Dover News
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Council Updates Betteshanger Country Park sale triggers community protections running to December 2027
Dover District Council’s register records a disposal notice for the former colliery site on 24 June 2026, opening a protected period to…
26 August 2026 -
Council Updates By-election set for Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe on 27 August
Voters in the coastal and rural ward east of Dover will choose a new District Councillor on Thursday 27 August 2026, with six candidates on…
24 August 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Weekend Briefing — Saturday, 22 August 2026
Kent Weekend Briefing Saturday, 22 August 2026 9 stories · 4-minute read Canterbury man banned from supermarkets and shopping centres…
22 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Three men charged over attempted armed burglary at Folkestone home
Dylan Tawanyasha Malikebo, Jayden Petros and Sulayman Jammeh are charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and Class A drug…
21 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Hay bale fire on farmland in St Margaret’s at Cliffe treated as suspected arson
Kent Police are investigating a suspected arson after a large fire destroyed hay bales on Station Road, St Margaret’s at Cliffe on 18…
19 August 2026 -
Local News Kent’s best sky night in 27 years: deep eclipse, Perseid peak and six planets in 24 hours
A deep partial solar eclipse covering more than 90 per cent of the Sun, the Perseid meteor shower at its peak and six planets before dawn…
12 August 2026 -
Council Updates Who picked Kent’s four new councils? The question the county council is now asking itself — explained
Kent is getting four new councils. The chairman of the county council has put in writing that the winning map came from three Labour-led…
6 August 2026 -
Council Updates Who chose Kent’s new map? The county council’s own chairman is asking whether party politics played a part
The Government’s four-council map for Kent was chosen from a proposal put forward by three councils the county council’s chairman describes…
5 August 2026 -
Crime & Justice Local man arrested after cars tampered with on Folkestone Road
A 32-year-old man from the local area was detained and a chisel seized after Kent Police were called to reports of vehicles being targeted…
31 July 2026 -
Local News White Cliffs and Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership protects southeast Kent’s wild spaces
The White Cliffs and Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership manages and restores nature reserves across Dover and Folkestone & Hythe…
30 July 2026 -
Council Updates Dover gets £20m to cut Operation Brock by up to 80%
Kent County Council has secured £20 million from the government to reconfigure the Port of Dover’s eastern docks, with the work expected to…
29 July 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police ban face coverings in Dover for 24 hours ahead of Saturday protests
An order makes it an offence to conceal identities across nine Dover wards from 9am on Saturday 25 July 2026, according to a notice…
26 July 2026