Dover News - March 2010

ASDA Stores Ltd has announced that following an internal review of its involvement in the Dover Town Investment Zone proposals, the company has decided to withdraw its plans for a new store in the scheme.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Officers at Dover Ferryport are carrying out an investigation following the discovery of over a tonne of tobacco hidden amongst boxes of foam insulation in the back of a lorry. The revenue evaded on the goods was about £125,000.

UK Border Agency officers in Dover are investigating after they seized heroin, amphetamine sulphate, ecstasy and cannabis all from one vehicle.

UK Border Agency officers in Dover have charged a 61 year-old lorry driver with drug smuggling.

An exciting interactive game, based on the BBC quiz show 'A Question of Sport', is coming to the Big Screen in Dover Market Square on Saturday 13 March, between 12 noon and 3pm, as part of the run up to Sport Relief this year.

Dover District Council has confirmed Council Tax for the district at its meeting on 3 March. The average total bill for a Band D property in the district is going up by 2.34%.

Dover District Council has released figures highlighting their performance for the year.

UK Border Agency officers are investigating after a lorry driver was stopped while trying to leave the country with £270,000 in cash. The British man was driving outbound through Dover Eastern Docks in the early hours of Monday, 8 March when his vehicle was searched by UK Border Agency officers.

Local residents are invited to come along and have their say at the next Dover Town Neighbourhood Forum meeting being held at Dover Town Council offices on Thursday 18 March, starting at 6.30pm.

An exciting and creative new play area for Connaught Park in Dover has been officially opened this week. The high quality design was developed in consultation with the local community, and includes features such as a zip wire, large climbing boulder and a tube slide.

Dover is set to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first non-stop return flight across the Channel by Charles Rolls, and the town's many local connections with the iconic Rolls-Royce company, with a special centenary celebration on Sunday 6 June.

Thirty four voluntary and community groups across the district have benefited from more than £80,000 funding for special projects to help local people thanks to Dover District Neighbourhood Forums.

Two men have been jailed for attempting to smuggle 2.5 million cigarettes into the UK through Dover without paying £411,475 in excise duty.

Welcome to White Cliffs Country - from the towns of Dover, Deal and Sandwich, and the rural areas, to our world famous coastline and heritage. That's the message in an exciting new multi-media tourism campaign for White Cliffs Country 2010, which is launched at the Dover Sea Sports Centre today (18 March).

Members of the Dover Museum Youth Group have helped to make their mark by putting together a special exhibition on Buckland Paper Mill at the Centurion House Box Gallery in Bench Street, Dover.

While the date for this year's general election is not yet known, Dover District Council is urging residents not to wait until the date has been announced before they secure their right to vote.

UK Border Agency officers in Dover have charged a 36 year old man with drug smuggling.