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Dover TAP: Councillor demands more is done for residents

Dover TAP: Councillor demands more is done for residents

24 January 2022

A councillor is demanding that more is done to help residents in Dover against the disruption of backed-up lorries.

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Toddlers rescued from Channel

Toddlers rescued from Channel

24 January 2022

Three toddlers were among the asylum seekers brought in by a lifeboat to a Kent port.

Heavy traffic as overturned car closes road

Heavy traffic as overturned car closes road

23 January 2022

A main road was shut in both directions causing heavy traffic after a car flipped onto its roof in a crash.

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Rescue after group gets trapped in caves

Rescue after group gets trapped in caves

22 January 2022

Emergency crews used a ladder to rescue a group of people who became trapped in caves near the coast.

Missing man found

Missing man found

22 January 2022

A man who had vanished for three days has now been discovered safe and well, police have now confirmed.

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Homophobic menace threatens to burgle judge as he's jailed

Homophobic menace threatens to burgle judge as he's jailed

22 January 2022

A homophobic "public menace" threatened to burgle a judge as he was jailed for spitting at police and telling them he had Covid.

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Anglers can return to pier

Anglers can return to pier

21 January 2022

Fishing will soon return to a major port pier after it was banned for several years.

Former church on market for £250,000

Former church on market for £250,000

21 January 2022

A derelict church destined to become 16 flats is back up at auction, and its price has been slashed in half.

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'This is a difficult one'

'This is a difficult one'

21 January 2022

Councillors voted for 13 new houses, because affordable ones were needed, but had to consider the thorny issue of feared traffic problems.

Driver had £2.1 million in cocaine

Driver had £2.1 million in cocaine

21 January 2022

A trucker has been jailed after trying to smuggle drugs, which were hidden behind wooden boards in his lorry.

'No cameras have been turned off'

'No cameras have been turned off'

21 January 2022

National Highways denies traffic cameras showing M20 lorry queues were deliberately switched off after Twitter storm.

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New Kent centre 'ready' to process asylum seekers

New Kent centre 'ready' to process asylum seekers

21 January 2022

A former MOD site in Kent is ready to start processing asylum seekers arriving in the UK, the Home Office has confirmed.

Will it be the Jubilee Docks?

Will it be the Jubilee Docks?

20 January 2022

A councillor wants a section of a Kent port to be christened to commemorate the Queen's 70th year on the throne.

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'The air ambulance saved my life'

'The air ambulance saved my life'

20 January 2022

A boy left in a coma after he was knocked down by a car outside his home has been named ambassador of the charity that helped keep him alive.

Policy to age assess asylum seekers after arrival ruled unlawful

Policy to age assess asylum seekers after arrival ruled unlawful

19 January 2022

A policy to age assess young asylum seekers immediately after they arrive in Kent has been deemed unlawful.

Man's body found following search

Man's body found following search

19 January 2022

The body of a man has been found following a search for a missing person by the coast.

'We will not rest until he is captured'

'We will not rest until he is captured'

19 January 2022

A man wanted in connection with drug smuggling in Kent has been named in a new appeal to hunt down 12 fugitives.

'This theatre is a heartbeat in the town'

'This theatre is a heartbeat in the town'

19 January 2022

A comic is putting on a one-man show to raise money to try to stop an entertainment venue being shut down.

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Police and coastguard called to beach

Police and coastguard called to beach

18 January 2022

Officers have been called after reports of a missing man.

Dover TAP is back on and this is what it means

Dover TAP is back on and this is what it means

18 January 2022

A traffic management system introduced to keep Dover moving when freight traffic builds at the port is once again in place, and this is what it means.

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