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Dog seriously hurt after savage attack in arms of owner

Dog seriously hurt after savage attack in arms of owner

A small dog and its owner have been hurt after a terrifying attack on a recreation ground.

Fundraising heats up with help from lottery and celebrity weather girl

Fundraising heats up with help from lottery and celebrity weather girl

Lottery cash is a providing a kickstart to a marathon fund-raising campaign towards restoration at St Peter’s church.

Asda provides chance for out-of-work homeless people

Asda provides chance for out-of-work homeless people

Homeless people are gaining work experience through charity Porchlight working with Asda in Broadstairs on a pilot programme.

Salesman admits stealing £2k from vulnerable woman of 90

Salesman admits stealing £2k from vulnerable woman of 90

A door-to-door salesman who took advantage of a kindly 90-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer by stealing £2,000 has been spared jail.

Cash needed to create sensory garden for special boy Archie

Cash needed to create sensory garden for special boy Archie

Family and friends of severely disabled Archie Page are appealing for help fund-raising for a special sensory garden to enrich his world and play

How Thanet people can influence local healthcare

How Thanet people can influence local healthcare

People in Thanet can find out how to be involved in decision making for local healthcare at a meeting on Tuesday, March 11.

Kids have their say on new play area for Millmead.

Kids have their say on new play area for Millmead.

Children on Margate's Millmead Estate have helped choose equipment for a new scheme.

Teenager becomes new youth tsar a year after Twitter debacle

Teenager becomes new youth tsar a year after Twitter debacle

A 19-year-old has today been appointed Kent's youth commissioner almost a year after the original appointment collapsed over offensive Twitter posts.

Family of driver who died when truck overturned set to take legal action

Family of driver who died when truck overturned set to take legal action

Relatives of a father killed when the cement mixer truck he was driving overturned off a motorway are set to pursue legal action, an inquest heard.

Ramsgate dad M25 death crash inquest verdict

Ramsgate dad M25 death crash inquest verdict

A popular Ramsgate dad died when the cement mixer truck he was driving overturned on a motorway sliproad.

Teenagers held over attack in car park

Teenagers held over attack in car park

Three 17-year-olds have been arrested after a man suffered multiple injuries in an alleged attack in a supermarket car park.

Broadstairs through to National Indoor Cricket finals

Broadstairs through to National Indoor Cricket finals

Broadstairs are back at Lord's for second time after victory over Suffolk side Hadleigh in the Regional Indoor finals at Canterbury.

Beach cross thrills race into Margate this weekend

Beach cross thrills race into Margate this weekend

Top quad bikers and beach motorcross riders head for Margate this weekend for the curtain-raiser for the 2014 season.

Update: Fifth arrest after motorcyclist hit by 'suspicious' car

Update: Fifth arrest after motorcyclist hit by 'suspicious' car

Five people are now being held by police after a car hit a motorcyclist then crashed into a wall.

Bang, crash, wallop! Drunk learner driver feigns surprise after triple crash.

Bang, crash, wallop! Drunk learner driver feigns surprise after triple crash.

Crafty chef Aaron Dunsby feigned surprise when his pal’s new Vauxhall Corsa vanished from outside his Margate home.

Battle cry by school head to fight with words

Battle cry by school head to fight with words

War has been waged by a Margate school in the interests of its students.

Buster the Bug invades Margate school

Buster the Bug invades Margate school

Buster the Bug invades Northdown Primary Academy to inspire bookworms

Happy homecoming for lucky black cats

Happy homecoming for lucky black cats

A Broadstairs family are thrilled that their beloved black cats have mysteriously reappeared following publicity through the KM Group

'Hot hatch' launched on road safety mission

'Hot hatch' launched on road safety mission

A hot hatch stole the show when it made its debut in Ramsgate as the latest tool in a countywide road safety campaign for young people.

Opening of Birchington's new Post Office.

Opening of Birchington's new Post Office.

A new Post Office opens in Birchington today at 1pm.

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