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Investigation on Missing Items at Margate Museum

Posted On: 26-Mar-13 23:46

TDC is now investigating claims that it may have lost some of its treasures. Tony Ovenden, a Margate Museum & Thanet Coast Project volunteer, has alleged that publicly owned art and historical artefacts have been lost or are unaccounted for, due to a culture of mismanagement.

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Drug Ring Members Get Sentence

Posted On: 26-Mar-13 18:52

Three members of a gang of nine dealing in drugs across Canterbury and the South Coast , who live in Broadstairs have all received prison sentences. Angela McColl, 52, of Prospect Road, received a two year sentence, suspended for two years; Justin McColl, 31, of Camden Road was jailed for 4 years and Daniel Bridge, 27, of Carlton Avenue was jailed for 3 years.

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TDC Settles Animal Exporters Claim

Posted On: 26-Mar-13 15:07

Thanet District Council has at last settled its judicial review and injunction claim in respect of its temporary ban on live animal exports from the port of Ramsgate last year.

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Margate teenager fearing for life over visa appeal

Posted On: 25-Mar-13 09:10

An Afghan teenager who fled his homeland to escape the Taliban faces a London court this week in a bid to save his life.

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Two charged after car theft in Margate

Posted On: 25-Mar-13 08:59

Two people have been charged after a woman reported that her car had been stolen from St Peters Road Margate on Tuesday, March 19.

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RSPCA fails to halt live exports at Ramsgate

Posted On: 25-Mar-13 08:56

The RSPCA has failed in a renewed attempt to challenge the legality of the export of live sheep through the port of Ramsgate in Kent.

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Portas money for Margate regeneration 'will not be wasted'

Posted On: 25-Mar-13 08:51

Traders, shoppers and residents in Margate have questioned why only a fraction of the money given for a regeneration scheme has been spent.

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Artistic Gardening

Posted On: 25-Mar-13 08:48

Gardeners welcomed a team of artists to their Northdown Park plot last week as part of a project for people with mental health and learning difficulties.

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Christian Nock visits Thanet in Help for Heroes challenge

Posted On: 22-Mar-13 09:08

A homeless ex-soldier is walking through Thanet on a record-breaking 6,500-mile trip around the entire coastline of Britain.

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Archaeology group set to celebrate 25th anniversary

Posted On: 22-Mar-13 09:00

A keynote lecture, looking to the past and the future, will mark the 25th anniversary of the start of The Trust for Thanet Archaeology.

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