Dover News - September 2017

A lorry driver who smuggled more than a tonne of hand-rolling tobacco into Dover's Eastern Docks has been jailed for 22 months.

A woman from Dover has been banned from driving for 18 months after pleading guilty to drink driving. Roxann George was sentenced last Wednesday at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.

At a special meeting today, Dover District Council's Cabinet gave the go ahead for the construction of the new £26m Dover District Leisure Centre at Whitfield. Construction will start on the 2.1ha site later this month with a planned opening early in 2019.

A woman from Dover has been banned for driving for 22 months after pleading guilty to drink driving in the town. Sarah King was sentenced last Wednesday at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.

The popular Folkestone Road Community Hub will reopen on Thursday with a barbeque for all the community from 5.30pm.

Twenty-year-old Elliott Allen has been congratulated by the Chairman of Dover District Council after Elliott's medal winning success at the World Kickboxing and Karate Union World Championships, which included two gold medals.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the reported thefts of charity collection boxes in Dover. Craig Dunn, 25, of Westbury Road, was taken into custody yesterday accused of stealing approximately £50 worth of donations from the Dovorian Restaurant in Priory Place.

A second man has been charged with stealing charity collection boxes from a number of businesses in Dover.

Dover District Council has announced it is supporting Small Business Saturday once again this year by offering free parking in DDC owned off-street car parks on Saturday 2 December 2017.

A new TradeMarq Trade Park is under construction as a wave of new investment brings new business to Whitfield. The development also includes a Subway which will have frontage on Honeywood Parkway.

Cllr Paul Watkins is to retire as Leader of Dover District Council and step down as a ward councillor on 30 September 2017. Cllr Watkins has been Leader since 2003 and is one of the longest serving Council Leaders in Kent.

Officers are warning residents to make sure their homes are secure after three burglaries were reported in Dover. The first is reported to have taken place overnight on Sunday in Buckland Avenue, the second was also reported overnight on the same day in Ashen Tree Lane and the third was reported overnight in Lower Road, River, on Wednesday.

​Work has started today to construct a new play area at the Triangles Community Centre in St. Radigund's, Dover. The new facilities are designed for children up to the age of 14, and will include a range of inclusive play equipment. There will also be a picnic area together with outdoor gym equipment, suitable for all ages and abilities.

A man has been jailed for 120 days after pleading guilty to seven shoplifting offences and the theft of three charity boxes in Dover. James Christopher Pope was sentenced on 16 September at Canterbury Magistrates' Court. He also pleaded guilty to attempted theft.

A man has been charged following an incident in Marine Parade where a warehouse was reportedly burgled, a car was broken into and a stereo was stolen.