£12.5m council housing development named after Dover’s hero of women’s rights
Bomford Place Photo: DDC Dover District Council (DDC) has honoured an unsung hero of women’s rights with the naming of 24 brand new council homes in Dover as part of…
Ashford launches ‘rubbish’ wildlife photo competition
To celebrate the impending arrival of a new fleet of Biffa trucks Ashford Borough Council is hosting a photo competition through Aspire Landscape Management, the council’s grounds maintenance service, to…
Is this when Viking Bay lift in Broadstairs re-opens?
Visitors to Broadstairs will find its main beach more easily accessible, as Thanet District Council plans to open the Viking Bay lift this month (week commencing 21 June). Work costing…
Dover Clock Tower Square opens in time for Summer
Photo: Dover District Council The Port of Dover has unveiled its latest outdoor recreational space overlooking the waterfront; Clock Tower Square. It is another major part of the Dover Western…
Folkestone Leas Lift applies to National Lottery to get it back on track
Photo © Copyright Helmut Zozmann and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence The iconic Leas Lift in Folkestone has applied for funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund…
Hawkinge set to move to Ashford
The Churchill School in Hawkinge The first proposed draft boundaries for Folkestone and Hythe constituency are the current Folkestone and Hythe District Council boundary less Elham Valley and Hawkinge. Folkestone…
£330k grant to keep an eye on you in popular Canterbury park
More CCTV cameras will be installed in the Dane John Gardens after the approval of a joint funding bid to the Home Office by the city council and Kent Police.…
Folkestone sheltered housing residents’ misery, brought to an end
Drug dealing and associated nuisance and threatening behaviour, which worried residents living in Folkestone sheltered housing, has been brought to an end. Complaints were made about illegal drug use in…
Do you think England can win The Euros? Vote with your butts in Dover!
Cigarette ballot bin in Dover’s Market Square It’s the ‘million-dollar question’ being posed to smokers as part of the Great British Spring Clean’s #millionmilemission to clean our streets. Two new…
Summer Park and Ride service to be launched in Folkestone
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…