Recovery Poem to light up Ashford this summer
Photo: Ben Raine How do we commemorate what’s been lost as we start to take tentative steps out of lockdown? What do we want to hold onto and grow? What…
Campaigners call on Government to confirm legal protection of threatened Swanscombe nature site
Buglife, the RSPB, Kent Wildlife Trust and CPRE Kent have come together to save one of Kent’s most important wildlife sites, home to the scarce brown-banded carder bee, the critically…
Thanet Council gives up iconic Oval Bandstand to GRASS in Cliftonville
Thanet District Council has confirmed that the iconic Oval Bandstand and Lawns, Cliftonville is now owned by the community. The freehold was transferred to GRASS Cliftonville CIC from Thanet District…
Canterbury Diocese welcomes 22 brand new revs from across Kent
On Saturday (3 July), the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover, ordained 10 new priests and 11 new deacons at services in Folkestone and Canterbury. She licensed an additional…
Surgeons use £1.5million robot for pioneering operation on cancer patient from Folkestone
A state-of-the-art surgical robot is now helping to treat even more patients, including people with cancer in their mouth or throat. Head and neck surgeons have undergone extensive training in…
‘Pay what you can afford’ Café opens in Dover
This week Dover and Deal MP, Natalie Elphicke, pictured above, attended the opening of The Sunrise Café in Dover. The café is a community café where all meals are prepared,…
Ashes of former crew member scattered from Whitstable RNLI Lifeboat
The ashes of a former member of the Whitstable lifeboat crew were scattered from the station’s lifeboat just off the town’s harbour on Sunday evening. Eric McGonagle who passed away…
Back from the brink as new colony of one of UK’s rarest butterflies found in Kent
The Heath Fritillary, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies which has been brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to conservation efforts in the last 20 years, has been…
Shocking 10 out of 12 east Kent hotels allowed 14 and 15-year-old girls to book room
The hotel pictured refused the teenagers a room Police in Kent have been giving hotels advice on safeguarding children following test purchase operation in east Kent Test purchases were carried…
Fears of cuts to bus services in Folkestone and East Kent
Story and photo by Ray Duff Posters placed at Folkestone Bus Station warn of routes being cancelled after a Stagecoach notification to passengers. It’s understood the problems are due to…