Dover News - June 2008

Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident at the play park in Northbourne Avenue, Dover at 3.30 pm on Tuesday 27 May.

As part of national Food Safety Week, Dover District Council's Environmental Health team is encouraging everyone to think about the importance of food hygiene - and experts will be 'on hand' for a special display at the Dover Discovery Centre.

A key report into appeals that went to a Parking Adjudicator shows that Dover District Council has the second highest percentage of Penalty Charges Notices (PCNs) upheld in the country, with 79% found in favour of the Council. This is according to the National Parking Adjudication Services' latest annual report.

Police are appealing for information regarding 51 year old Ross Kalies who has been missing from his Pengam Street address since Friday May 30th.

Dover town centre is set to be filled with the sounds, sights and culinary delights of a number of different nations as the Annual Multi-Cultural Festival gets under way. Artists and performers from differing cultural backgrounds will be providing a packed day of entertainment at the Market Square on Saturday 21 June from 11.00 am until 4.15 pm.

Multi-talented classical musician, singer and presenter Myleene Klass will become a "Ship's Godmother" for the first time next month when she officially names the superliner "Carnival Splendor" in Dover. It will be the first time a cruise ship has been named with Nyetimber English Sparking Wine rather than Champagne.

As part of National Micro-Chipping Month, dog wardens and other members of Dover District Council's Environmental Health team are taking the lead and supporting a responsible dog ownership event at Pencester Gardens on 21 June, from 10am to 4pm.

An exciting new project to engage with young people and encourage their creative input into local museums has led to a new multi-media display at Dover Museum, which will be running from 11 June to 17 August.

An important review of practices underpinning Dover District Council services has been carried out to ensure the Council is working effectively, efficiently and economically, fulfilling its duties and safeguarding public money. The review has been approved by DDC Cabinet and highlights the strong governance principles and good practice in place to support Council services for the whole community.

Police are appealing for information and witnesses about a robbery in Dover at 5.40 pm on Sunday 8 June. A 46-year-old woman was walking towards the town centre along Barton Path when she was approached from behind by two men.

Police are appealing for information following the theft of scrap metal and two lifting beams from Unit 7, White Cliffs Business Park in Whitfield at some time between 6.20 pm on Friday 6 June and 6.00 am on Saturday 7 June.

Philip Hammond, Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, will be in Dover on Thursday 12th June at the invitation of Charlie Elphicke, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, to talk to leading local haulage industry representatives about the problems their industry is having to deal with today.

Treasured memories of childhood are being gathered for a special new exhibition at Dover Museum. From traditional dolls and tin-plate trains, to superhero comics and action figures, items from childhood over the last 100 years are being gathered for a major display for all the family opening this autumn - and your help is sought.

P&O Ferries has signed a Letter of Intent with the Finnish shipbuilder, Aker Yards, to construct two new ships for the Dover-Calais service. At 49,000 gross tonnes, the new ships will be the largest ferries ever to operate from Dover to Calais, with the first entering service in December 2010 and the second in September 2011.

A series of 'hands on' demonstrations have been held by Dover District Council's Environmental Health team who took to the road as part of their work to encourage everyone to think about the importance of food hygiene.

All the fun of the carnival comes to Dover's Prince of Wales Pier on Thursday 10th July when the world's newest cruise liner is in port. Dover Lions Club is inviting the local community to welcome the port's newest cruise customer by partying along on the pier and giving the ship a warm send-off on her inaugural cruise from the UK.

Dover Library has launched a song writing competition to encourage anyone with musical talent to create an original composition. Budding songwriters are invited to submit their entries on CD with accompanying lyric sheets between Monday 30 June and Saturday 12 July at Dover Library.

The delicate operation to relocate the wreck of a World War One German submarine has begun in the Dover Strait, the world's busiest shipping lane. The UB38 has laid on the seabed for 90 years but in recent years has been identified as a potential risk to shipping, now that increasingly deeper draught vessels are navigating the south-west bound lane of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme.