http://www.thanet.gov.uk Press Releases & Focus on Thanet Articles en-gb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:32 GMT @copyright Thanet District Council http://www.thanet.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12 15 http://www.thanet.gov.uk/ http://www.thanet.gov.uk/images/rssnews.gif Thanet receives more blue flags for its beaches than any council area in the UK. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/thanets_blue_flags.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/thanets_blue_flags.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:21 GMT Thanet’s Visitor Information Service has been awarded Bronze for ‘Visitor Information Provider of the Year’ at the Visit England Awards for Excellence ceremony. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/awards_for_excellence.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/awards_for_excellence.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:12 GMT TDC Cabinet to consider draft action plan for new economic strategy on 29 May. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/economic_strategy_action_plan.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/economic_strategy_action_plan.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:04 GMT Cabinet members at TDC are to consider how to tackle an outstanding debt of around £3.3million from Transeuropa. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/transeuropa_outstanding_debt.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/transeuropa_outstanding_debt.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:04 GMT http://www.thanet.gov.uk/housing/private_sector_housing/landlord_information.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/housing/private_sector_housing/landlord_information.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:05 GMT Come and find out about noise awareness on Wednesday 22nd May. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/noise_awareness_day_22_may.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/noise_awareness_day_22_may.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 16:13:15 GMT New appointments to key council positions made last night (Thursday 16 May) http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/new_council_appointments.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/new_council_appointments.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 17 May 2013 14:07:26 GMT A Margate woman has been fined, after pleading guilty to a fly-tipping offence which took place in Margate. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/fly-tipper_appears_in_court.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/fly-tipper_appears_in_court.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:33 GMT TDC's multi-million pound coastal flood defence scheme now complete! http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/sea_flood_scheme_complete.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/sea_flood_scheme_complete.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 10 May 2013 12:01:41 GMT This summer, for the first time ever, the National Beach Volleyball Finals 2013 will be taking place on the golden sands of Margate beach on 24 and 25 August. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest-press-releases/national-volleyball-finals.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest-press-releases/national-volleyball-finals.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 09 May 2013 12:23:12 GMT The Illegal Money Lending Team is a national project hosted by Birmingham City Council with the aim of stamping out illegal loan sharks and doorstep lending. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/focus_on_news/loan_sharks.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/focus_on_news/loan_sharks.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 08 May 2013 15:06:02 GMT Plans to open Dreamland in Margate as a major seaside attraction are back on track for Thanet District Council and The Dreamland Trust following a High Court ruling today (Thursday 2 May). http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/dreamland_appeal_dismissal.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/dreamland_appeal_dismissal.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 08 May 2013 13:38:10 GMT Thanet District Council’s Crematorium invited guests to its inauguration on Monday 15 April to see the significant improvements made following £1.5 million investment. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest-press-releases/crematorium-improvements.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest-press-releases/crematorium-improvements.aspx?lang=en-gb Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:49:36 GMT Cabinet Members last week (Thursday 25 April) approved the council’s Air Quality Action Plan for 2013. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/air_quality_action_plan.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/air_quality_action_plan.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:29:38 GMT “Council officers were found to have acted appropriately in all circumstances and there was no evidence of misconduct on the part of any council officer.” http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest-press-releases/officers-acted-appropriately.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest-press-releases/officers-acted-appropriately.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 13 May 2013 15:07:50 GMT Dane Valley Ward and Fort Crescent have been targeted in the latest Cleansweep operation led by Thanet District Council. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/operation_cleansweep_success-1.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/operation_cleansweep_success-1.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 03 May 2013 15:36:16 GMT What does East Kent mean to you? For hundreds of years there has been movement through East Kent. Now there is a movement in East Kent. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/focus_on_news/back_the_bid.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/focus_on_news/back_the_bid.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:02:48 GMT On 7th May 2013 Thanet Gateway Plus will be running their annual event, ‘Know Your Gateway’ in Broadstairs Library from 10am – 2pm. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/know_your_gateway_2013.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/know_your_gateway_2013.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:30:50 GMT Thanet District Council continues its hard work to ensure that fly-tippers are convicted for their offences. http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/fly-tipper%e2%80%99s_prosecuted.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/fly-tipper%e2%80%99s_prosecuted.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 09 May 2013 13:59:14 GMT For the first time in Kent, double gold Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes is enrolling young adults from Thanet, aged 18-25 for the ‘Get on Track’ project which is being held this April! http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/get_on_track_thanet.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/get_on_track_thanet.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:56:15 GMT