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Secret stashes of fags in Gravesend shops reveal 28,000 illegal cigarettes

Oct 17, 2021
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Kent County Council celebrates more country parks’ Green Flag Awards

Oct 17, 2021
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Construction begins on new Anglican Church in Maidstone

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Police increasingly concerned over 13-year-old Dover girl missing since Thursday

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LATEST NEWS…
  • A hidden compartment containing more than 18,000 illegal cigarettes was discovered at a shop in Gravesend during a joint operation involving police and Kent County Council Trading Standards. The hide was detected on 6 October 2021, following a series of searches at several businesses […]
  • KCC’s Country Parks team is celebrating the news that eight of its parks – one more than previously – have been recognised with the prestigious Green Flag Award. Parks and green spaces across the country will today be raising their Green Flag Award with pride in a year when millions of people have […]
FEATURES…
  • The use of artificial intelligence is changing lives in a multitude of ways. As we continue to adapt as humans to available services and our willingness to adopt them increases, everyday life is being transformed through the use of AI. This is indeed altering most aspects of life including how […]
  • 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 Motis Business Centre in Cheriton near J12 of the M20, CT19 4 QJ. Users can enjoy hassle free parking paying just £5 per car […]
TOURISM…
  • ‘Dastardly Deal’ – picture credit: Ink Field Media for The History Project White Cliffs Country – the tourism and visitor economy arm of Dover District Council – has announced inspirational new visitor experiences in Deal, Dover and Sandwich which are now ready for visitors and residents to […]
  • Visit Kent’s latest Tourism Economic Impact Study, published today (Tuesday 8 December), shows before the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Canterbury’s visitor economy was valued at £523 million, after welcoming 7.8 million visitors in 2019.   Independent research commissioned by […]
ENTERTAINMENT…
  • Fancy a visit from Dame Trott, Fairy Nuff or Silly Billy on your doorstep? Looping the Loop have announced plans to stage Jack & The Beanstalk for free across four Ramsgate streets this Spring. Characters from the famous pantomime, including a terrifying giant, will visit to up to 30 households […]
DRUGS…
  • Suspected class A drugs have been seized and a teenager arrested following work by officers and police dogs in Canterbury. Officers and PCSOs from the city’s Community Policing Team, and members of Kent Police’s Tactical Operations Unit, carried out checks in the city centre on Thursday 1 […]
FRAUD…
  • 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 2021 Want to report a doorstep criminalKent residents targeted by COVID-19 text scam Residents in Kent are being […]
BUSINESS…
  • Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke Kent and National transition planning teams have been hard at work approving and designing a special scheme which gives priority transit to local freight lorries following the end of the Transition Period on 1 January 2021.  Local Hauliers Permits are […]
ENVIRONMENT…
  • Library image : Pixabay A school in Canterbury has been chosen to ‘plant a tree for the jubilee’ to help Her Majesty The Queen celebrate 70 years on the throne. Parkside Community Primary School is one of only 70 schools in the United Kingdom selected to take part in the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC), […]
SCHOOLS…
  • The Beaney is appealing for people to donate any unwanted pre-loved LEGO-compatible bricks as part of a special project coming to the city this Christmas. The free ‘Brickmas’ exhibition at The Beaney will feature BRICKLIVE Christmas models including a life size Santa in his workshop, […]
ACCIDENTS…
  • Kent Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a vehicle failed to stop at the scene of a collision in New Romney. The incident is reported to have happened at 1.25pm on Tuesday 1 December 2020 in Church Lane. It is reported that a white Range Rover Evoke was in collision with a police car […]
POLITICS…
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 13 October 2021. Migrant crossings from France Last week I attended the Conservative Party conference in Manchester and was pleased to hear the Home Secretary, Priti Patel address an issue […]
FIRE…
  • Five men have been arrested following a disturbance at Napier Barracks in Folkestone. A 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a security guard the evening of Friday 29 January 2021 after Kent Police was called to a disturbance at around 2pm that day. He was taken into custody as […]
HOUSING…
  • New homes at Halstow Way on the site of former run down play area Ashford Borough Council has secured more than £1 million of Government funding that will enable it to build 17 homes for affordable housing at Halstow Way in south Ashford, on the site of a former run down play area. The council will […]
HEALTH…
  • Witnesses are being urged to come forward after five police officers were injured during a collision in Dartford. The incident, which involved a Kent Police patrol car and a white Toyoya Prius taxi, happened in Home Gardens at around 3.20am on Sunday 12 September 2021. All five officers were taken […]
  • A Folkestone dad is hoping to raise hundreds of pounds for NHS heroes by completing a virtual run/walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Ben Sackett, from Folkestone, pictured above, will tackle the 874-mile distance on local roads throughout 2021, meaning he has to run or walk at least 17 miles […]
FARMING…
  • Working alongside volunteers from the White Cliffs Countryside Project, Dover Police Cadets spent the day earlier this week at the Western Heights of Dover helping the team pull up Ragwort, a plant that can be poisonous to cattle. The action forms a regular part of the cadets’ efforts [...]
  • The Country Land & Business Association (CLA), together with over 150 local authorities and 10 professional bodies, is calling on the Sentencing Council to impose tougher fines and sentences for fly-tipping culprits. As part of a proposed review of the Environmental Offences Definitive [...]
MARITIME…
  • Members of the Canterbury Inner Wheel Club, Sheila Cragg, Treasurer Tina Sloman, President Pauline Pybus, President and Philippa Davies present the cheque for £1685 to RNLI Education Liaison Volunteer Gerry Skinner and Kellie Gray, Chairman of the Whitstable Branch of the RNLI The challenges of […]
  • Irish Ferries, a subsidiary of Irish Continental Group plc (ICG), is preparing to launch a new service on the Dover – Calais route. It’s planned to start in June 2021, with the transfer of the Isle of Inishmore to the route. ( pictured top of page) Irish Ferries is the market leader for […]
HOLIDAYS…
  • 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 […]
  • Visitors to the Battle of Britain Memorial just outside Folkestone can head off on an aviation-inspired journey after collecting a trail logbook listing similar sites of interest across the south east. The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust has given its full support to the trail, launched by […]

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