Dover News - January 2013

Stall holders at Dover's Tuesday Market are determined to continue trading despite the harsh winter weather. Every Tuesday from the 15th January to the end of March the old Ernest Newson shop in the Market Square will host stall holders keen to continue trading.

Do you want to make a change to your life for 2013? If the answer is yes then Dover Gateway, Dover Discovery Centre, Deal Library and NHS Health Trainers are there to help you with two special 'New Year New You' events for Dover District.

A man from Dover has started a seven year jail sentence after attacking three people with a knife.

Residents and visitors to the Dover district are set to receive a New Year boost as the Council proposes freezing existing car parking charges in all Council car parks for the coming year.

CCTV images of men and women that Kent Police want to speak to in connection with a range of crimes across East Kent have been released.

After six months away from her home port, the volunteer crew of the Dover Lifeboat have welcomed back their own boat, City Of London II, after a major £1 million refit.

Dover District Council is launching a major campaign to clamp down on environmental crimes such as littering and dog fouling, as part of their work to make the district a great place to live, work and visit.

Police in the Dover district are warning people who cause criminal damage, they WILL be made to face the consequences.

Dover Lifeboat volunteers and a crew from Kent Fire & Rescue's Dover Fire Station will come together this Saturday to mark the RNLI's national fundraising SOS Day.

Dover District Council has been awarded 'Smarter Planning Champion' status in recognition of their drive for efficiency and improving the delivery of their planning application service.

An attempt to smuggle more than two tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco into the UK through Dover has been foiled by Border Force officers.

Two men have been sent to prison for 18 months after they admitted robbing a 14-year-old Dover boy of £3 - his bus fare home.

Dover District Council has been successful in its joint bid for funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change's competition 'Cheaper Energy Together'.

Tourism is worth almost £250m to the economy in Dover District and supports more than 4,500 jobs - according to latest research into the district's visitor economy.

The sun came out to shine in Dover on Saturday when volunteers from the Dover Lifeboat Crew got together with a crew from Dover Fire Station to wash cars in aid of the RNLI's annual SOS fundraising day.

Local residents are invited to come along and find out about a range of public services at the next Neighbourhood Forum meetings on on Thursday 31 January (Dover North) and Thursday 7 February (Dover Town).

Maritime Minister Stephen Hammond visited the Port of Dover yesterday to meet the new Dover Harbour Board Chairman, George Jenkins, and the executive management team. He was joined by the local MP for Dover and Deal, Charlie Elphicke.