The Mayor of Folkestone is writing to her counterpart in Paris to offer condolences from the town.

Flags have already been lowered to half-mast across the town but Cllr Emily Arnold will write to Anne Hidalgo in Paris to express the town's sympathies.

A minute's silence was held across the town this morning as Europe came together to remember the victims of Friday's awful attacks in a show of solidarity.

The death toll following the devastating attacks across the French capital has reached 129 while a further 352 were injured.

There are strong links between Folkestone and France and is twinned with two French towns - Etaples and Boulogne, both in the Pas de Calais department.

The flag on The Leas was lowered on Saturday and will remain at half-mast until the end of France's three day period of mourning announced by President Francois Hollande today.

A spokesman for Folkestone town council said the letter would be sent on behalf of the council and the residents of Folkestone "to express their deepest sympathies to the victims and the families of those affected".

A statement posted by the Folkestone Town Centre Management said: "Folkestone Town Centre Management will be observing a minute's silence at 11am in memory of those killed and injured in the Paris Attacks."

Staff at Shepway District Council also held a minute's silence with the flags outside the Civic Centre in Castle Hill Avenue lowered.