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Community: Town council, Margate mayor, Heritage Trust, Invicta Seekers, QEQM Friends, Town Pride Awards and Liberty College
14+ hour, 49+ min ago (1760+ words) May 24, 2026 Kathy Bailes Community 0 Broadstairs and St Peter's hosted their third annual Community Festival last weekend in Pierremont Park and the crowds turned out to enjoy all the event had to offer. Children were entertained with free face-painting, bouncy castles…...
Fire crew attends car blaze at Ramsgate seafront car park
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (135+ words) May 24, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 0 Fire and Rescue services were called to Ramsgate seafront yesterday (May 23) to a car alight in the Marina Road car park. Thick black smoke could be seen as flames engulfed the engine of an Audi hatchback....
Photos: Ramsgate marks 86th anniversary of Operation Dynamo
14+ hour ago (271+ words) May 24, 2026 Kathy Bailes Galleries 0 Following2025s Commemoration of the 85th Anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the Little Ships have returned to Ramsgate for a 4-day extravaganza, including military vehicle displays, parades, workshops and more" Crowds have filled the seafront/harbour area to take part…...
Good sports at friendly Viking Academy Games
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (510+ words) May 23, 2026 Kathy Bailes Education 0 Everyone's a winner at the annual games spectacular run by the Viking Academy Trust. Competitors from each of the three partnership schools united in the name of sport in mixed teams for one of the area's…...
Thanet residents say bin collection woe continues with complaints of "decomposing" waste having to be stored inside homes
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1151+ words) May 22, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 7 Almost six weeks into the scheme to change the way that refuse and recycling is collected for 27, 000 of Thanet's households and residents say they are still stumped by collections not happening, recycling kits not delivered and,…...
Kent's first Youth Employment and Skills Hub officially opened at Nelson College campus in Broadstairs
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (947+ words) May 22, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 0 The first Youth Employment and Skills Hub in Kent has officially opened today (May 22) at the Nelson College campus in Broadstairs. Youth Hubs bring together'Jobcentre Plus, Thanet council services, employersand training providers under one roof to…...
KCC votes through Lord's Prayer and singing national anthem at meetings
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (506+ words) May 22, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 26 By Local Democracy Reporter Simon Finlay Kent County Council has voted to recite the Lord's Prayer and to sing the national anthem at full members' meetings. Yesterday's annual KCC meeting heard a series of impassioned speeches…...
East Thanet MP to launch politics summer school for young people
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (381+ words) May 22, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 5 A new summer school designed to inspire East Thanet's next generation of political leaders is set to launch this summer, led by East Thanet MP Polly Billington. The school will offer young people the chance to…...
Things to see and do in Thanet, Bank Holiday weekend May 22-25
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1780+ words) May 22, 2026 Kathy Bailes Events 0 A trio of works by Westgate-based artist Bernadette Lourdes Lonestarr are on show at Westgate Galleria until the end of this month, in a fund-raising exhibition for PETA. Fine art prints of Bernadette's paintings, beautifully produced…...
New Lidl store for Manston Road scrapes through by one vote to gain approval
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (780+ words) May 21, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 6 Proposals for a Lidl store off Manston Road in Ramsgate have been approved " just scraping through at Thanet council's planning committee last night (May 20) by one vote. The proposal, which attracted three letters of objection and…...