National Tree Week sees new planting across Dover
Image Pixabay Dover District Council (DDC) is to plant over 100 new trees across the district as part of National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration. North Deal…
Contentious Princes Parade scheme in Hythe handed £2m government grant
The Royal Military Canal wildlife oasis The controversial Princes Parade scheme has received a major boost from central government with a £2m grant. Money from the Brownfield Land Release Fund…
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee tree planting given go ahead across Folkestone and Hythe
Photo shows the Golden Jubilee plaque at Cheriton Recreation Ground, the site of the Platinum Jubilee avenue of trees. A flurry of tree planting will take place across the district…
Pilgrims Hospices Christmas Tree recycling branching out in east Kent
Pilgrims Hospices, east Kent’s hospice charity, is rolling out the renowned Christmas Tree Recycling fundraising campaign into Canterbury and Thanet for the first time while celebrating a decade of the…
Kent headteacher denounces mocking young people for being ‘woke’
Samantha Price, president of the Girls’ School Association (GLA) and headmistress of Benenden School in Kent told delegates at the GLA conference in Manchester yesterday, not to mock ‘woke’ students.…
Highspeed trains to return on Deal, Dover, Maidstone East and Tonbridge routes before Christmas
Library image – Highspeed train departing from Dover Priory More trains will be re-introduced to the train timetable, beginning on December 12, supporting jobs and the economy across Kent, East…
Folkestone and Hythe supporting The Queen’s Green Canopy
To mark the momentous occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s Accession, there is to be a unique tree planting campaign across the UK known as The Queen’s Green…
Kent Sonic Forest among highlights of Christmas Lights Trail
Two Luminosi trees will be among the highlights at this year’s Bedgebury Christmas Lights trail, which opens on Friday, November 19. The lighting on the trees, which stand at more…
PCSO organises memorial clean-up in Margate for Remembrance service
Helping hand: PCSOs Ollie Fletcher and Lorissa Butcher pick up litter A Kent Police Community Support Officer is hoping his efforts to keep Thanet tidy will encourage others to play…
14 arrested in October as Kent countryside cops seize weapons and vehicles
Officers from Kent Police’s Rural Task Force (RTF) have seized weapons and arrested 14 people as part of their efforts to combat rural crime in October. In addition to the…