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Callous Margate thief stole from a man who was dying
A callous Margate thief who stole from a man as he lay dying and then went on a spending spree […]
Month: October 2017
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Emergency services called to crash in Margate
Emergency services were called to a crash in Margate this afternoon (October 31). Two vehicles collided near the junction with College […]
Business
Birchington care workers celebrate awards success
Care workers from Birchington have won prizes at the annual Kent Care Awards. Grenham Bay Care Centre and home care […]
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Part of a Margate road has been closed after a ‘sinkhole’ appeared
Police have taped off part of a road in Margate after a hole some one metre wide and five metres […]
Opinion
Melissa Todd: (Not so) cool for my shoot with The Sun
About 20 years ago, I discovered that if you’re sufficiently obliging to journalists, you can often get a makeover, photo […]
Community
Birthday fundraiser at Ramsgate Tandoori raises cash for Rohingya refugees
A fundraiser at the Ramsgate Tandoori in Harbour Street to celebrate 29 years in business and raise cash for refugees […]
News
Kent Police launch campaign to target violent crime and young people at risk
Kent Police will be carrying out search and arrests and working with young people who are caught up in violent […]
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Phone scammers pretending to be police officers are targeting vulnerable people in Thanet
Kent Police is urging people in Thanet to be vigilant following reports of courier fraud and suspicious calls in the area. […]
Education
Newington primary celebrates brilliant maths and literacy progress
Newington Community Primary is celebrating being amongst the top 20 per cent of schools in the UK for progress in […]
Community
These decorated pebbles are popping up all over Thanet and Kent
A quirky craze is capturing the hearts of people across Thanet and east Kent. Pebbles and shells with paintings or […]
Property
Viking Bay seafront shelter and toilets go under the hammer for seven-times the guide price
The seafront shelter, former toilets and lift off Victoria Parade at Viking Bay have gone under the hammer for a […]
Business
The Gym Group announces opening date for Westwood venue
A date has been set for the opening of the Thanet branch of The Gym Group. The new gym in […]
Education
£23 million will be spent building a free school in Margate and expanding Ursuline in Westgate
Kent County Council will fund the majority of a £20 million project to build a secondary school on the site […]
Events
Acts for Westwood Cross Christmas light switch-on announced
X Factor girl band Lemonade and Marcel and Gabby from Love Island are among the guests who will be heading […]
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Have your say on issues affecting your streets at the next neighbourhood engagement meetings
The isle’s next round of Neighbourhood Engagement Meetings (NEM) are due to take place. The meetings aim to identify the […]
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Police renew appeal for witnesses to fatal Minster crash
Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a collision in Minster where a 49-year-old man and 21-year-old woman from […]
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Margate and Ramsgate RNLI crews search Thanet coastline for reported person in distress at sea
Margate’s RNLI all-weather lifeboat and Ramsgate’s RNLI inshore lifeboat have helped Kent Police and coastguards search for a person in […]
Business
Morgans dance hall on Margate seafront has closed
Morgans Vintage Dance Hall and Coffee Lounge has closed. The seafront bar, formerly the Waverley, was taken on by Allyson […]
News
Appeal for help after thieves steal all of Broadstairs snowboarding Paralympic hopeful’s kit
A Paralympic hopeful from Broadstairs is appealing for help to raise funds after thieves broke into his van and stole […]
Events
100 teddy bears are to be hidden across Ramsgate – waiting for you to adopt them
One hundred teddy bears with ‘adopt me’ signs are due to be hidden across Ramsgate this week. Newly created facebook […]
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Ramsgate sound artist scoops two nominations in the British Composer Awards
A Ramsgate sound artist has achieved a first by receiving not one but two nominations in one category of the […]
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Campaigners in Halloween costume to demonstrate ‘horrors’ of GP surgery changes in Thanet
Activists have donned Halloween outfits as part of their Zombies Against The Cuts protest campaign over changes to NHS services […]
Opinion
Matthew Munson: The end of the world?
Prophecies about the end of the world abound; there are those, religious or otherwise, who have studied some ancient text […]
News
Human faeces have been smeared all over Birchington recreation ground’s changing rooms
Human faeces have been smeared all over the Birchington recreation ground’s changing rooms building. Ward councillor Suzanne Brimm discovered the […]
News
Remembering the days when Cliftonville had a model village
Many of us remember the Ramsgate Model Village that stood on the West Cliff for 50 years. Castlewolde, which opened […]
Community
New social afternoons aimed at tackling loneliness to launch in Garlinge
Garlinge is getting ready for a brand new weekly social afternoon aimed at Thanet’s over 65s. Your Time at the […]
Opinion
Seb Reilly: The Manston controversy
Driving past Manston airport the other day, I experienced a strange moment of flashback. Suddenly I was sat in the […]
Business
Thanet solicitors’ firm scoops five trophies at conveyancing awards
Thanet and Canterbury solicitors Boys & Maughan won five trophies at the ESTAS Conveyancing Awards. The event, on Friday, October, […]
News
Bo the missing Ramsgate parrot found after 3 month adventure
A parrot that went missing in Ramsgate three months ago has been found. Orange-winged, Amazon Parrot Bo disappeared from the […]
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Today marks 50 years since the opening of Margate’s Bali Hai bar
Fifty years ago today the legendary Bali Hai bar opened at Dreamland. It was 1967 and The Bee Gees were […]