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Alcohol Awareness Week In Dover
An important drive to help raise alcohol awareness is bringing a special event to Dover Market Square on Tuesday 19 October.
8 October 2010 | Full story...

Croydon Man Admits Dover Heroin Smuggling Attempt
A Bulgarian man living in Croydon has admitted attempting to smuggle heroin into the UK through Dover's Eastern Docks.
8 October 2010 | Full story...

Have Your Say On Whitfield Proposals
Dover District Council has announced the start of an 8 week public consultation into plans for an urban extension to Whitfield. The consultation will run from 4 October until midnight on 29 November 2010, and will include a public exhibition at Whitfield Village Hall on 8 and 9 October - and your views are sought.
26 September 2010 | Full story...

Local Enterprise Partnership
Dover District Council is welcoming news that an exciting proposal for a major new economic partnership for Kent and Essex has been submitted to Government.
22 September 2010 | Full story...

Shakespeare Beach - Beachwatch Big Weekend
Local organisations are joining forces to back a marine litter survey and clean-up at Shakespeare Beach this weekend. The White Cliffs Countryside Partnership, with support from Dover Harbour Board and Clean Kent, will give a much needed boost to the Marine Conservation Society's Beachwatch Big Weekend.
17 September 2010 | Full story...

New Lease Of Life For Waterfront Hotel
The Port of Dover has confirmed that it has leased the historic hotel on the seafront, bringing one of Dover's most elegant buildings back to life. The new owners are no strangers to the hotel industry already running the successful 4* Ramada Hotel in Dover.
17 September 2010 | Full story...

Operation Cubit Targets Abandoned Vehicles
Operation Cubit targeted Dover District from 6-8 September and removed 19 abandoned and untaxed vehicles from the streets of the district.
10 September 2010 | Full story...

"Mint" Smuggler Jailed
An Ipswich man was sentenced to 18 months at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday 2 September for the attempted importation of 500 cannabis plants through Dover.
10 September 2010 | Full story...

Don't Lose Your Right To Vote
Dover District Council is reminding residents that the annual canvass for the Register of Electors is currently taking place – and every residential property in the district should now have received a form to update the register that should be checked.
9 September 2010 | Full story...

You Decide At Neighbourhood Forums
Local residents are invited to come along and vote for their favourite community projects at the next meeting of the Dover North Neighbourhood Forum on Saturday 18 September at Elvington Community Centre from 10am.
9 September 2010 | Full story...