News
Birchington postman hit by a suspected drink-driver now on slow path to recovery
Birchington postman Vince Marsh is slowly on the mend after being hit by a car in Margate on January 6. […]
Month: January 2018
Business
Four Thanet businesses reach finals of Taste of Kent Awards
Four Thanet businesses have made it through to the finals of the Taste of Kent Awards. Produced in Kent, which […]
News
Campaigners reveal £6million NHS spend on private contractors for Kent and Medway health savings plan
The NHS in Kent and Medway have paid more than £6million to private consultants to help put together a plan […]
News
Call for Thanet council leader Chris Wells to resign issued by UKIP ‘Local Plan’ group
Fourteen Thanet UKIP councillors have demanded party and council leader Chris Wells resigns with immediate effect, according to a statement […]
Events
Write Around the Isle with Jane Wenham-Jones: Audience wanted – no snoring allowed!
If the words “open mic” wash you over with a small shiver of dread, I sympathise. I, too, have been sat […]
Community
Rock the Pav raises cash for cancer charities
The free Rock the Pav charity show at the Pavilion in Broadstairs attracted hundreds of people and raised £1,220 for […]
News
MP Sir Roger Gale confirms ‘informal discussion’ over Thanet local plan with Secretary of State
A spokesman for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) says MPs Craig Mackinlay and Sir Roger Gale […]
Education
Upton pupils bring poetry to life in special show
Poetry has been brought to life on stage with a special performance by children at Upton Junior School in Broadstairs. […]
Opinion
Labour County Councillor Karen Constantine: Aftermath of the Local Plan vote
After the Thanet Local Plan was rejected by 35 votes to 20 on Thursday 18th January our council is now in a […]
Opinion
MP Craig Mackinlay: Ramsgate regeneration, Local Plan and the silence of the bells
Ramsgate regeneration always occupies a significant proportion of my time, arguably more than it should given extensive similar issues in […]
News
Questions raised over Thanet draft local plan ‘extension’ claim
Questions have been raised following a claim that an extension to the Planning Inspectorate deadline for Thanet’s draft local plan […]
News
‘Suspicious behaviour’ report leads to Margate drug arrest
A man has been arrested in Margate on suspicion of drug offences following a call out to police this morning […]
Events
Jedi skills with Star Wars actor Andrew Lawden, Space Invaders celebration and more at Dreamland’s GEEK gaming festival
The GEEK gaming festival at Dreamland next month will include lightsabre sessions with Star Wars: The Phantom Menace actor Andrew […]
News
RSP Manston site consultations on heels of voting down of the draft Thanet Local Plan
Two consultation events by RiverOak Strategic Partners (RiverOak) take place today and tomorrow (January 23-24) on their plans to revive […]
News
Road in St Peter’s closed following crash which flipped car on its roof
A road in St Peter’s is still closed this morning (January 23) following a crash. Kent Police received a report […]
News
Brother of US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to speak at Broadstairs NHS conference
The brother of maverick US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will speak in an emergency conference on the NHS in Broadstairs […]
Events
It’s Safety Last! at the Palace Cinema in Broadstairs
The Palace Cinema in Broadstairs will be showing Safety Last! In the second of its monthly Sunday Silents events. Palace […]
News
The cost – so far – of the deal to use Manston airport for Operation Stack
A Government arrangement to use the former Manston airport site as an emergency lorry park for Operation Stack has so far […]
Sport
Margate FC makes history with first female player in Kent youth football league
History has been made at Hartsdown Park with Margate FC Under 13s player Laura Aldridge making her debut for the […]
Events
POW! Thanet 2018 festival highlights marking the centenary of women gaining the vote
A burgeoning Thanet arts festival will mark the centenary of women gaining the vote in Britain. POW! Thanet will take […]
News
Thanet Parkway Station application due to be submitted in April despite £8.75m funding shortfall
A delay in submitting a planning application for the Thanet Parkway Station was caused by the need to amend a […]
Events
Isle artist Ross Andrews shares an ‘Unfamiliar’ look at the coastline in his first exhibition of 2018
Thanet artist Ross Andrews will hold his biggest solo exhibition to date in Margate this month (January). Ross is an […]
Opinion
Matthew Munson: The ‘interesting’ properties being offered on the rental market
Looking for somewhere to live is far harder than I realised it ever would be. The last time I looked […]
News
RNLI in lengthy operation to rescue yacht stranded off Margate Sands
Margate’s two RNLI lifeboats have been involved in a lengthy rescue operation after a yacht ran aground on a sandbank […]
Community
Westgate & Birchington Inner Wheel: Pub grub and Jenga
Westgate & Birchington Inner Wheel celebrated World Inner Wheel Day this year with a visit to a pub, well, almost.For […]
News
Two former Air Ferry stewardesses at Manston try to uncover the truth about Christine Keeler in Thanet for a new book
Two friends who were ‘trolly dollies’ with Air Ferry airlines at Manston Airport in 1963 are writing a book of […]
Community
Thanet Writers group is offering payment for your work
Thanet-based publisher and community organisation Thanet Writers CIC are now a paying market, offering £10 per item for short stories, […]
Sport
Veteran Thanet Roadrunner Dave Winch to represent England at British Masters marathon
Veteran Thanet Roadrunners club member Dave Winch has been selected to run for England in the British Masters Athletics Federation’s […]
News
Thanet’s first ‘house in a box’ from container to watertight shell in just ten days
Thanet’s first ‘house in a box’ has been constructed in Acol. The property in Plumstone Road, next door to the […]
News
A man is in a serious condition following an assault in Ramsgate
Police are investigating after a man in his 50s was left in a serious condition following an attack in Ramsgate. […]
