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Pupils pick up their GCSE results

20 August 2015
Pupils pick up their GCSE results

Read the results and reactions from across the Isle of Thanet here.

Beach volleyball draws the crowds

18 August 2015
Beach volleyball draws the crowds

Glorious sunshine beamed down on the top players from across Europe as they returned to Margate for the national beach volleyball finals.

Care home closed over fears of choking and malnutrition

18 August 2015
Care home closed over fears of choking and malnutrition

A residential home has been closed due to serious concerns about the welfare of its elderly inhabitants.

Clash of the frightens

18 August 2015
Clash of the frightens

The Winter Gardens is embracing the Halloween season with scary attractions - but a similar spookfest at Dreamland will also be vying for victims.

Jackknifed lorry causes delays

18 August 2015
Jackknifed lorry causes delays

A man has been taken to hospital after a fuel spill caused delays at a major roundabout this morning.

A-level results day 2015

13 August 2015
A-level results day 2015

Students across Thanet are collecting their A-level and International Baccalaureate results today.

Woman freed from under vehicle after road accident in Margate

13 August 2015
Woman freed from under vehicle after road accident in Margate

A woman in her 40s has been airlifted to a London hospital after she was freed from under a van.

US firm 'transfers $2m' to buy airport

11 August 2015
US firm 'transfers $2m' to buy airport

A council's demand for financial information from an American company wanting to buy the Manston airport site has been met, claim supporters.

Festival of fear heading for Kent coast

11 August 2015
Festival of fear heading for Kent coast

Preparations are already underway for Halloween at the county's newest pleasure park.

We're going to need a bigger beach

07 August 2015
We're going to need a bigger beach

Organisers of an open air screening of Jaws at a Kent beach appear to have bitten off more than they could chew as the viewing has been cancelled.

Plant bursts through roof of greenhouse

07 August 2015
Plant bursts through roof of greenhouse

A rare species of plant which blooms once every 100 years has outgrown a Ramsgate greenhouse.

Chelsea Pensioners enjoy day by the seaside

06 August 2015
Chelsea Pensioners enjoy day by the seaside

Red coats and tricorn hats could be seen in Margate today as the Chelsea Pensioners enjoyed a day by the seaside.

No plans for cross-channel ferry service at port

06 August 2015
No plans for cross-channel ferry service at port

Thanet council has confirmed there is no agreement with Euroferries Express for a cross-channel ferry service between Ramsgate and Boulogne.

Woman hunts for sister lost since mother's murder

05 August 2015
Woman hunts for sister lost since mother's murder

Since her mother was murdered in 1938, Olive Rose Butcher hasn't seen her sister Everall - but now she is on the hunt for her long-lost sibling.

Do you recognise this man?

05 August 2015
Do you recognise this man?

Officers have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after a phone went missing on a bus.

Museum reopens after burglars’ raid

05 August 2015
Museum reopens after burglars’ raid

Ramsgate Maritime Museum has reopened after an army of volunteers helped repair damage from a burglary last week.

Sex abuse inquiry launched into former Prime Minister

04 August 2015
Sex abuse inquiry launched into former Prime Minister

Kent Police is among four forces investigating alleged child sexual abuse by Kent-born former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.

Disabled woman devastated after plants stolen from display

30 July 2015
Disabled woman devastated after plants stolen from display

A winner of a Cliftonville gardening competition is appealing for her plants to be found after they were taken from her display.

Do you recognise these men?

29 July 2015
Do you recognise these men?

Detectives have released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary in Margate.

Ramsgate man jailed for assaults and burglary

28 July 2015
Ramsgate man jailed for assaults and burglary

A man who assaulted two people in their home and returned later to steal from the same address has been jailed for three and a half years.

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