Category: Housing

RECENT POSTS

Crime Police

Prisoner in Kent jail charged with blackmail after hacking link

Jul 28, 2021
Crime Environment Local Authorities Police

Folkestone and Hythe Council with BRA support helps remove taggers’ graffiti

Jul 28, 2021
Missing persons Police

Appeal to find girl missing from Broadstairs

Jul 28, 2021
Charity Human interest

Kent law firm’s charity donates £5,000 to support Autistic Trust

Jul 28, 2021

COVID-19 DAILY STATS...

...


LATEST NEWS…
  • A blackmail charge has been authorised against a man alleged to have illegally accessed private photographs online. In October 2020 a victim from the Merseyside area reported that he had been asked to pay £3,000 to regain control of computer files that had been hacked. Detectives from the Kent and […]
  • Removing graffiti near The Bayle in Folkestone The war on graffiti is on the way to being won thanks to action by residents, Kent Police and Folkestone & Hythe District Council. By working together, incidents are being spotted, reported, removed and, as in one case, taggers are being […]
FEATURES…
  • Photo above: Laura Brackenborough shows off a t-shirt and totebag An Ashford woman who suffers from a rare debilitating condition has come up with a unique line of clothing and other items aimed at raising awareness and donations for a national charity. Now Laura Brackenborough, who is just 32 and […]
  • Ethan with his mum Katrina Twelve-year-old Ethan from Canterbury, Kent has raised almost £4,000 for the MPS Society and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) by walking over 100km in the month leading up to this week’s MPS Society Wear it Blue Day – part of the charity’s awareness week. 100km is the […]
TOURISM…
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
ENTERTAINMENT…
  • 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 […]
DRUGS…
  • A motorist involved in a collision on the M20 near Aylesford is starting a prison sentence after officers seized more than 12,000 LSD deals. On Wednesday 22 July 2020, patrols from Kent Police’s Roads Policing Unit were called to the coastbound carriageway of the motorway near the junction for Blue […]
FRAUD…
  • KCC has received further reports of residents in Kent being targeted by emails claiming to be from Royal Mail. What happens:You receive an email claiming to be from Royal Mail.The email states a parcel is on the way and a shipping fee needs to be paid.You are directed to a link to pay […]
BUSINESS…
  • Photo: Ben Hammond (centre), manager of Ashford Picturehouse, receiving a new radio from Glyn Walker (left), manager of Ashford Partnership Against Crime, and PC Alistair Pringle (right), Kent Police’s licensing officer in Ashford. New radios are being handed out to staff at public houses, […]
ENVIRONMENT…
  • Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott, is receiving £769, 436 from the government’s Safer Streets Fund, to help prevent crime in parts of Ramsgate and Canterbury. The money will be spent on things like improvements to CCTV and home security equipment, as well as providing personal […]
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…
  • Witnesses are sought following a fatal collision near Folkestone. At around 5pm on Wednesday 3 February 2021, a black Nissan Qashqai car was involved in a collision with a pedestrian walking a dog in New Dover Road, near the junction with Helena Road in Capel-Le-Ferne. A 79-year-old man was […]
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…
  • Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of multiple sheds alight in Acton Road, Whitstable just after midnight on 30 May. Two fire engines arrived on the scene and crews using hose reel jets extinguished the flames, which caused damage to four sheds and fence panels.  No casualties were […]
HOUSING…
  • Since Canterbury City Council started its dedicated rough sleeper initiative (RSI) in July 2018, 352 people who were sleeping rough have been removed from the streets and been found permanent accommodation. It’s a fantastic achievement, and work continues every day to increase that number. […]
HEALTH…
  • More than forty people have been fined after attempting to cross the Channel since the weekend despite several warnings to heed Government regulations and keep people safe from Covid-19. Since Friday 20 November officers have continued to engage with people arriving at the Port of […]
  • A staggering number of people in Kent have been fined for breaching Coronavirus legislation since March 2020 People are being urged to continue to follow lockdown guidance after figures revealed that more than 700 people have been fined for breaching Covid-19 legislation. 729 people have been […]
FARMING…
  • 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 [...]
  • 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 [...]
MARITIME…
  • 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 […]
  • Words and pictures by Ray Duff The Fishing History Museum, located in Folkestone’s historic fishmarket area, has re-opened its doors to visitors once again after a very long close down period due to the pandemic. The exhibition, set up and run by local historians, Alan Taylor, Frank Bond and […]
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 […]
  • Tradewind Voyages’ brand new vessel, Golden Horizon sailed into Dover this morning; her chosen departure port for four new UK voyages throughout July. She arrived ready for a round-trip long weekend voyage, before returning to embark on her inaugural voyage from the Port on 19th July. Golden […]

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Newsup by Themeansar.