Dover News - April 2017

Dover District Council has brought the maintenance of its parks and open spaces in-house with effect from 1 April 2017 as a new team of 25 directly employed staff gets to work on Council-owned land across the district.

Specialist vessels have started to arrive at the Port of Dover for the commencement of harbour dredging for the Port's Dover Western Docks Revival development.

More people have volunteered to become part of a charity which has been set up to help regenerate Dover town centre. LoveDover was launched last year to bring potentially empty buildings back into use, and Dover town councillors agreed to provide £350,000 funding to get the charity started.

An open air cinema event for the whole family is coming to Kearsney Abbey on Friday 26 May with a screening of Disney's The Lion King. The film will be shown on the south side of the lake, on the site of the old outdoor theatre.

Easter celebrations at a Dover church will include a fund-raising event to help those affected by the famine in Africa. As well as marking the biblical Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday events, members of the Beacon Church are supporting those on the brink of starvation in South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Between 8.30am and 8.45am on Saturday 8 April 2017, a man in his late 60s was travelling along an alleyway parallel to Maison Dieu Road when his wallet was taken.

Officers attending a report of an altercation in De Burgh Street, Dover, in the early hours of Saturday arrested a man on suspicion of assault.

A Later Life Celebration Event is being held in Pencester Gardens on Thursday 11 May to help people of all ages celebrate and love later life. The event will launch the new 'Later Life Address Book', and will feature a range of live entertainment, refreshments, taster sessions, and a range of information on local activities and services.

Kent Police is appealing for witnesses following a report of a serious assault in London Road on Sunday. A man in his 50s was taken to hospital with a serious facial injury.

Kent Police officers searching for a missing 53-year-old man from Dover have recovered a body. Officers were called to the Long Wood area of Dover at approximately 4pm yesterday where the man's body was found.

Dover Music Festival will take place on Saturday 26th August this year, highlighting a variety of musical acts during the day and evening. Celebrating its fifth year, the Port of Dover Community Regatta will follow on Sunday 27 August 2017.