KCC Trading Standards officers, with the support of Kent Police and immigrations teams, targeted illicit tobacco sellers in Margate, Ramsgate and Folkestone in a week-long intelligence-led operation. A total of…
There are reports from Kent Police on the increase of dog theft or attempted thefts in Kent over the past week with advice to secure your garden and property. Cases…
Two men previously convicted of selling counterfeit clothing have been ordered to pay back a total of £136,476 of their illegal gains. Confiscation proceedings were brought at Maidstone Crown Court…
Over the last year, Kent County Council repaired some 50,000 potholes, equivalent to 358,840 square metres of Kent’s roads. That’s around 50 full size football pitches. This year, starting this…
Kent residents are being reminded the 2021 Census is coming and that it is important to take part because the information it collects helps plan the services, like new hospitals,…
West Kingsdown Windmill is one of eight historic windmills in the care of Kent County Council. It is an octagonal ‘smock’ mill, the most popular design of windmill to be…
Mandy Quy-Verlander is a KCC Community Warden who works with victims of doorstep crime. In her latest newsletter she talks of some frightening research from the Home Office on the…
Shepway Green Party has announced its candidates for May’s county council elections. Georgina Treloar is standing in Hythe West, where she hopes to replace Martin Whybrow, who is standing down…
Residents in Kent are being targeted by a text scam claiming you are eligible for a COVID-19 grant. Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. 5 February…
Photo by Elliott Stallion on Unsplash Shepway Green Party and local Lib Dems have agreed not to stand against each other in the six Folkestone and Hythe seats being fought…
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