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Kent Miners' Festival

Kent Miners' Festival

21 August 2013

Revellers at the Kent Miners’ Festival on Bank Holiday Monday can learn all about the history of coal at Tilmanstone.

Family's grief after woman, 23, dies when car overturns

Family's grief after woman, 23, dies when car overturns

20 August 2013

The family of a young woman killed when a car she was in overturned in a field have today described her as "always laughing and joking".

Police pull out of Remembrance Sunday parades

Police pull out of Remembrance Sunday parades

20 August 2013

War veterans will have to arrange for roads to be closed at Remembrance Sunday parades after Kent Police pulled out of marshalling dozens of events.

Safety warning to dog walkers

Safety warning to dog walkers

19 August 2013

Keep dogs on leads. That is the renewed warning from Dover lifeboat after another dog has died falling from the cliffs near Kingsdown.

Fine A-level results for east Kent

Fine A-level results for east Kent

16 August 2013

Schools and students from around the Dover-Deal-Sandwich district are celebrating excellent A-level results.

Mum's tearful plea after teenage son dies in crash

Mum's tearful plea after teenage son dies in crash

16 August 2013

A mother fought back tears as she urged others to wear seatbelts... after her 17-year-old son lost his life in a crash.

Hospital development delayed by WWII bunker

Hospital development delayed by WWII bunker

15 August 2013

A bunker dating back to the Second World War has held back work on a new hospital.

Community interest company will submit fresh bid, says former Mayor

Community interest company will submit fresh bid, says former Mayor

15 August 2013

Former mayor Sue Jones and her business partner Ross Miller say they will not give up hope of running the toilets at East Cliff.

This week's Dover Mercury

This week's Dover Mercury

14 August 2013

Some of the top stories in this week's Dover Mercury.

More shops join fight to halt drink problem

 More shops join fight to halt drink problem

14 August 2013

More off-licences are joining in the crackdown on the problems caused by street drinkers and their anti-social behaviour.

Litter campaigner calls for street recycling bins

 Litter campaigner calls for street recycling bins

14 August 2013

The removal of recycling facilities in Dover came as a surprise to a man who collects discarded cans from the town's streets for recycling.

Help protect wildlife site from criminal damage

 Help protect wildlife site from criminal damage

14 August 2013

One of Britain’s most important wildlife sites – the Warren between Dover and Folkestone – is being damaged by crime and anti-social behaviour.

Fake washing powder "could cause pain"

Fake washing powder "could cause pain"

14 August 2013

A 20-tonne load of counterfeit washing powder which could cause a painful reaction has been found at Dover docks.

Questions left unanswered after man's body found floating in sea

Questions left unanswered after man's body found floating in sea

13 August 2013

The final hours of a gardener - whose body was found floating in the sea just days after he bought a car - will remain a mystery.

Appeal for stranger who grabbed driver's hair and rammed head into wheel

Appeal for stranger who grabbed driver's hair and rammed head into wheel

13 August 2013

A stranger flagged down a woman driver before pushing her head into the steering wheel.

Fire engulfs field and combine harvester

Fire engulfs field and combine harvester

11 August 2013

A combine harvester was damaged by fire when a blaze broke out in a field between Dover and Folkestone yesterday.

Lifeboat tows stranded yacht back to Dover

Lifeboat tows stranded yacht back to Dover

10 August 2013

Dover Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht becalmed in the busy shipping lanes in the Channel.

Animal rights protestors march through London

Animal rights protestors march through London

10 August 2013

Protestors are marching in London today calling for an end to the live export of farm animals.

Man found dead at Walmer home

Man found dead at Walmer home

10 August 2013

Police are investigating the death of a man at an address in Walmer, Deal.

Man stabbed in back in 'racist' attack

Man stabbed in back in 'racist' attack

09 August 2013

A man who stabbed a Polish stranger in the back in a "cowardly and racist" attack in a row over a cigarette has been jailed.

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