Dover District Council offices at Whitfield will be closed from 5pm on Christmas Eve until 9am on Friday January 2, the office in Castle Street, Dover, and the area office in Deal will be closed from 3pm Christmas Eve also re-opening at 9am on January 2, and the Sandwich area office closed at 4.30pm on Tuesday, and will re-open at 9am on Tuesday, January 6.

All refuse collection days and black box collections are normal, except there will be no collection on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. There will no Green Waste collections between until Monday January 5.

Full information is on the council’s website at www.dover.gov.uk

In an emergency over the Christmas period call 01304 821199.