, along with cash and […]
FRAUD…
  • 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 across Malvern Road, Heathfield Road and Brooke Road on Monday 14 December 2020, with reports […]
  • Warrants at suspected brothels across Gillingham and London led to Kent Police arresting four people on suspicion of modern day slavery offences. On the morning of Wednesday 31 March 2021, the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate carried out six warrants as part of an investigation into the […]
  • Fraud investigators have issued a warning about rogue traders after a vulnerable woman was reportedly overcharged for having her driveway jet-washed. The woman, who is in her 80s, was approached by two men in Lydd on Thursday 29 April 2021 and offered the service for ‘less than £200’. […]
BUSINESS…
  •  The J10a/Sevington site in Ashford taking shape Ashford has always promoted its transport links, but did you know it’s set to start providing a port health service next year? In late September Defra told the council that the Sevington Inland Border Facility (IBF) is being designated a […]
  • Funding is available for small and medium-sized business owners within the Folkestone Community Works area looking to grow their ventures. The SME Business Grant Scheme offers match-funded grants of up to £7,500 for equipment which will support further economic development in the district. Previous […]
  • A building, pictured above, which has stood empty for more than a decade is being transformed into a business hub thanks to the support of the Folkestone Community Works programme. 16 Bouverie Place will offer office suites and meeting rooms for small and medium-sized enterprises – as well as […]
ENVIRONMENT…
  • Ashford Borough Council has secured a £1.45m Government grant to replace the ageing power plant at its flagship Stour leisure centre with a state-of-the-art system which will slash running costs, cut carbon emissions by 45% and provide a boost to bold ambitions to make the borough carbon neutral by […]
  • Last November, this pile of builder’s waste was dumped in Pennypot Lane, Chartham – a disgraceful act in a beautiful part of the district. Canterbury City Council enforcement officers were on the case sharpish and enquiries into the origin of the waste led them to a man from a business […]
  • The Energy & Environment Alliance (EEA) has welcomed the announcement by the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, of an ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The Alliance, which is a not-for-profit organisation working to transition […]
SCHOOLS…
  • Following the success of a drive-through school immunisations model, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust will be hosting a pop-up clinic at their large vaccination centre in Thanet next week for teenagers who missed having their HPV, meningitis and booster jabs. Thanks to space available at […]
  • Photo by CDC on Unsplash In a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday (Saturday), Kent County Council Leader Roger Gough and Cabinet Member for Education and Skills Richard Long urged the Secretary of State to keep primary schools closed in Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone […]
  • Parents and carers whose children may be eligible to receive benefits-related Free School Meals are being urged to apply for them ahead of the upcoming summer school holidays, even if their child is in Years R, 1 or 2. The Government recently announced that it was extending its grant funding until […]
ACCIDENTS…
  • Kent Police is appealing for witnesses following the death of a motorcyclist in Folkestone. The man in his twenties from the Dover area died when the red Triumph motorcycle he was riding was involved in a collision with a white Peugeot panel van at the top of Dover Hill, near the junction with […]
  • Information is being sought following a fatal collision on the coastbound M2 near Blue Bell Hill. At 11.28am on Tuesday 16 February 2021, Kent Police was called to the collision involving a blue Vauxhall Corsa and a white Kia Picanto on the M2 between Junctions 3 and 4. A 79-year-old man was […]
  • A suspected thief has appeared in court following a collision involving a stolen van in Maidstone. The incident happened at around 5.25pm on Saturday 3 April 2021 when Kent Police was informed of the theft of a white Peugeot Partner in Bower Place. A short while later, officers saw the vehicle […]
POLITICS…
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 21 July 2021. On Tuesday this week I spoke in the House of Commons in support of the government’s new Nationality and Borders Bill. This is important and necessary legislation to address the […]
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 14 July 2021. Heroes Last Sunday night the fantastic campaign of the England men’s football team came to an end after a floodlit penalty shootout at Wembley stadium. Whilst it’s easy to be […]
  • The vandalised office The constituency office of Natalie Elphicke, Member of Parliament for Dover and Deal, has been repeatedly vandalised as her team prepare to return to the office as lockdown restrictions ease. Following the Health Secretary’s announcement that he does not expect Covid […]
FIRE…
