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LATEST NEWS…
  • Patrols have targeted speeding motorists and unsafe vehicles in west Kent. On 16 September 2021, officers from the Tonbridge and Malling Community Safety Unit and Kent Police’s Roads Policing Unit completed checks on motorists in support of a national campaign aimed at protecting vulnerable […]
  • Witnesses are being urged to come forward following a robbery in Canterbury. At around 3.50pm on Wednesday 15 September 2021 a boy was approached by two teenagers in St George’s Street, near the subway exit next to Burgate Lane. It is reported that the […]
FEATURES…
  • By Ray Duff At the end of last year one the two original Folkestone based ro/ro ferries,mv Horsa, was saved from the breakers yards by Sealink Historic ferries. After a few years of hard negotiating and frustrating delays, the group finally managed to purchase the ferry, which had lain idle at […]
  • The temperature is starting to get warmer, the nights are getting longer, and the flowers are starting to bloom. Summer is just around the corner, and lockdown means that it is the perfect time to turn your garden into a beautiful sanctuary where you can relax. But if you don’t have much […]
TOURISM…
  • A Kent Police Community Support Officer has been broadcasting the importance of working together to ensure a trip to the seaside remains a safe experience for residents and visitors alike. Thanet PCSO Lorissa Butcher has been encouraging the businesses based along Margate Main […]
  • DFDS welcomed its newest ferry to the Dover-Calais route on Wednesday 4 August when it made its maiden voyage to Dover. The Côte d’Opale can carry 3,100 lane metres of freight, making it the longest ship on the Channel, and has space for up to 1,000 passengers. It replaces Calais Seaways, […]
ENTERTAINMENT…
  • Rema Iyer Hospital staff feature in a music video that aims to raise money for a charity helping terminally ill people in India. The video, which has already clocked up almost 10,000 views on YouTube, is the second single released by East Kent Hospitals’ consultant gynaecological oncologist Rema […]
DRUGS…
  • A suspected drug dealer has been charged after officers investigating county line activity in Margate made an arrest in west London. On Wednesday 24 March 2021, officers from the Metropolitan Police arrested a man following an investigation by Kent Police. The man has since been charged with being […]
FRAUD…
  • David Michael Hughes Photo: HMRC A globe-trotting tax consultant who stole £6.9 million from construction workers’ pay packets has been ordered to repay £1.7 million or face a further four years in jail. Former Inland Revenue employee, David Michael Hughes, known as Mike Hughes, 55, from Kent, was […]
BUSINESS…
  • Rachel Maclean, Minister at the Department for Transport (pictured 2nd left), has confirmed that the engagement period for the proposed Border Facility development at the White Cliffs site has been extended until 10th February to allow residents more time to provide feedback on the proposals and […]
ENVIRONMENT…
  • Fly-tipping in Benson Lane Hawkinge Photo: FHDC A man who frequently fly-tipped over a month on five separate occasions in the space of just over a month has been fined by magistrates – thanks to a resident who caught him in the act on CCTV. Darren Timmins repeatedly dumped household waste, […]
SCHOOLS…
  • Denise Bartholomew A new campaign has been launched to remind drivers of their responsibilities to drive safely near School Crossing Patrols. Social media posts use the faces and stories of real patrollers whose job it is to ensure the safety of children and their parents and guardians as they get […]
ACCIDENTS…
  • By Michael Valenzia, Regional Director of CLA South East The farming industry has a woeful safety record, which stubbornly shows little sign of improvement, with sobering statistics presented each year. Agriculture has the worst rate of worker fatal injury of the main industrial sectors. It is 18 […]
POLITICS…
  • National Highways has secured a further interim injunction to prevent protesters from occupying the A20 and strategic roads linked to the Port of Dover. Those who breach the injunction will be in contempt of court and at risk of imprisonment and an unlimited fine. Ministers condemn activists for […]
FIRE…
  • Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) was called to reports of a fire at a flat in Dane Road, Margate shortly after 11.00pm on Saturday 27 February. Three fire engines and a height vehicle were sent to the scene and crews wore breathing apparatus while using hose reel jets to extinguish the flames. […]
HOUSING…
  • The push to find long-term homes for those at risk of sleeping rough in the Folkestone & Hythe district is continuing with nine new accommodation units about to open. The privately rented accommodation in central Folkestone will have an on-site manager and also a support network to help the […]
HEALTH…
  • A significant step towards normality on Kent’s roads is being taken with the suspension of services for EU-bound HGVs at the former Manston Airport site. From Sunday 21 March 2021 freight heading for the Port of Dover will no longer be directed to the Department for Transport-owned site, which will […]
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 24 March 2021. This week we mark the anniversary of the first national COVID lockdown. It’s been a year like no other, which has affected all of our lives. Our first thoughts are with the […]
FARMING…
  • The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has responded to the announcement by the Home Secretary that the government will strengthen police powers and create a new criminal offence to tackle unauthorised encampments. This new criminal offence will specifically target trespassers using [...]
  • Hare coursing has massive impact on rural communities, says CLA South East Regional Director, Tim Bamford Tim explained: “For many farmers, this is an all too familiar scene at this time of year: They have combined one of their fields, and carted the grain. They go to close the field gate [...]
MARITIME…
  • Library image The Sheerness RNLI inshore lifeboat took part in the rescue of two jet skiers who had gone aground in thick mud in The Swale off the Isle of Sheppey. The volunteer crew of the Sheerness relief fleet inshore lifeboat ‘Eric Howland’ were diverted from a training exercise by the UK […]
  • The Port of Dover has unveiled a brand new apprenticeship scheme with 11 vacancies available across a diverse range of areas throughout its business, aiming to attract and nurture local talent with specialist skills and ideas. The Port has been working closely with its community partners including […]
HOLIDAYS…
  • TUI’s Marella Explorer pictured above The first passenger cruise call sailed into Dover for the first time in 15 months. TUI’s Marella Explorer arrived alongside a celebratory welcome from local tugs and water cannons as part of her British Sights and Seas sailings. Sonia Limbrick, Head […]
  • The Port of Dover welcomes the announcement by the government that international cruise sailings from England can resume from 2nd August. The Port has worked closely with the government, the UK Chamber of Shipping, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Cruise Britain and the many cruise […]

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