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Two men have been fined after they were caught disposing of scrap metal worth more than £24k without a licence.
They have now been prosecuted by Dover District Council (DDC) and forced to pay nearly £5,000 in court costs.
Michael Danny Smith and Mic…
The distraught owners of a popular pizza restaurant which was ravaged by fire have thanked the community for pulling together at their time of need.
The blaze broke out at GB Pizza Co in Margate – which had not long been refurbished ahead of its 10th a…
As the cost of living crisis grinds on, and the Chancellor unveils a ‘mini budget’ aimed at unleashing growth, it is proving a tumultuous time for small business owners.
We sent reporter Rhys Griffiths to one Kent high street where it appears to be ‘su…
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s recently as 15 years ago, any conversation about burgers in London was a binary question of whether one preferred McDonald’s or Burger King (Maccy D’s, obvs). And then came the burger explosion – sometimes literally, dismayingly – of the 2010s, as …
A man has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 for illegally transporting a friend’s rubbish as “a favour”.
Shane Jestin-Cull was caught carrying garden waste, wood and fencing in a grabber truck on the Orbital Business Park in Ashford.
The driver w…
Closure comes as AA issues ‘amber’ warning of congestion as summer getaway starts
Drivers are being warned to expect severe congestion, with the AA issuing its first “amber traffic warning” for Friday and Saturday.
Congestion is expected to peak betwee…
John Keefe, director of public affairs for Getlink – which operates the Eurotunnel between Folkestone and Calais, said the issue over the weekend had been caused by the expected “very heavy traffic of passengers” getting away on holidays alongside an u…
Channel travel chaos continues with ‘holiday hell’ at EurotunnelHolidaymakers hoping to cross from Dover and Folkestone to France on Sunday told to expect long delays Holidaymakers from the UK hoping to travel to France have endured a third day of disr…
Liz Truss has called on France to act over “entirely avoidable” delays at the border as holidaymakers and lorry drivers face another day of gridlocked roads around Dover.The foreign secretary said the delays and queues were “unacceptable”, blaming a la…
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ravellers were warned they face fresh chaos at Dover this weekend after holidaymakers and lorry drivers faced six-hour queues to board ferries to France.
Bumper-to-bumper traffic made its way towards the port on Friday – one of the busiest periods f…