Dover Express

Scott: ‘Mega-force’ police reforms just won’t work

EVERY police force in the country will be able to use live facial recognition vans as part of the biggest shake-up in policing in decades. An existing 10 vans will rise to 50, rolled out nationwide, to catch criminals on police watchlists – and will...

AFTER THE STORM: CLEANUP WORK BEGINS

REPAIR crews were deployed across the Folkestone and Hythe coastline last Friday after gale-force winds from Storm Goretti left a trail of destruction, forcing the closure of a major coastal road. A yellow weather warning was in effect until Friday...

Hope House plans spark fear in community

TO the weekend visitor, Folkestone is a town transformed. With its vibrant Creative Quarter, a Harbour Arm full of eateries, and the recent accolade of being named the Sunday Times Best Place to Live in the South East for 2024, it is a flagship for...

THESE DIPPERS ARE NO CHICKENS – BRAVE SWIMMERS TAKE PART IN BOXING DAY PLUNGE

HUNDREDS of brave, fearsome, and “slightly hysterical” swimmers descended on Folkestone’s Sunny Sands on Friday for the long-awaited return of the annual Boxing Day Dip. Despite the winter temperatures, the event, organised for decades by the...

Wastes of space

ILLEGAL waste is being shipped into Kent from as far afield as Scotland and Wales and dumped on illicit landfill sites, it has been revealed. In some cases, organised crime groups (OCGs) are said to be making a fortune from disposing of rubbish, often...

Sea swimmers face another dry Boxing Day

Bird flu fuels wildlife crisis

CONSERVATIONISTS are warning that British birds are being “pushed past their limits,” with the ongoing national collapse of wild populations coinciding with a virulent strain of avian influenza that has hit areas of East Kent particularly hard. A...