Press Release Archive
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Another 8,000 homes, which will be joining the council’s wheeled bin scheme in the autumn, are getting leaflets explaining how it works.
A notice has been served by Thanet District Council to ensure that a fence is put in place to protect Margate’s Scenic Railway, the country’s oldest rollercoaster, until it is repaired.
Disability sports for children and young people are heading to heading to beaches around Thanet this summer.
Two local people are now awaiting sentencing, with another sentenced to unpaid work, following two benefit fraud cases.
Thanet Council have been awarded a prestigious award for Customer Services.
Innovative measures to tackle crime are being used along Margate’s Marine Terrace, including portable metal archways and Bluetooth technology, have cut violent assaults in the area by more than half.
A new football club is being launched in Thanet for young people with all levels of disabilities.
Sport Matters – and that’s why sport is heading out on tour during the school holidays as part of Summer Blast 08 for young people.
A new lettings system for people on waiting lists for council and housing association properties comes into effect in Thanet next week (Monday 28 July).
The latest working drawings for Thanet College’s plans to relocate to the Westwood Business Park have been shown to councillors.
A new survey of Thanet’s Gateway Plus shows that the majority of people questioned were satisfied with the level of service from staff and found it easy to get what they were looking for.
Local people can now give their views on plans to simplify the current dog walking restrictions in place on the beaches across Thanet.
Rubbish at private properties and planning and housing violations are amongst the latest issues tackled through Operation Clean Sweep.
A licensing sting, involving a goldfish, has led to a Margate man being disqualified from keeping a pet shop for three years.
A Margate trader has been fined a total of £1,800 and ordered to pay £150 costs, after pleading guilty to keeping smuggled goods on licensed premises in one of the first cases of its kind in the country.
An extraordinary meeting of Thanet District Council’s Cabinet has been held today (Thursday 17 July) for local people to give their views on plans to sell off 16 council owned sites across Thanet.
Families can learn more about the Vikings around the Thanet coastline during two day art courses, being held next month. (August).
Summer Blast 08 takes to the beach in Broadstairs later this month (July) for an afternoon of activities aimed at teenagers.
Toilets at Minnis Bay, that are currently being demolished, because of continued vandalism, have been vandalised even during the demolition process.
Six weeks of fun as part of Summer Blast 08 kicks off with a free youth event in Margate next week (Thursday 24 July).