News

BBC presenter Christine Bleakley, braved strong winds and choppy seas to water ski across the English Channel from Dover to Calais this morning (12 March).

Contractors working on a Shepway beach, popular with holidaymakers unearthed five unexploded World War II shells.

P&O, NorfolkLine and Sea France have accused Dover Harbour Board (DHB) of abusing its monopoly power and misleading them.

By Damian Collins
(From his blog)
I recently attended the launch at The Grand in Folkestone of Phil Vasili’s excellent new biography of Walter Tull.

The boss of a haulage company with the UK's largest European road freight network, has described the way Operation Stack is currently handled as a 'shambles'.
 

Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is reminding Kent residents that they never cold call individuals and that any cold callers claiming to represent Crimestoppers are misleading the public.

By Giselle Buckingham
Last year's Princess Leigh Sinden has been crowned the 2010 Folkestone Carnival Queen at the Selection Evening at the Grand Burtin Hotel on Sunday (7 March).

Shepway District Council and Discover Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh representatives are visiting France next week (March 16 - 18) to help plan the next stages of a part-EU funded programme to benefit rural areas on both sides of the Channel.

Eurotunnel, the company that manages the Channel Tunnel, turned in a slight profit last year despite the effects of the global economic crisis and a fire, it announced today (9 March).

Dover District Council (DDC) has confirmed the rise in Council Tax for the district at its meeting on Wednesday (3 March).