Dover News - November 2011

The Port of Dover has welcomed the announcement by the Government that East Kent's bid for a £40 million Regional Growth Fund has been successful.

This month, the Port of Dover Police are organising a Road Safety Awareness Week as part of a national campaign run by the charity, BRAKE.

A major announcement is being celebrated today with the news that the Olympic Torch is coming to Deal, Sandwich and Sholden on 19 July 2012, as well as Dover on 18 July, and people are invited to join in and welcome the Olympic Flame.

Kent Police and Dover District Council are taking tough action against young people who have been damaging property and causing a nuisance in an area of Dover.

The Port of Dover is providing nearly 90 acres of chalk downland to the Kent Wildlife Trust in an exciting new partnership with Kent's leading conservation charity.

A Dutch lorry driver has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine smuggling through the Port of Dover.

Last weekend Dover Rugby Club, supported by the Port of Dover, hosted the third East Kent rugby tournament for under-seven and under-eight year old children.

Dover District Council is welcoming major news that legal agreements for the multi million pound redevelopment of the St James' area of Dover have been signed today.

The Esplanade on Dover's seafront has been highly commended in the Concrete Society's 2011 Awards.

The Port of Dover has outperformed all other UK Ports in the first mandatory Government scheme aimed at improving energy efficiency and cutting emissions in large public and private sector companies in the UK.

The Port of Dover welcomed around 250 delegates this week from official agencies based in Kent taking part in Exercise Manchex 2011.

The Bishop of Dover, the Right Reverend Trevor Willmott, has chaired the first meeting of community representatives who will work together in order to take forward the possible development of the Port of Dover Community Trust.

Saga has announced that it is delighted to have reached agreement to ensure that the Port of Dover remains a home port for Saga cruises until at least 2016.

Dover has played its part in the written word over the centuries - and now a new exhibition has opened at Dover Museum looking at some of the writers and their works inspired by the town and its history.

Dover District Council and Kent County Council are welcoming major news that this year's Open Championship delivered a massive £77 million boost to Kent, according to latest research announced yesterday.

Following the recent signing of legal agreements, planning applications have been submitted today by Bond City for the major multi million pound redevelopment of the St James' area of Dover.

Dover District Council is welcoming the success of the major new recycling service that continues to roll out across the area - and is thanking householders for their support as recycling rates have already hit 45%.

In what is being described as a significant vote of confidence in the strategic direction of the UK's busiest trust port, the Government has today formally given the go ahead for Dover's second ferry terminal (Terminal 2).