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Author Geraldine McCaughrean and the Margate Town Read project

28 January 2014
Author Geraldine McCaughrean and the Margate Town Read project

Thanet residents are being encouraged to take part in a unique Margate Town Read project over the next few weeks.

Thanet Skills Studio students with KCC deputy cabinet member for education Cllr Margaret Crabtree

27 January 2014
Thanet Skills Studio students with KCC deputy cabinet member for education Cllr Margaret Crabtree

Students and staff in Thanet have been praised following a top level Kent county Council education visit.

EU Referendum Bill MP Visits Ramsgate

21 January 2014
EU Referendum Bill MP Visits Ramsgate

Let the people decide - that is the clear message from EU Referendum Bill MP James Wharton during a visit to Ramsgate.

Daniel Bye is searching for tales about Margate people and places.

14 January 2014
Daniel Bye is searching for tales about Margate people and places.

Daniel Bye is gathering stories and fables about Margate from local people ready for his new show Story Hunt.

Euro referendum MP invited to Ramsgate

14 January 2014
Euro referendum MP invited to Ramsgate

MP James Wharton, the man behind the EU Referendum Bill, is campaigning in Ramsgate on Friday (January 17).

Council tax freeze plan for Thanet

13 January 2014
Council tax freeze plan for Thanet

A freeze on council tax in Thanet for the fourth year running is being recommended by the local authority’s leadership, despite facing a further ‘sign

Funny man Ed Byrne to play Margate

07 January 2014
Funny man Ed Byrne to play Margate

A self-confessed ‘miserable old git since the age of 23, Ed Byrne is now in his forties. While for others this might result in a crisis that prompts

Woman, 87, injured in robbery

06 January 2014
Woman, 87, injured in robbery

A pensioner had to be treated in hospital after being pushed to the ground in a daylight robbery.

Senior vice principal retires

06 January 2014
Senior vice principal retires

Staff and students at Hartsdown Academy have wished a fond farewell to popular Senior Vice Principal Isabel Hack who retired at the end of term after

Little Harry Hudson recovering after dog attack in Westgate

31 December 2013
Little Harry Hudson recovering after dog attack in Westgate

A young boy was attacked by a dog when he was riding his bike home along a cycle track across fields between Westgate and Garlinge.

Skies will light up above Margate to launch 2014

30 December 2013
Skies will light up above Margate to launch 2014

The skies over Margate will be ablaze with colour at midnight on New Year’s Eve, ushering 2014 in with a spectacular firework display.

South Thanet MP Laura Sandys welcomes road safety inquiry

23 December 2013
South Thanet MP Laura Sandys welcomes road safety inquiry

A highways inquiry has been promised to campaigners who are continuing their fight for improved road safety around Broadstairs schools into 2014.

Fayreness Hotel £1.4 million upgrade

04 December 2013
Fayreness Hotel £1.4 million upgrade

Shepherd Neame is to spend £1.4 million redeveloping a hotel at one of the most picturesque spots on the Thanet coast, often used as a film location.

Vox Pop for Margate festivecelebration

02 December 2013
Vox Pop for Margate festivecelebration

It’s a busy festive season for members of Margate’s Vox Pop youth choir.

Margate art students explore Turnery Contemporary

19 November 2013
Margate art students explore Turnery Contemporary

The Turner Contemporary exhibition by Dorothy Cross has proved inspirational for young Margate writers.

Dreamland Margate opens for the public

18 November 2013
Dreamland Margate opens for the public

The sleeping giant of Dreamland amusement park was woken from its slumbers by thousands of eager visitors keen to get behind the rebirth of famous sea

Thanet helps Children in Need

18 November 2013
Thanet helps Children in Need

Thanet was spectacularly spotty in aid of this year’s record-breaking Children in Need appeal.

Ramsgate fishing quota project overwhelming success

12 November 2013
Ramsgate fishing quota project overwhelming success

A pilot project, which has provided 26 per cent more quota to small boat fishermen as well as helping to reduce discards, has been branded an unpreced

Viva La Drag! The ultimate girls' night out in Margate.

08 November 2013
Viva La Drag! The ultimate girls' night out in Margate.

Viva La Drag! is the latest hit show coming straight from the West End to Margate and features some of show business's top names

View Doctor Who at Vue in 3D for 50th anniversary at Westwood Cross.

06 November 2013
View Doctor Who at Vue in 3D for 50th anniversary at Westwood Cross.

Vue Entertainment, with BBC Worldwide, is to screen the special 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who on the big screen at Westwood Cross

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