Dover News - January 2012

New Year New You launches at Dover Discovery Centre on 17 January

Port of Dover Police came to the rescue of Nancy Hughes, a French school teacher from Calais who had been frantically searching for a road traffic sign depicting miles per hour and kilometres per hour side by side on the same sign.

A Polish man was sentenced to 15 months in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on 6 January after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle approximately 21,000 phials of steroids into the UK through Dover.

Five immigration offenders have been caught following a raid at the New Moonflower restaurant in Dover.

The Leader of Dover District Council has expressed concern at news that SeaFrance is to shed 127 jobs in East Kent following news yesterday that the ferry firm was liquidated by a French court and told to cease activity.

From the Promenade at the western end of the Gateway Flats to the Clock Tower and Cambridge Road, there is now a new Neighbourhood Watch scheme to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour, thanks to PC Martin Dadd and the Port of Dover Police.

Operation Cubit targeted Dover District from 9-11 January and removed 17 abandoned and untaxed vehicles from the streets of the area.

An immigration offender has been removed from the country following a UK Border Agency raid at the New Moonflower restaurant in Dover.

Dover District is looking forward to an exciting year - with the Olympic Torch Relay coming to Dover for a major Evening Celebration on Dover Seafront on Wednesday 18 July, as well as the Relay going to Deal, Sholden and Sandwich on Thursday 19 July.

The Bishop of Dover has chaired the second meeting of community representatives who are working together in order to take forward the development of the proposed Port of Dover Community Trust.

A warm welcome is being prepared as Dover District Council continues to work with the local community and a range of agencies and partners to get ready for the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

A Polish lorry driver has been sentenced to four-and-half years imprisonment for attempting to import 51 kilos of herbal cannabis into the UK through Dover. The drugs had an estimated street value of £350,000.