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Fake designer gold rings seized at docks

Fake designer gold rings seized at docks

Gold rings worth £22,000, weighing 2.5 kilos were seized from a Romanian lorry driver on Saturday night.

Lorry driver jailed for bid to smuggle £3.8m of cocaine

Lorry driver jailed for bid to smuggle £3.8m of cocaine

A lorry driver has been jailed for 12 years after attempting to smuggle 30 kilos of cocaine - worth almost £4 million - into the UK via Dover.

Road to be cleared of lorry driver's litter

Road to be cleared of lorry driver's litter

Litter will be cleared from the A20 tonight, forcing one lane closure for four nights this week.

Position of flag pole raises some concern

Position of flag pole raises some concern

Work will go ahead in the coming month to erect a flagpole outside Maison Dieu House after a long dispute on where it should be sited.

A welcome cash boost for charities from Kent Police

A welcome cash boost for charities from Kent Police

Four charities in Dover and Sandwich have received more than £1,000 from the Kent Police property fund.

Murphy double seals Whites win

Murphy double seals Whites win

Dover end their poor run of form with a fine 2-0 away win at Kidderminster in Vanarama Conference.

Kinnear wants response

Kinnear wants response

Dover boss Chris Kinnear wants to see his side to finish Vanarama Conference with a flourish after run of poor results

Our home is falling apart around us, claims pensioner

Our home is falling apart around us, claims pensioner

An elderly couple claim they are being forced out of their home because of disruption and noise from an industrial roofing firm.

Sharks end losing run

Sharks end losing run

Dover beat Hove to win first game in London 1 South since January but coach Graham Tonks says there is room for improvement.

Modeste hoping to keep starting place

Modeste hoping to keep starting place

Winger Ricky Modeste hopes scoring goals will keep him in Dover starting line-up.

Op Stack should be 'national priority'

Op Stack should be 'national priority'

Operation Stack, and the nightmare traffic congestion which plagues Dover, should be declared a national strategic priority, an MP's warned.

Boy, 8, laid to rest after sudden meningitis death

Boy, 8, laid to rest after sudden meningitis death

The devastated loved ones of an eight-year-old football fan will say their final goodbyes today after he died suddenly of meningitis.

Raggett has had enough of losing

Raggett has had enough of losing

Young Dover defender Sean Raggett is adamant he and his team-mates don’t want to finish Vanarama Conference season with a whimper.

Teenager clipped by 'speeding' car

Teenager clipped by 'speeding' car

A Dover mother is warning people to be aware of speeding vehicles after her daughter was clipped by a car’s wing mirror.

A2 re-opens after two crashes

A2 re-opens after two crashes

A major road has been closed today after two separate crashes which caused one car to overturn and land on its roof.

Bella Italia to open at St James's in Dover

Bella Italia to open at St James's in Dover

Chain restaurant Bella Italia will open at St James's, it has been announced

Industrial action caused delays in Dover

Industrial action caused delays in Dover

Ferry services were delayed and the roads in and around Dover have today become gridlocked due to industrial action by MyFerryLink in Calais.

Rare sighting of humpback whale off Kent coast

Rare sighting of humpback whale off Kent coast

There has been a rare sighting of a humpback whale off the Kent coast by a marine mammal survey team.

Crime rates ease in majority of Dover wards

Crime rates ease in majority of Dover wards

Crime rates in seven out of 10 Dover wards eased from November to January, figures show.

Kinnear backs Rafferty

Kinnear backs Rafferty

Dover boss Chris Kinnear says even the best goalkeepers have off days after Andy Rafferty's two errors hand Lincoln the points at Crabble.

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