Dover News - August 2014

Border Force seized approximately 40 kilos of cocaine from a cargo ship at Dover last week

Nearly 70 council homes in Aylesham will be warmer, more weather resistant, and have the chance to enjoy lower energy bills this winter after receiving a Dover District Council and Government funded eco-makeover.

Police investigating a burglary at an address in Tower Hill, Dover on 6 August have made an arrest.

Community groups across Dover District are being invited to apply for grants from £100 to £250,000 for projects that bring together the civilian and armed forces communities.

Community groups in Kent's former coalfields have successfully applied for grants of more than £6,000 to help a range of projects for the future.

A Dover taxi driver who sexually assaulted two teenage women who had been on nights out in the town has been jailed.

A service is being held at Dover Town Hall for Merchant Navy Day on Wednesday 3 September from 10.30am, followed by a wreath laying ceremony on Dover Seafront at 12 noon.

The volunteer crew of Dover's RNLI lifeboat had a tragic start to the bank holiday weekend when they went to the aid of a diver in difficulties on Friday evening.

It was out with the old to prepare to bring in the new when Dover MP Charlie Elphicke stood alongside Dover Harbour Board Chairman, George Jenkins OBE, and Chief Executive, Tim Waggott, on Friday.

The panel responsible for choosing a Community Director met at the Port of Dover yesterday to review 27 applications for the recently advertised non-executive Community Director role on the Dover Harbour Board.

Public Inquiries to consider the compulsory purchase of land and the stopping up of roads in respect of the Dover Town Investment Zone will be held concurrently at Dover District Council's Whitfield offices on 30 September 2014.

Kent Police collision investigators are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road incident in Dover to help them establish the circumstances.