The Folkestone Academy students outside the BBC in London

In a ceremony at BBC Broadcasting House on Friday 17th May, Academy FM won two ‘Young Arias’ awards, which celebrate the work of young people making radio & audio in schools across the UK.

A judge has jailed a man from Folkestone for four years after he was found guilty of breaching a sexual offences prevention order.

Cllr Mike Conolly has been appointed as the new Chairman of Dover District Council at the Annual Meeting held on 17 May 2019.

The demonstration blocks the junction with Whitstable Road Photo: Ray Duff

By Ray Duff

The first demonstration of a week long series of events by climate change group Extinction Rebellion began in Canterbury on Monday with a blockade of the approach to Canterbury West Rail Station.

Residents attend the B17 crash landing memorial in St-Margaret's

Residents of St Margaret’s unveiled a memorial to remember when, in 1945, an American B17 'Flying Fortress' bomber crash-landed at Nelson Park in their quiet village during the Second World War.

Volunteer, Fiona McGhee

Growing numbers of people across Kent, Surrey and Sussex are getting involved in dementia research.

Constituency matters... a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 22 May 2019

Emma Appleby (far left) with Charlie Elphicke MP and fellow campaigners at the House of Commons

A mum from Aylesham Dover is being forced to act as a drugs mule to get medicine for her nine-year-old daughter, according to her MP.

A suspected drug dealer from London believed to be linked to a supply network in Sheerness, on the Isle of Sheppey, has been charged and remanded in custody.

The new gate at William Street in Herne Bay  Photo: Canterbury City Council

A new gate has been installed in William Street in Herne Bay to prevent vehicles accessing the pedestrian zone at prohibited times.