£3.2 million for Dover High Street and waterfront connection
Enhancing Dover’s cultural and creative offer and better connecting the high street and waterfront lie at the heart of a successful £3.2m bid by Dover District Council (DDC) to the…
Talented creative artists exhibit works through window in Folkestone
A collective of local creative talent has taken the first steps into the brave new post-Covid world with an exhibition of their exceptional work over the Easter weekend in Folkestone.…
Man in custody after wheelchair stolen from outside property
A suspected thief has been arrested after an electric wheelchair was stolen from outside an address in Gillingham. Officers have now returned the wheelchair to its rightful owner, who requires…
Cultural and heritage groups in Folkestone and Hythe to get £500,000 from government
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 7 April 2021. The Cultural Recovery Fund created by the government to provide financial…
Landlord who ignored safety improvement notices to properties in Folkestone fined nearly £5,000
Folkestone and Hythe District Council offices A landlord that refused to make safety improvements at two of her properties in Folkestone has been fined nearly £5,000. Madeleine Scott, from London,…
Samuel Beckett ‘wedding’ highlight at return of Folkestone Book Festival
The Shape of Things to Come, Creative Folkestone’s forward-looking Book Festival, will return this June. After a year away, for reasons that need no explanation, the festival will return to…
Serious injury road collision in Swanley
Witnesses to a serious collision in Swanley are being urged to come forward. The incident happened on Lower Road at the junction with Bower Road, at 8.55pm on Easter Sunday.…
‘Speedy cops’ recover car in Gravesend in 30 minutes of robbery in Herne Bay
A man in his 20s, was approached by two men after parking his blue VW Polo in Sea Street Herne Bay at around 10.30pm on Sunday 4 April 2021 when…
Dover man charged following stop check by the Road Safety Team
A stop check by officers from the Road Safety Team has led to a man being charged with eight offences. On Thursday 31 March 2021, officers acting on information that…
Kent Police seize equipment and scupper unlicensed Easter music event in Sevenoaks
An unlicensed music event was prevented this Easter weekend following reports that people had planned to meet at Polhill, Sevenoaks. Kent Police received information on Saturday 3 April at approximately…