Dover News - September 2009

A special presentation invited a group of young people from the Tower Hamlets ward in Dover to take a pace forward last Monday (24 August) - when they were invited to DDC offices to be presented with their National Open College Network certificates for 'Taking Part In Sport'.

Members of the Dover District Sports Council have been given a special thank you for more than 35 years of dedicated voluntary service to the development of sport in the area in a presentation from the Chairman of Dover District Council.

Officers from UK Border Agency seized approximately two million cigarettes on Sunday 30th August at Dover. The revenue lost to the UK Government was estimated to be £380,000.

A 44 year old Scottish self employed plumber has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of smuggling three kilos of cocaine into the UK through Dover. The drugs had an estimated street value of £120,000.

Dover District Council representatives will be at Dover Priory Station on Monday, 7 September for the inaugural departure of the High Speed Train (HS1) to London St Pancras at 6.42am.

An evening of musical celebrations is coming to Dover this Saturday (12 September) - with the Last Night of the Proms from the Royal Albert Hall showing live on the Big Screen in Dover Market Square from 7.30-10.30pm.

A special roadshow event is bringing important help and advice direct to the community, with information and support for people during the current economic climate and beyond, at the Triangles Community Centre on Monday 21 September from 10am-3pm.

Operation Cubit targeted Dover District from 7-11 September and removed 50 abandoned and untaxed vehicles from the streets of the district.

As we approach the twentieth anniversary of the IRA bombing at the Royal Marines Barracks in Deal on 22 September 1989, Dover Museum is running a special oral history project in remembrance of the eleven young men who were so tragically killed.

50 year old Stephen Walford from Basildon in Essex has been jailed for 10 years by Canterbury Crown Court today after attempting to smuggle 10kg of cocaine into the UK through the Port of Dover.

Local residents are invited to come along and have their say at the latest round of Neighbourhood Forum meetings being held at Dover Town on Thursday 1 October, and Deal and Walmer on Tuesday 6 October.

A Serbian lorry driver from Belgrade is due to appear in court today after being questioned by investigators from HM Revenue & Customs in connection with the seizure of approximately 30 kilos of cocaine worth about £1.2 million at Dover's Eastern Docks.

A Hungarian lorry driver has been questioned by HM Revenue & Customs Investigation officers after over four million cigarettes were discovered at Dover Ferry Port yesterday.