Dover News - April 2007

Police are increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three weeks.

South Kent College's bid to offer the new national diploma for young people has been successful. The Dover campus is one of only 40 nationwide pilot schemes for the Diplomas and will offer Health and Care from this September, and Construction from September 2009.

Police are warning the public to beware after some prescription drugs were stolen from a lorry parked on a layby on the A20 at Capel-le-Ferne between Folkestone and Dover.

Nominations are in for the Dover District Council elections which take place on 3 May - and two former Dover Mayors are standing down.

Police investigating an arson at a barn in Nonington on 5 December 2006, in which four horses were killed, have charged a 16-year-old boy from Elvington.

Maintenance work to improve safety for road users on the A20 Limekiln Viaduct will start on Wednesday, 11 April and is due to be completed by September.

Police are appealing for information after a man tricked his way into the home of an elderly couple on the Buckland Estate in Dover by posing as a water board official and stole money from a wardrobe.

Police are appealing for information after a 18-year-old man was assaulted in River, Dover.

Nominations have been announced for the Dover Town Council elections.

More than 235,000 passengers passed through the Port of Dover over the four days of the Easter holiday weekend, 7 per cent more than the 2006 holiday weekend.

Police in Dover are growing increasingly concerned about a man who has not been seen for almost five weeks.

Big increases in the Port of Dover's traffic carryings compared to 2006 are revealed in figures released by Dover Harbour Board today.

Local residents have been invited to have a cup of coffee 'on the house' to celebrate the re-opening of Dicken's Corner in the Market Square.

Dover Harbour Board confirms a man killed in an accident at the port's Eastern Docks ferry terminal this morning was employed by an outside contractor.

The Meteksan sponsored FITA World Cup archery event in Dover later this year has been officially launched. The event - the fourth and final tournament in this season's World Cup series, before the Grand Final in Dubai - takes place between July 31 and August 5.

Three teenage girls - one of them suffering from a broken leg - were rescued from beneath the cliffs at Dover on Tuesday evening.

After hearing evidence from the Police that failings in the management of the Royal Oak Public House at Whitfield were leading to crime and disorder in and around the premises, Dover District Council's Licensing Sub Committee suspended the pub's premises licence for a period of three months, at a meeting yesterday.

Police in South Kent are warning about the consequences of carrying air weapons in public. It follows several reports across South Kent over the past two weeks, two of which have involved pet cats injured by pellets.

Moves are afoot to restore the magnificent organ that once entertained thousands in Dover Town Hall.

A major multi million pound development, which is set to provide up to 1,800 jobs in this phase alone, has been officially launched this week as work begins on a massive £100m investment at the White Cliffs Business Park.

Police in South Kent are stepping up appeals to anyone who knows the whereabouts of a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly six weeks.

Seven men from Kent have been arrested in connection with an investigation into smuggling. The arrests were made on Thursday morning as part of an ongoing, extensive, investigation into the smuggling of hand rolling tobacco and drugs by a Kent based criminal organisation.