Dover News - May 2011

A man was sentenced to seven years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on 3 May, after pleading guilty to smuggling heroin through the Port of Dover.

As the days start to warm up you'll see the appearance of green shoots among the pebbles and trees beginning to bud on the new Dover seafront esplanade. Planted last October, almost 2,750 plants are bursting into life, having established secure roots under the shingle.

Dover Grammar School for Girls has won the Kent Final of the Young Enterprise award scheme representing the Dover District Area, and will now go on to the regional finals.

A new team will be out and about across Dover District making sure residents know all there is to know about their new recycling and waste collections.

Dover Museum is remembering the Eighties and looking at how the area has changed over the last 30 years in a new exhibition, which opens Monday 16 May.

The Port of Dover has approved a major capital investment plan totalling around £85 million which will see the port's current ferry terminal receiving a major upgrade by 2015.

Steve Atmore, Head of Cruise Operations at the Port of Dover, has welcomed the Master of the Emerald Princess, Captain Giorgio Pomata and First Officer Chris Lye on the ship's inaugural call to the Port of Dover on Tuesday 10th May.

Dover District Council is getting ready to make a big noise to help keep our communities informed and to help promote Noise Action Week, which runs from 23-27 May.

Two coach drivers have been sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison after being found guilty of smuggling six kilos of cocaine into the UK through Dover.

Dover District Council is welcoming the Secretary of State for Transport's decision to launch a consultation on the criteria for the sale of major trust ports, which was announced yesterday.

Superb news is celebrated in Dover today - with the major announcement that the Olympic Torch is coming to Dover as part of its journey around the UK, and the town is set to shine as one of the specially selected sites for an exciting Evening Celebration.

A gang of drug smugglers who tried to bring cocaine worth £4m into the country aboard a cruise ship at Dover have been sentenced to a total of 84 years today.

A new exhibition has opened at Dover Museum showing the rich diversity of our culture and charting thousands of years of social history in the area.

A new chaplaincy service is to be established for the port community. The new team will be on hand to provide a friendly face and listening ear to all those who pass through or work in the Port, be they staff, customers, tourists or visiting crews.

Community groups in Kent's former coalfields are being invited to apply for grants to help a range of projects for the future.

Dover District Council is welcoming news that the stunning Esplanade on Dover Seafront has won a national award for architectural excellence.

UK Border Agency officers in Dover have charged a 27 year-old man from the Republic of Ireland with drug smuggling.

The Port of Dover is beating a path as a world leader in port environmental management and maintaining a positive commitment to minimising the impact of the port on the local environment.

On 16 May 2011 the Department for Transport launched a new consultation period, inviting views on a revised set of criteria which might better reflect Government policy on the sale of Trust Ports, such as Dover. The new consultation period will run for six weeks until 27 June 2011.