Maidstone offers a warm welcome in town centre for residents to pop-in
Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is opening its doors to offer residents the chance to pop-in for a free hot drink and a warm place to be for the day. Two…
Christmas visit for a special Centenarian
Natalie Elphicke chats with Centenarian Ruby Chapman Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke paid a Christmas visit to a very special Centenarian – after receiving a request from her daughter,…
Cracker of a ‘Fishmas’ stocking of 5,000 fish in the River Stour
The Environment Agency is getting into the festive spirit by providing some whopping annual stocking fillers for local anglers across the South East. Rivers, still waters, and local clubs have…
No ‘winter warm space’ after Folkestone Library is forced to close
By Ray Duff… Folkestone Library on Grace Hill is to close from today until further notice after Kent Council has reported the forced closure is due to urgent Health and…
125th Anniversary spruce up for Dover Tram Shelter
Spruced up Tram shelter at the junction of Elms Vale and the old A20 By Brian Wimsett – Editor of the Alkham Newsletter… For people who lived in Dover as…
Family pay tribute to ‘kind’ teenager Lucy Billingham, who died in Canterbury car crash
Lucy Billingham: Family photograph… The grieving family of Lucy Billingham who died in a car crash on New Dover Road, Canterbury have released the following tribute to their funny, bubbly,…
Up and down like the tides in Thanet
Margate … Although Defra in their Bathing Water Report for 2022 have classified eight of Thanet’s bathing beaches as ‘Excellent’ and five classified as ‘Good’, it’s not all plain sailing…
Advent Calendars re-open for Christmas in Folkestone
The Fortunettes entertain in the foyer of F51 skate park Photo: Ray Duff… Words and Pictures by Ray Duff… Hundreds of people gathered at the launch of two of Folkestone’s…
Vigil held in Folkestone for 32 migrants who ‘slowly froze to death’
Banners listing those lost in 2021 at the gathering on Sunny Sands Photo: Ray Duff… Words and pictures by Ray Duff… More than fifty people gathered on Folkestone’s Sunny Sands…
Praise for Dover’s all-embracing community hub down by the riverside
Riverside Centre Manager, Louisa Woodward (left), talks with Natalie Elphicke MP Many people will still think of it as Age Concern, but the centre, along the River Dour, is now…