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  • Kent Police is seeking witnesses as officers carry out enquiries at the scene of a serious collision on the A2 near Dover. It was reported that three lorries were travelling in the same direction on the coastbound carriageway, from Lydden Hill approaching the Whitfield roundabout, when the […]
  • Two robbers who stole phones and money from victims in Dover have been jailed for a combined total of more than 10 years. Roland Berko, 22, and Erik Mata, 19, targeted a vulnerable man and a teenage boy in similar street robberies in January 2019. They were found guilty of the robberies in […]
FEATURES…
  • The use of artificial intelligence is changing lives in a multitude of ways. As we continue to adapt as humans to available services and our willingness to adopt them increases, everyday life is being transformed through the use of AI. This is indeed altering most aspects of life including how […]
  • Folkestone & Hythe District Council are piloting a park and ride service in Folkestone this summer. The service – which will be operated by Stagecoach – will run from the Motis Business Centre in Cheriton near J12 of the M20, CT19 4 QJ. Users can enjoy hassle free parking paying just £5 per car […]
TOURISM…
  • 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.  […]
  • Left to right: Virginia Lewis-Jones, Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter; Cllr Trevor Bartlett, Leader of Dover District Council; Cllr Graeme Wanstall, Dover Town Council; Virginia Portman, National Trust General Manager A meadow on the iconic White Cliffs of Dover that was saved for the […]
ENTERTAINMENT…
  • ‘Dastardly Deal’ – picture credit: Ink Field Media for The History Project White Cliffs Country – the tourism and visitor economy arm of Dover District Council – has announced inspirational new visitor experiences in Deal, Dover and Sandwich which are now ready for visitors and residents to […]
DRUGS…
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    A lorry driver has been jailed for five years after attempting to smuggle two kilos of cocaine into the UK. The National Crime Agency investigated when Grzegorz Waclaw Lasota, 47, from Poland, was stopped at Dover’s Eastern Docks in January this year. Border Force officers searched the cab section […]
FRAUD…
  • A tax adviser from Ramsgate has been jailed for two years and seven months after defrauding a client out of more than £45,000. In May 2017, Lana Laws asked one of his clients to pay a large sum of money to his firm to cover the cost of the client’s capital gains tax that was due. The client […]
BUSINESS…
  • The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) has announced that every business and organisation in the South East Region region can now get access to a free tool called Police CyberAlarm, designed to help them understand and monitor the threats they face from malicious cyber activity. […]
ENVIRONMENT…
  • A new natural play area sympathetic to the historic landscape of Russell Gardens has opened as part of the £3.1m Lottery funded Kearsney Parks project. Designed as Kearsney Court Gardens (c.1900) by the leading Edwardian landscape architect, Thomas Mawson, Russell Gardens is Grade II Listed on […]
SCHOOLS…
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 26 May 2021. Coronavirus We continue to see excellent progress in Kent in our efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Infection rates in Folkestone and Hythe remain at their lowest […]
ACCIDENTS…
  • A motorist who collided with a motorcycle while overtaking, causing its rider fatal injuries, has been jailed. Arber Rama was driving along Canterbury Road in Densole, near Folkestone, at around 6.45pm on Thursday 15 November 2018 when his car collided with a motorbike travelling in the opposite […]
POLITICS…
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 28 July 2021. Last Wednesday I joined Lewis Biggs, the curator of the 2020 Folkestone Triennial, for a tour of some of the new artworks for this year’s show. The Triennial had been delayed […]
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. […]
HOUSING…
  • Permission to appeal the judicial review of the planning permission for the Princes Parade development has been refused today (3 December 2020). Lord Justice Newey upheld the previous judgement of Mr. Justice Dove – refusing the appeal and upholding the judicial review proceedings in their […]
HEALTH…
  • Mia May and Bas White Six-year-old Mia May from Maidstone has a genetic disorder which leaves her blind and unable to speak or walk. Retired courier Bas Waite, 63, from Warden Bay, Sheerness, is shaving his head at Maidstone Football Ground on Saturday July 17 to help raise funds for Mia. Bas and […]
  • Naz Cesur pictured above An Ashford businessman is putting his lockdown locks to good use by shaving them all off to raise cash for NHS charities. When the first lockdown ended last summer, Naz Cesur really needed a haircut, but he decided instead to keep growing his hair so that he could shave his […]
FARMING…
  • Dog owners are reminded to take responsibility for their pets after a report of sheep being attacked near Tenterden. Kent Police received a report of sheep-worrying in the Wittersham area on Sunday 30 May 2021. At least one lamb was badly injured. Officers from the Rural Task Force are [...]
  • By Michael Valenzia, Regional Director of CLA South East The farming industry has a woeful safety record, which stubbornly shows little sign of improvement, with sobering statistics presented each year. Agriculture has the worst rate of worker fatal injury of the main industrial sectors. It is 18 [...]
MARITIME…
  • The Port of Dover has unveiled a brand new apprenticeship scheme with 11 vacancies available across a diverse range of areas throughout its business, aiming to attract and nurture local talent with specialist skills and ideas. The Port has been working closely with its community partners including […]
  • A couple enjoying a beach walk on a sunny but cold day found themselves having to climb up onto a concrete apron to escape the incoming tide. The couple were visiting the area on Saturday 5 December and had decided to walk along the coast. Not being familiar with the tides they found themselves cut […]
HOLIDAYS…
  • Irish Ferries setting sail from Dover Photo: Port of Dover Irish Ferries has launched its inaugural service from Dover to Calais on Tuesday 29 June. The Isle of Inishmore ship has undergone extensive refurbishments for the new service – including an upgraded Club Class Lounge, with 360-degree sea […]
  • Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh residents are being reminded of changes to services provided by the district council over the festive period. All of the details, including changes to opening hours and waste collections, can be found below. Please bear in mind that responses to enquiries may take […]

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