Folkestone & Hythe News
News from Folkestone, Hythe and the surrounding Folkestone & Hythe district on Kent’s Channel coast. We report on Folkestone & Hythe District Council, the harbour and seafront regeneration, the Channel Tunnel and cross-Channel travel, court cases, and fire and rescue incidents across the district.
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Kent Football Folkestone Invicta 0-2 Salisbury: National League – South match report
Folkestone Invicta lost 0-2 away to Salisbury in the National League – South.
26 September 2026 -
Investigations Have Britons given up on voting? A century of turnout, and what the people who stay at home say
In 1950, 84 in every 100 registered voters cast a ballot. In July 2024 it was fewer than 60, and in Sittingbourne and Sheppey barely half…
26 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Friday, 25 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Friday, 25 September 2026 10 stories · 3-minute read 1944: Surviving British 1st Airborne Division troops withdrew…
25 September 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone Harbour road access being restored after Grand Burstin Hotel fire
Vehicular access to businesses around Folkestone Harbour is being reopened after road closures linked to the fire at the Grand Burstin…
24 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Thursday, 24 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Thursday, 24 September 2026 9 stories · 4-minute read 1911: Britain’s first rigid airship, HM Airship No. 1, was…
24 September 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council asks for clothing donations after Grand Burstin Hotel fire
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is asking for clothing for people who cannot return to their homes while structural investigations into…
23 September 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe residents locked out of Pavilion Court homes after Grand Burstin Hotel fire
Around 90 residents of Pavilion Court on Marine Terrace, Folkestone, cannot return home while structural specialists assess whether the…
23 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Tuesday, 22 September 2026 8 stories · 4-minute read 1914: A German submarine sank three British cruisers in just 70…
22 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Two arrested after fire at Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone
A man and a woman from the local area have been arrested and released as Kent Police investigate an early-hours blaze at the seafront hotel…
21 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Monday, 21 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Monday, 21 September 2026 5 stories · 3-minute read 1809: British Cabinet rivals Lord Castlereagh and George Canning…
21 September 2026 - Crime & Justice
Grand Burstin Hotel fire treated as suspicious as police appeal for footage
Kent Police say the fire that forced around 280 people out of the Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone may have been started deliberately, and…
20 September 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council moves 90 residents out of homes near fire-damaged Grand Burstin Hotel
Around 90 people from Pavilion Court on Marine Terrace have been temporarily rehoused after safety inspectors warned that a major basement…
20 September 2026