Call for Kent schools to close for two months
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash Kent County Councillors Trudy Dean and Rob Bird are demanding immediate action to stem the spread of the new strain of the Covid-19 virus…
Group in Romney Marsh fined £2,400 for breaching Covid-19 regulations
Melon Lane near Ivychurch Romney Marsh – Image: Google Kent Police’s Rural Task Force have handed out fines to a group of men for breaching Government Covid-19 regulations. Officers attended…
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…
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…
Ready to listen this Christmas in the Folkestone Haven
Christmas can be a really hard time of the year for some people in the best of years, and this is hardly that. The Folkestone Haven is there everyday to…
Skirmishes erupt at Dover Ferry Port and Manston
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…
Rapidly deteriorating position with Covid-19 in Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins. Since the start of this month we’ve seen a rapidly deteriorating position with the…
Another fine mess for Kent … but it could have been avoided say Lib Dems
By Rob Bird, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group at Kent County Council For the past 6 months Kent’s Liberal Democrats have been calling for Covid tests for all drivers…
Kent Police take action against those putting lives at risk by flagrantly breaking Covid-19 rules
Further fines have been issued over the past week to people breaching Government Covid-19 regulations. In Canterbury on Wednesday 16 December 2020 officers were called to a suspected breach at…
COVID and Me in Kent – Helping people decide whether to take part in vaccine research
flickr.com/photos/macauphotoagency The COVID and Me series of films have been co-developed with the community for the community to build public awareness and trust in COVID-19 vaccine research. These help support…