Staggering stats released following cross-Channel disruption
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash Approximately 8,400 hot meals, over 25,000 Covid test applications and more than 14,000 HGVs moved on are just some of the startling statistics of…
Up to 11 youngsters assault teenage boy in Milton near Sittingbourne
Milton Recreation Ground – Google Information is sought following a report a teenage boy was assaulted in Sittingbourne. Between 7.30pm and 8pm on Monday 30 November 2020 a group of…
Folkestone and Hythe MP hoping for a new relationship of co-operation between UK and EU
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 30 December 2020. On Christmas Eve the Prime Minister announced that the government had…
Children help KFRS spread Christmas cheer to the homeless
Children are helping Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) spread festive cheer, by making Christmas cards for homeless people who’ve been housed in temporary accommodation. In recent months KFRS has…
Unmarked police car in collision with Mercedes van in Denton near Canterbury
Officers are appealing for information following a collision between a van and a car near Canterbury. Shortly before 12.30pm on Monday 21 December 2020, a white and blue Mercedes van…
What are the origins of our New Year traditions?
Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash New Year celebrations in most parts of the world will be extremely muted this year, but millions of us will try to mark the…
Helen leads the way as frontline NHS staff are vaccinated in Kent
Community Respiratory Practitioner Helen Gremo, was first to be vaccinated today (Monday, 28 December) as hundreds of frontline community NHS staff in Kent join colleagues from across the country in…
Harbour Street in Whitstable faces closure as shed project takes shape
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…
Appeal after biker serious crash near Spitfire Way on Christmas Eve
Kent Police is appealing for witnesses to a serious single-vehicle collision on Manston Road in Ramsgate. The collision, which occurred at 8.30pm on Thursday 24 December 2020 near to Spitfire…
Curious canine back home in Margate for Christmas thanks to PDSA vets
Dexter -recovered for Christmas A dappy Great Dane cross named Dexter has been saved by PDSA Vets after he ate three feet of tinsel. Dexter (10) was taken to vet…