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  • [ October 2, 2023 ] Workspace, restaurant/cafe, bar and performance venue plan for former Age and Sons building in Ramsgate Business
  • [ October 2, 2023 ] Palm Bay author Richard Savin publishes new novel ‘The Man At The Walpole Bay Hotel’ Events
  • [ October 2, 2023 ] Former Rendezvous restaurant site becomes community shop with social lounge and ice cream parlour to come Business
  • [ October 2, 2023 ] St Peter’s-in-Thanet youngsters take part in National Coding Week Education
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  • [ October 1, 2023 ] St Laurence Junior Academy pupils reach National finals in Emile Multiplication Tables Cup Education
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  • [ October 1, 2023 ] Matthew Munson: Learning to be a university student Opinion
  • [ October 1, 2023 ] Margate bows out of FA Cup Sport
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Matthew Munson: Learning to be a university student

October 1, 2023 Kathy Bailes 29

I’m a university student. That still feels strange to say, but it’s become a fact of life now. I’m 42, […]

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Claire Campbell: A time of new beginnings and discovering some pleasing progress

September 30, 2023 Kathy Bailes 0

Claire Campbell is a Thanet mum-of-three and until recently was an SEN teacher working in a specialist school in Broadstairs […]

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County Councillor Karen Constantine: The difficult topic of Manston

September 25, 2023 Kathy Bailes 176

Whisper it… this column is solely focused on the difficult topic of Manston! I’m not sure if I should immediately […]

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South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay: From Net Zero to Ramsgate Port and Manston

September 25, 2023 Kathy Bailes 45

All will know me not to be one for holding back. I say it as it is across many topics. […]

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Matthew Munson: I am now a university student

September 24, 2023 Kathy Bailes 44

I went to university this week; I actually went, and started studying. Well, it was an introduction week, where you […]

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Labour parliamentary candidate for East Thanet Polly Billington: The need to improve private rentals

September 23, 2023 Kathy Bailes 62

A year ago Liz Truss as the Tory prime minister trashed the economy blowing a £60 bn hole in it. […]

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Opinion with Christine Tongue: Taking the train and testing disability access

September 21, 2023 Kathy Bailes 24

At the launch of Thanet Parkway Station I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Borney, general manager of South Eastern.  […]

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Matthew Munson: University challenge and a special family celebration

September 17, 2023 Kathy Bailes 4

A week’s a long time in Casa de Munson. This time last week, I wrote about the trials and tribulations […]

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Thanet council leader Rick Everitt: Ferry proposals for Ramsgate Port are far from ‘pie in the sky’

September 15, 2023 Kathy Bailes 26

Politicians from different parties don’t always disagree, however it might appear to residents. As leader of Thanet District Council from […]

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Craig Mackinlay MP: Energy, Thanet Parkway and Green Hub Port

September 15, 2023 Kathy Bailes 18

Parliament returned last week with something of a bang. The unbelievably weighty and complex 420 page Energy Bill returned from […]

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Opinion with Christine Tongue: Thanet Parkway, the Minister and me

September 14, 2023 Kathy Bailes 56

Remember when we had an airport? It was called London Manston for a couple of wildly optimistic years. It needs […]

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Matthew Munson: A new school year and a hitch in uni plans

September 10, 2023 Kathy Bailes 2

Blimey; do you have those weeks that spin and spiral past like a high-speed train? This week at Casa de […]

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Christine Tongue: Insulation – going the extra mile(s)

September 4, 2023 Kathy Bailes 20

I’ve been insulated! And I didn’t have glue myself to the M25 or hang perilously from  a bridge for days. […]

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Matthew Munson: Sponsored walk for the Caldecott Foundation

September 3, 2023 Kathy Bailes 0

I’m a bit knackered, I don’t mind admitting; Bryan and I did a sponsored walk on Friday, and so we’re […]

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A View from the Garden Gate Project: Visitor from Norway, autumn tidying, work satisfaction and taste of the Garden

September 1, 2023 Kathy Bailes 1

By Nick Condron With the start of September, autumn has seemingly crept up on us while we await a final […]

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Claire Campbell: Exploring inclusivity with Folk Week, Upton pool and Inspiration Creative

August 31, 2023 Kathy Bailes 1

Claire Campbell is a Thanet mum-of-three and SEN teacher working in a specialist school in Broadstairs where all children are […]

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South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay: What is the role of an MP?

August 28, 2023 Kathy Bailes 52

I’ve been considering over the Summer recess period the expansive question: “What is the role of an MP?” Once elected […]

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Nature with Nik Mitchell: Thanet’s exotic Wasp Spider

August 27, 2023 Kathy Bailes 0

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook We are lucky to have one […]

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Matthew Munson: The world of books and writers

August 27, 2023 Kathy Bailes 2

Changing routines can always be complex – I’m currently in the process of working out mine and Bryan’s daily routine […]

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South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay: Visiting Hungary, UK issues in court and ULEZ

August 21, 2023 Kathy Bailes 45

I write this in the last few days of our annual trip to Hungary visiting my wife’s family. I am […]

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Seeing Red with County Councillor Karen Constantine: Parkway, child poverty and filthy seas

August 21, 2023 Kathy Bailes 65

Right across the country we are seeing examples of the real every day need for staffed railway stations. The travelling […]

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Matthew Munson: Adulthood is a journey not a destination

August 20, 2023 Kathy Bailes 3

Folk Week is over now – was it good for you? Did you throw yourself into the ambience of Morris […]

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Matthew Munson: The Summer holidays are whizzing by

August 13, 2023 Kathy Bailes 1

Blimey, the summer holidays are already half-way over. How has that happened so fast? We’ve packed quite a bit in […]

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Green Cllr Kevin Pressland: Plastics are destroying nature -it doesn’t have to be like this

August 12, 2023 Kathy Bailes 18

Green Councillor Kevin Pressland is a passionate campaigner for nature and the natural environment.  His understanding of the threats faced […]

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Christine Tongue: The Great The Good And The Grumpy

August 8, 2023 Kathy Bailes 12

A friend said “ You should go to this – you can say all the things you rant about in […]

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Matthew Munson: A game of what ifs

August 6, 2023 Kathy Bailes 2

My lad and I have been talking about “What ifs …” this week – how a life or a situation […]

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A View from the Garden Gate Project: Successful Music Day, ‘Three Sisters’ companion planting, dried beans and flowers

August 2, 2023 Kathy Bailes 0

By Nick Condron As August arrives, the appearance of browning leaf tips reveals that it may already be later than […]

Opinion

Claire Campbell: Let’s have a conversation

July 31, 2023 Kathy Bailes 2

Claire Campbell is a Thanet mum-of-three and SEN teacher working in a specialist school in Broadstairs where all children are […]

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Christine Tongue: We need people not machines! 

July 31, 2023 Kathy Bailes 44

What do you need when you’re disabled? One way of seeing it is my usual mantra for Access Thanet: ACCESS, […]

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County Councillor Karen Constantine Parkway Station- A dangerous white elephant?

July 31, 2023 Kathy Bailes 58

At last, Thanet Parkway railway station opened this morning. At a cost of at least £45 million and riding – […]

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