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A National Trust Plant Fair at the Dover Langdon Cliffs Visitor Centre (12 - 13 May) raised much needed cash for conservation work and promoted water saving gardening to protect the environment.

The Royal Opera House is to beam a live opera event to the Big Screen in Dover Market Square at the end of May.

A bright new addition to the Javan langur group has been born at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury.

All eleven Romney Marsh councillors on Shepway District Council have signed a letter urging residents to say yes to expressing an interest over proposals to build a Nuclear Research and Disposal Facility.

As excitement around the Olympic Torch Relay builds, it's been announced that tickets for the evening celebration stage show in Dover, which includes a performance from chart toppers Rizzle Kicks, will be available by ballot from 31 May.

The Museum and Heritage Awards presented the Highly Commended Award for Best Entrepreneurial attraction to Turner Contemporary for the Artworks project.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision between a lorry and a car on the M20 on Friday 13 April.

A map which appears to show where Shepway District Council will install pay and display machines in Folkestone has been released to the local Labour party ahead of the official launch in June.

A record number of 40 finalists are in the running for this year's 2012 Kent Excellence in Business Awards (KEiBA).
 

Cutting the number of paid-for, on-street parking bays in Shepway District Council's initial parking proposals will deliver nearly 300 free spaces in Folkestone's main shopping streets according to Shepway District Council.