  • Sergeant James Cattermole A Kent Police officer who saved an arsonist from a burning building has been commended by a judge. Sergeant James Cattermole entered a house in Sellindge, near Folkestone, in May 2021 and, with the help of colleague PC Louis Southon, helped get Christopher Pain to safety. […]
  • By KFRS A father-of-three is urging Kent residents to test their smoke alarms once a week, after a fire which left him and his daughter fearing for their lives, destroyed the family home.  https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEKX6LbgEoQ David Sercombe and his 22-year-old daughter Bronte, were the only […]
  • Two police officers have pulled a man from a burning building during a fire in Sellindge. The officers from Folkestone’s Local Policing Team were called following concerns for a man in a property near Swan Lane at 12.40am on Monday 3 May 2021. Shortly after arriving at the scene, the officers […]
HOUSING…
  • Photo: Canterbury City Council Giving people sleeping rough somewhere warm and safe to sleep during the cold and bleak winter months has always been the top priority for Canterbury City Council and the district’s homeless charities. But the arrival of the global pandemic and the need to enforce […]
  • Chilmington Green Photo: Ashford Borough Council Ashford Borough Council has moved a step closer to acquiring a small residential stake in the fast-growing Chilmington Green development for £1.97m. Described in a report as ‘a golden opportunity’, Cabinet last night (Thursday) was told that the […]
  • Dover District Council’s Cabinet has agreed a new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy – with a renewed focus on prevention as part of a five-point action plan.  The action plan looks at five key areas:  Tackling homelessness together – working with partners, including Porchlight, Kent […]
HEALTH…
  • Two people who had to be rescued by emergency services after travelling from London to go for a walk and getting stuck in mud were among those fined for breaching Coronavirus regulations this weekend. Between Friday, 26 February and Monday, 1 March 2021 officers issued 107 fines to those […]
  • More than £250,000 has been distributed to sports clubs and community organisations across the county to help them continue their activities during the pandemic, with a further £250,000 secured for grants over the next three years. Since the start of the pandemic, the Kent and Medway Active […]
  • Today the Government has announced that the borough of Ashford will be placed in Tier 3 of Coronavirus restrictions, beginning when the national lockdown expires on 2 December. The whole of Kent is also in Tier 3, which is described as Very High Alert. The tiers will be reviewed by Government on 16 […]
FARMING…
  • Pictured above: CLA South East Regional Director Michael Valenzia The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is warning of a spike in dog attacks as ‘pandemic puppies’ are set to visit the countryside for the first time, coinciding with the peak of the lambing season. As dog attacks are up 10% [...]
  • Dog owners are being reminded to keep their pets under control when walking through fields following reports of sheep being attacked in the Canterbury area. Kent Police received a report of sheep-worrying in the Tonford Lane area, north of Thanington, shortly before 7pm on Monday 17 May 2021. At [...]
  • Dog owners are reminded to take responsibility for their pets after recent attacks on sheep near Dover and Maidstone. Over the past week there have been three reported incidents of sheep worrying, including one near Elms Vale Road, Farthingloe where three sheep were injured on Saturday 6 February [...]
MARITIME…
  • Whitstable Harbour Whitstable Harbour played an important role in the country’s ongoing vaccination programme this weekend. Only a few UK port authorities provide access for visiting seafarers to Covid 19 vaccination centres, and Whitstable was added to the list of ports supporting this […]
  • The Prime Minister confirmed the lifting of almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England from 19th July.  However, with the Government acknowledging the possibility of up to 100,000 cases of Covid being reported each day as cases inevitably rise from that date, he also urged […]
  • On Saturday 8 May 2021 at 08.01am, the Dungeness Shannon-class lifeboat was called to assist a yacht that had run aground off Littlestone. It was reported the yacht had damaged its mast and was in difficulty in poor weather conditions. The RNLI lifeboat launched at 8.15am in gusts of wind up to […]
HOLIDAYS…
  • Hannah Carnell opens the doors of her beach hut for the first time with children Romilly, Lucien and Eliot Tenants of the council’s new beach huts along Marine Walk in Folkestone have been picking up their keys with great excitement. The ambitious regeneration project has seen 35 of the […]
  • HM Coastguard is calling on open-water swimmers and cold-water dippers to be prepared and follow safety advice before entering the sea this Christmas.  Photo: HM Coastguard In a year when swimming pools have largely been closed, there has been a significant increase in people enjoying […]
  • Thanet District Council has updated its Beach Management Plan, with preparations in place three months earlier than normal ready for the Easter weekend. Every year in Thanet, plans are made for ‘high season’ which tends to coincide with school summer holidays. However, this year the council has […]

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