Dover News - September 2013

A lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling 1.8 million cigarettes into Dover Ferry Port, via Calais.

Officers investigating criminal damage at a childcare nursery in Dover are appealing for information.

Residents across Dover District are being reminded they can have their say on spending priorities for 2014/15 and beyond in a major budget consultation exercise being undertaken by Dover District Council - and the closing date is 20 September.

Kent Police was called to the coastbound carriageway of the A2 near Temple Ewell at 1.36am this morning to reports a pedestrian had been in collision with a silver Mercedes A series car.

Dover Marina has held an open fun day. Over 100 budding mariners and seasoned sailors came along to the event, the first of its kind at Dover.

The closing date for applications from community groups for funding of up to £2,500 from the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums has been extended by one week to 20 September.

Dover District Council's Cabinet has agreed proposals to remove the Big Screen from the Market Square.

"The Port is the town and the town is the Port. They are one and the same and rely on each other." That is the message coming from Dover Harbour Board Chairman, George Jenkins, at the inaugural meeting of the Port & Community Forum held at The Ark, Dover on 5th September 2013.

Border Force officers are investigating after they seized approximately 47 kilos of cocaine from a cargo ship at Dover on Sunday.

The Port of Dover is sponsoring the annual Shakespeare Beach survey and beach clean as part of the Marine Conservation Society's Beachwatch Big Weekend.

For the second consecutive year, the Port of Dover has been shortlisted for the European Sea Ports Organisation's (ESPO) Societal Integration of Ports award. It is also the second year in a row that Dover has been the only UK port to make it through to the shortlist of five European ports.

Parents fighting to save Dover's and Deal's Sure Start Centres from closure were visited by Labour's Sharon Hodgson, the Shadow Minister for Children and Families, yesterday.

A fascinating new exhibition about the excavation of an Anglo Saxon monastic site in East Kent is coming to Dover Museum on 1 October.

Kent Police is renewing its appeal for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision between a cyclist and a van in Ringwould on Saturday 7 September.

Kent Police is appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision in Dover this morning.

Police investigating a fatal road collision near Dover which claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy have charged a taxi driver with causing death by careless driving.

The annual Shakespeare Beach survey and beach clean which took place on Sunday saw an impressive 86 volunteers, including Port of Dover staff and their families, offer their time to give Shakespeare beach a good clean.

Dover Leisure Centre is temporarily closing its swimming pool from Monday 7 October to Friday 11 October, and the sports hall/gym/work out rooms on Monday and Tuesday 7 & 8 October, for a range of routine maintenance works.