Dover News - October 2010

A Bulgarian man living in Croydon has admitted attempting to smuggle heroin into the UK through Dover's Eastern Docks.

An important drive to help raise alcohol awareness is bringing a special event to Dover Market Square on Tuesday 19 October.

Major changes to the way recycling and waste are collected for homes across the area are set to help Dover District recycle even more and reduce costs for the future - and are being considered by a special joint Cabinet meeting on 13 October.

Local residents are invited to come along and vote for their favourite community projects at the next meeting of the Dover Town Neighbourhood Forum on Friday 15 October at St Mary's Parish Hall, Dover from 6pm.

Police are appealing for information on the theft of a hand-carved wooden sculpture stolen from the woodland area in the Lodge Lees area of Clip Gate Farm in Denton.

Police in Dover are appealing for witnesses following a fight resulting in two people receiving stab wounds, which happened on Friday 8 October between 10:30pm and 11.34pm in France Road, Whitfield.

A lorry driver has been jailed for eight years after admitting an attempt to smuggle drugs worth more than £1 million through the port of Dover.

A packed day of activities is coming to Dover Museum on Monday 25 October as part of the Museum's special new exhibition 'Be Prepared', celebrating 100 years of Girl Guiding in around Dover.

A Polish lorry driver has been jailed for five years after pleading guilty to drug smuggling after being stopped at the freight controls at Dover.

Pupils from secondary schools in the district will get the chance to debate in the Council Chamber and quiz Councillors as part of a day of activities at Dover District Council next Friday (22 October) in support of Local Democracy Week.

Dover District Community Safety Partnership continues to step up the pace in its work to engage with children and young people across the area - and has welcomed the success of the popular Street Dance Project in the St Radigunds area.

Police in Dover are appealing for witnesses to a fight in London Road last Thursday morning (14 October) between 9 and 9.20 am.

Following several incidents of vandalism, the Prince of Wales Pier will be closed overnight during the winter season.