New plan for backing stronger Kent lifeline communities
KCC Leader Roger Gough with leaders from charities and social enterprises at this week’s Civil Society Strategy launch Harnessing the civic spirit of volunteers and charities that has proven a…
Join candlelight vigil backing blood testing services at Deal Hospital
Cllr Tony Grist, Anne Matthews, Natalie Elphicke MP, Marsha Horne and Cllr Trevor Bond Community health campaigners are to hold a candlelight vigil to launch a consultation about services at…
Time’s running out for people in Kent to be vaccination ready for the summer
Are you looking forward to warmer weather and potentially a break away later this year or a festival you have been waiting for or the long-awaited chance to see friends…
Life-saving defibrillator installed along Dover Seafront
The defibrillator located at the ice-cream kiosk opposite Dover Harbour Board offices Photo: Walkers/Dover Harbour Board A new life-saving defibrillator has been installed along Dover Seafront thanks to The Walker…
Folkestone family’s Xmas lights raises hospital cash after staff save daughter’s life
Family’s lights display thanks NHS staff Photo: EKHT A family has raised hundreds of pounds as a way of thanking the NHS staff who saved their daughter’s life after she…
Folkestone and Hythe MP backing ‘Plan B’
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 7 January 2022. I would like to send my best wishes to all readers…
Folkestone man’s mammoth challenge raises cash for big ‘thank you’ to East Kent Hospitals
Ben Sackett A dad raised almost double his target after running and walking the distance from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Ben Sackett, from Folkestone, tackled the 874 mile distance…
Bishop of Dover calls for end to vaccine hoarding in New Year Message
The Bishop of Dover, the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin The Bishop of Dover, the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, has called for an end to vaccine hoarding and for more compassion…