News
Crews called to Cliftonville chimney fire
Two fire engines and a height vehicle attended a cimney fire in Cliftonville least nitght (November 5) Kent Fire and […]
Month: November 2020
Business
Thanet ‘lockdown’ : List of shops and services open/collection/delivery
Lockdown 2 started today (November 5) across England but there are still plenty of services on offer. Restaurants and bars […]
Coronavirus Help
Thanet ‘lockdown’ : List of essential help services
Westgate on Sea Town Council Collection of prescriptions, medication and essential shopping in Westgate. Signposting and friendly phone calls. help@westgateonesa.gov.uk […]
News
Aggregates to arrive by road as Brett’s berth at Ramsgate port is removed ‘as matter of urgency’
Aggregates firm Brett’s will bring supplies to their Ramsgate Port site by road while Berth 4/5 is out of action […]
Education
Hartsdown Academy Year 7s isolating after one positive Covid test confirmed
Year 7 students at Hartsdown Academy in Margate has been sent home today (November 5) following a confirmed positive covid […]
News
Kerry Godliman and crew in Ramsgate to shoot scenes for Whitstable Pearl series
Actress Kerry Godliman, who featured in After Life with Ricky Gervais, is filming in Ramsgate today (November 5). The crew […]
News
Man charged with three counts of assaulting emergency workers
A man has been charged with assaulting two police constables and a special constable while they were attending an incident […]
Business
Furlough scheme extension to March 2021 and further self employment grant increase
An extension of the furlough scheme into Spring 2021, has been announced by the Chancellor today, (November 5). The Coronavirus […]
Community
Cliffsend resident creates ‘golden’ mural display to mark Remembrance Sunday
Mural creations marking Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day in the 75th year since the end of the Second World War […]
News
Athelstan Road residents’ despair as hated paladin bins removed but rubbish flytipped in the empty space
Residents in a Cliftonville street say they are still plagued by the ongoing saga of flytipping and missed rubbish collections […]
News
Majority of MPs vote to approve ‘lockdown 2’ measures – South Thanet MP among Tory vote ‘rebels’
MPs have today (November 4) voted to approve the government’s ‘lockdown across’ England from tomorrow until December 2. It was […]
Education
Year 3 classes at Newington primary to isolate as precaution after positive Covid test for staff member
Newington primary school says immediate steps to reassure families and children have been taken after a member of staff showed […]
Community
Broadstairs Town Shed team install Little Library at Pierremont Park
Broadstairs Town Shed, a project from Broadstairs Town Team, have made and installed another ‘Little Library’ in Pierremont Park today […]
News
Distress as “Avian flu” cull takes place of 480 birds at Chookies Farm and Animal Feed site
Shocked animal-lovers have been emailing complaints to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as a team carries […]
Community
Profile by Twinkle Troughton: Behind the scenes with Margate Independent Foodbank
Twinkle Troughton is an artist and writer who lives and works in Margate. For the last four years she has […]
News
Prison for County Lines dealer from Broadstairs
A county line drug dealer from Broadstairs who sent marketing messages to promote his trade has been jailed for 32 […]
Events
‘Red Light’ exhibition opens at former Primark in Margate tonight
An art exhibition will open for one night tonight (November 4) at the former Primark building in Margate and then […]
Business
Broadstairs English Centre scoops international award
Broadstairs English Centre has won an international award. It has been named Language Educator of the Year in the globally-recognised […]
News
Covid cases in Thanet data and Kent health support contacts
Updated government figures for Covid cases show a rise in positive cases in Thanet over the past seven days. According […]
Opinion
Opinion with Christine Tongue: Another lockdown
Another lockdown! OK Virus you’ve had your fun so now can you please go? We’ve washed our hands until the […]
Community
The Garden Gate Project: Memorial bulb circles for Tim Mountford
By Nick Condron October experienced heavy rains that rapidly transformed our ever faithful garden once more. The browned and exhausted […]
News
Financial woes at Kent NHS with £22m deficit
By Local Democracy Reporter Ciaran Duggan The financial woes of the NHS in Kent have been laid bare as bosses […]
Property
Plan to convert Margate annexe building into small home submitted to Thanet council
Neighbours have lodged objections to a plan to create a small home in a Grade II listed annexe in Margate. […]
Education
Schools given green light to operate as usual following half term Covid cases
Upton Junior School in Broadstairs says it is operating as usual following the positive testing of a female teaching assistant […]
Business
Moon Lane Children’s Books shop in Ramsgate joins online selling site challenging Amazon
Moon Lane Children’s Books & Toys in Ramsgate is one of 130 UK bookshops to have signed up to Bookshop […]
Education
Newington primary pupils complete four-week sleep challenge
Sleepyheads are bright-eyed and bursting with energy the next day – that’s the finding of a sleep challenge at Newington […]
News
How a Google search led to the uncovering of a fascinating photo and family history
What are the chances of going online, typing the name of your great great uncle into Google and being taken […]
News
Arlington House residents’ plea for recycling facilities may finally be answered
Residents at Margate tower block Arlington House say they are suffering bin chute blockages and have accumulated piles of cardboard […]
News
Laleham Gap students prepare for video ‘quiz’ call with Anne Hegerty of The Chase
Post 16 pupils at Laleham Gap School will get an opportunity to “quiz a quizzer” this month through a video […]
News
PM announces doubling of self-employed grant and ‘time limit’ on national restrictions
Prime Minster Boris Johnson has outlined the second lockdown restrictions due to come into force on Thursday (November 5), saying […]