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Month: October 2017

News

Callous Margate thief stole from a man who was dying

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

A callous Margate thief who stole from a man as he lay dying and then went on a spending spree […]

News

Emergency services called to crash in Margate

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

Care workers from Birchington have won prizes at the annual Kent Care Awards. Grenham Bay Care Centre and home care […]

News

Part of a Margate road has been closed after a ‘sinkhole’ appeared

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 3

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

Kent Police will be carrying out search and arrests and working with young people who are caught up in violent […]

News

Phone scammers pretending to be police officers are targeting vulnerable people in Thanet

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 3

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

October 31, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 3

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

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

X Factor girl band Lemonade and Marcel and Gabby from Love Island are among the guests who will be heading […]

Home

Have your say on issues affecting your streets at the next neighbourhood engagement meetings

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 2

The isle’s next round of Neighbourhood Engagement Meetings (NEM) are due to take place. The meetings aim to identify the […]

News

Police renew appeal for witnesses to fatal Minster crash

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a collision in Minster where a 49-year-old man and 21-year-old woman from […]

News

Margate and Ramsgate RNLI crews search Thanet coastline for reported person in distress at sea

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 1

One hundred teddy bears with ‘adopt me’ signs are due to be hidden across Ramsgate this week. Newly created facebook […]

News

Ramsgate sound artist scoops two nominations in the British Composer Awards

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 1

A Ramsgate sound artist has achieved a first by receiving not one but two nominations in one category of the […]

News

Campaigners in Halloween costume to demonstrate ‘horrors’ of GP surgery changes in Thanet

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 1

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?

October 30, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 29, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 29, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 28, 2017 Kathy Bailes 1

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

October 28, 2017 Kathy Bailes 2

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

October 28, 2017 Kathy Bailes 0

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

October 28, 2017 Kathy Bailes 1

A parrot that went missing in Ramsgate three months ago has been found. Orange-winged, Amazon Parrot Bo disappeared from the […]

News

Today marks 50 years since the opening of Margate’s Bali Hai bar

October 28, 2017 Kathy Bailes 4

Fifty years ago today the legendary Bali Hai bar opened at Dreamland. It was 1967 and The Bee Gees were […]

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