Dover News - January 2010

The value of goods that travellers can personally bring into the UK from a non-EU country, or receive through the post without needing to pay customs duty, has increased.

Dover District Council is warning householders to beware of scam callers, following information that a small number of people in the area have received bogus calls about their Council Tax account.

UK Border Agency officers in Dover have charged a 25 year-old man with drug smuggling.

Local residents are invited to come along and have their say at the joint Deal and Walmer/Dover North Neighbourhood Forum meeting on Tuesday 26 January 2010 at Walmer Science College from 6.30pm.

The Leader of Dover District Council has welcomed opportunities for Local Authorities to work together at a meeting organised by French authorities in Calais, looking at the year ahead.

A Liverpool man has been jailed for 12 years for his part in a plot to smuggle 100 kilos of class A drugs into the UK through Dover.

Proposals to share services between three councils in East Kent, which are set to bring significant savings for each council, will now go forward for further discussion in Dover District.

Dover Museum and museums across the county have joined BBC Radio Kent to announce ten objects that tell a history of Kent and its place in the world - which includes the amazing Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum.

As part of Dover Museum's oral history project 'Eleven Empty Spaces' to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the bombing at the Royal Marines Barracks in Deal, the Museum is looking for items of interest you may have that could be part of a special exhibition.

A major step in setting foundations for the future for Dover District has been welcomed following news that a central part of the Local Development Framework - mapping out the area's future over the next 20 years - has been given the go ahead.