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LATEST NEWS…
  • Witnesses are being sought in relation to a disturbance in which two men were assaulted on Ramsgate seafront. It was reported that between 7pm and 8pm on Monday 19 July 2021 a verbal altercation arose after the two victims tried to stop a group of people stealing a bicycle from a man in Harbour […]
  • Witnesses are being sought after an attempted robbery was reported in Ashford. At around 2.25pm on 12 July 2021, a man was walking along a track between Bockhanger Lane and Hurst Road, Kennington when he was approached by a suspect holding a bladed item. The suspect demanded money but the victim […]
FEATURES…
  • Cllr Susan Carey outside the Hawkinge Community Centre The Annual Hawkinge Town Meeting was held virtually on Wednesday 21 April 2021 – here is the report presented by Kent County Councillor, Susan Carey It’s been a remarkable year and I want to start by paying tribute to the local community […]
  • Technology is changing everything we do, from how we communicate to how we shop and do business. In particular, IT is completely transforming the modern workplace, improving efficiency and reducing operating costs. Integrating technology intelligently into your company’s operations can […]
TOURISM…
  • 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 Docks Revival regeneration project to open to the public. Located at the beginning of the Marina Curve […]
  • External work on the new south quay shed is nearing completion Photo: Canterbury City Council As external work to the new south quay shed at Whitstable Harbour nears completion, the city council will begin the internal fit out of the building in early 2021. A key part of this involves the […]
ENTERTAINMENT…
  • School of Acting Thanet-based theatre and live performance company, Looping the Loop CIC, is launching ‘School of Acting’ inside Theatre Royal Margate this month. The project for 11-16 year olds was set up in April last year after Theatre Royal Margate’s existing Youth Theatre faced imminent […]
DRUGS…
  • Two men from the north west have been convicted after attempting to smuggle 243 kilos of cocaine into the UK on an empty passenger coach. The National Crime Agency investigated Christopher Bullows and Mark Tucker after the coach was stopped at Dover Docks in September 2020. Bullows was driving the […]
FRAUD…
  • Donations totalling more than £50,000 were made to a Thanet woman who lied about having cancer.  Nicole Elkabbas, 42, from Broadstairs, claimed to need money for hospital treatment but instead used it to fund an online gambling addiction.  Her offences came to light when a photo she uploaded onto a […]
BUSINESS…
  • The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has massively disrupted everyday life all over the world, with no signs to suggest when this might end and normality can return. One unprecedented change is the amount of people now working from home by necessity. Whilst you might initially enjoy spending an extra hour […]
ENVIRONMENT…
  • After an extensive clean up operation and regular inspections around the coast, advice for the public not to enter the sea or the area of beach below the high water mark has been lifted. Signs have been removed at the eleven bays where guidance against bathing had previously been in place following […]
SCHOOLS…
  • Following the success of a drive-through school immunisations model, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust will be hosting a pop-up clinic at their large vaccination centre in Thanet next week for teenagers who missed having their HPV, meningitis and booster jabs. Thanks to space available at […]
ACCIDENTS…
  • Witnesses are being urged to come forward after a young pedestrian suffered serious injuries in a collision in Cliftonville. The incident happened on Northdown Road, near the junction with Arthur Road, shortly before 11.15am on Thursday 29 April 2021. The pedestrian, a boy aged four, was taken to a […]
POLITICS…
  • Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 28 July 2021. Last Wednesday I joined Lewis Biggs, the curator of the 2020 Folkestone Triennial, for a tour of some of the new artworks for this year’s show. The Triennial had been delayed […]
FIRE…
  • It’s estimated that around 10% of all small businesses suffer the results of fire at some point, but there are some simple preventative steps you can take to protect you, your company and your property. The vast majority of fires are caused by human carelessness or forgetfulness, so be sure to […]
HOUSING…
  • Photo: Canterbury City Council Giving people sleeping rough somewhere warm and safe to sleep during the cold and bleak winter months has always been the top priority for Canterbury City Council and the district’s homeless charities. But the arrival of the global pandemic and the need to enforce […]
HEALTH…
  • Milan Thomas operating the robot Surgeons at East Kent Hospitals are celebrating a decade of robotic technology – by investing in a new, state-of-the-art, £1.5million robot. The team at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital bought their first Da Vinci device in March 2011, and used it for the first […]
  • Kent Police received reports in the morning of Wednesday 23 December 2020 of disturbances involving individuals in both Dover and at the DfT-run lorry holding facility at Manston who are hoping to cross the Channel. One man has been arrested for obstructing a highway in Dover and remains in […]
FARMING…
  • 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 [...]
  • Dog owners are reminded to take responsibility for their pets after recent attacks on sheep near Dover and Maidstone. Over the past week there have been three reported incidents of sheep worrying, including one near Elms Vale Road, Farthingloe where three sheep were injured on Saturday 6 February [...]
MARITIME…
  • 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 […]
  • On Saturday 8 May 2021 at 08.01am, the Dungeness Shannon-class lifeboat was called to assist a yacht that had run aground off Littlestone. It was reported the yacht had damaged its mast and was in difficulty in poor weather conditions. The RNLI lifeboat launched at 8.15am in gusts of wind up to […]
HOLIDAYS…
  • Peter Jurzynski in a very cold and snowy Connecticut yearning for a Summer in Folkestone Merry  Christmas to all my dear friends in Folkestone, Hawkinge, Sandgate, Canterbury and all the neighbouring communities  that I have called home for part of each year for decades. No doubt […]
  • Folkestone & Hythe District Council is looking to bring a little bit of festive cheer to traders and residents this year with a gift of free Christmas parking. Charges in all council pay and display car parks and on-street parking bays across the district will be waived on the three Saturdays […]

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