As part of the Armed Forces Week activities, representatives of the Princess of Wales’s Regiment spent a day at County Hall, meeting KCC staff and talking about life as an Army Reserve Soldier. They also showed a small selection of the kind of equipment Reservists might be required to use. Among the visitors to the…
The start of the country’s D-Day commemorations were marked at County Hall on Wednesday (5 June) when KCC Chairman Ann Allen hosted a tea party for about a dozen service veterans. Proudly displaying their various medals, the veterans, accompanied by a few relatives and carers and several current representatives of the Armed Forces, enjoyed a…
KCC’s outgoing chairman Mike Angell has handed over the chain of office to his successor Ann Allen in a ceremony at County Hall on Thursday (23 May). Reflecting on the past year, Mr Angell, who represents Ashford Rural East, said: “I have spent much of the past year meeting the wonderful people of Kent, including…
KCC’s Public Protection team is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative to help safeguard vulnerable people from telephone scammers. Tesco teamed up with the charity Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which provides grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 for local community projects. Three groups in…
KCC Chairman Mike Angell represented the county council at an inter-faith gathering in Gravesend on Friday (26th), paying respects and remembering those who lost their lives in in recent Sri Lankan terror attack. The event on Community Square was organised by the Kent Equality Cohesion Council and Gravesham Borough Council and was attended by about…
The search is on to identify innovative projects which are helping people in Kent and Medway to be more active. Kent Sport – a collaboration between KCC and Sport England – wants to give KUDOS to people and organisations in the county that are changing people’s lives through sport and physical activity. Three shortlisted finalists…
Students from East Kent College hit the streets of Broadstairs with bags and litter-pickers as part of The Great British Spring Clean. The event was organised by Broadstairs Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) – made up of partners including Kent County Council, Kent Police, Kent Fire and Rescue Services, Thanet District Council and local retailers. Volunteers…
KCC Leader Paul Carter has paid tribute to the council’s staff who had helped produce the budget for the coming financial year, despite huge further cutbacks in monies from central government. After producing savings of £640 million over the past eight years, the council has risen to the challenge of finding another £73 million to…
A Dartford shopkeeper has been given a suspended prison term for selling illegal and counterfeit tobacco. Ali Anwari, the owner of East Hill Groceries, appeared for sentence at Maidstone Crown Court . KCC Trading Standards prosecuted Anwari for three offences of possessing for supply tobacco product which did not have the correct health warning labelling…
Two men caught selling counterfeit clothing at a Kent market have been given suspended prison sentences, following an investigation by KCC Trading Standards. Blaine Boon and Jagdish Naran were sentenced to six months, suspended for 18 months, plus a community service order of 140 hours unpaid work. A third man, Ricky Hirani, was sentenced to…
Kent residents have just under two more weeks to give their views on a draft three-year strategy for the county’s Libraries, Registration and Archives service. A 10-week public consultation opened on 21 November and ends on Tuesday, 29 January. So far, nearly 3,000 responses have been received. Mike Hill, KCC’s Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory…
The sole boss of a concrete driveway company, who conned victims across Kent out of thousands of pounds, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Arif Choudry, 54, from Tonbridge, was the director of Wycombe Welding Limited, previously trading as ADriveForLife.com.ltd, registered in Kings Hill. He had previously pleaded guilty to 19…