The Hawkinge Gazette has received a request from a local historian researching Folkestone Port history. He writes: “I am a researching old Folkestone Port history and have a very old…
Demonstration in Dover Photo: Ray Duff A week on from the shock announcement of 800 redundancies at P&O Ferries the Leader of Dover District Council has praised the community response…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 24 March 2022 Spring Statement This week in the House of Commons, the Chancellor…
Labour’s John McDonal, left listens to a Union speaker Photo: Ray Duff Words and photos by Ray Duff The first of what may be many protests over the sudden announcement…
Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal has slammed DP World, owners of P&O Ferries after announcing the mass sacking of ferry workers and their replacements by agency workers. She…
HMS Kent at the Port of Dover Photo: Port of Dover HMS Kent arrived at the Port of Dover for a visit to her namesake county last weekend. The visit…
The Folkestone Mermaid stands up to Eunice! Photo: Ray Duff Words and Pictures by Ray Duff As one of the strongest storms to hit Britain in recent years, many people…
A water rescue involving the Kent Police Search and Marine Unit, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Coastguard saved a group of kayakers from difficult conditions on the River…
A small craft with two anglers on board was towed to safety by the Sheerness RNLI inshore lifeboat early on Sunday 23 January after it began taking on water. The…
Firefighters were called by Kent Police to reports of a group of people trapped in a cave in cliffs at St Margaret’s Bay near Dover, this evening, 22 January. Crews…
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