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Ferry firms announce new Ramsgate service

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:15:00 GMT

Ramsgate will get a new passenger ferry as part of a tie-up between two cross-Channel firms.

LD Lines and Transeuropa have announced...

Thieves plunder Ramsgate allotment for tools

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:57:00 GMT

THIEVES have stolen hundreds of pounds worth of gardening tools from allotments in Ramsgate despite a new seven-foot-high security...

Ramsgate's residents hopes face hearing

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:18:00 GMT

THE hearing to decide whether residents' application to have the Montefiore tennis courts in Ramsgate will be listed as a village green...

Scouts honour Ramsgate's link to royalty

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:28:00 GMT

IN BITTER temperatures and biting winds a collection of Sea Scouts and Ramsgate residents banded together with deputy mayor Ralph...

Cash stolen in Thanet toy store raid

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:49:00 GMT

THREE men have stolen cash from an isle toy store in a daring daytime raid.

The men walked into Smyth's toys on Margate Road,...

Ramsgate town council moves after 109 years

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:52:00 GMT

RAMSGATE town council has voted to move to new offices in the harbour after 109 years at Albion...

Airport boss to leave Manston

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:24:00 GMT

AFTER three years at Manston airport Infratil boss Matt Clarke is returning home to New Zealand.

Mr Clarke, whose wife is...

Thanet restaurants going for a gong

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:14:00 GMT

TWENTY-one of Thanet's restaurants have been nominated for an award by diners this year.

OrderOnlineNow.co.uk has created the...

Ramsgate councillors on the road to listen to you

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:53:00 GMT

RAMSGATE councillors will hit the road today (Friday) to get views from residents on the council's future plans.

Ramsgate town...

Ship's owner pulls plug on Bonanza lease

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:39:00 GMT

THE high-speed ferry planned for a new route between Ramsgate and Boulogne will not be used for the service, the Isle of Thanet Gazette can...

Oil slick off Thanet coast

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:16:00 GMT

A MILE long oil slick was spotted off the coast of Thanet on Monday.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was alerted to the...

Arrests after heroin bust at Ramsgate port

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:27:00 GMT

TWO men from Poland have been charged with smuggling heroin through Ramsgate port.The men, Mohammed el Marbruk and Farid...

Argument follows Cliffsend parish election

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:25:00 GMT

âTHERE were dramatic scenes at the Cliffsend village election last night, after one parish councillor refused to recognise the result.

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Ramsgate tipped as future property hotspot

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:36:00 GMT

RAMSGATE has been tipped as one of two UK seaside resorts to become a property hotspot for 2010.

The new high-speed trains, the possibility...

Two saved in Herne Bay yacht drama

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:21:47 GMT

TWO sailors had a miraculous escape when their brand new £300,000 yacht hit a sandbank and sank off Herne Bay.

The drama happened in...

Faulty cabling sinks Thanet council TV debut

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:06:00 GMT

Thanet council chiefs were left red-faced last night after plans to broadcast their meeting were scuppered by faulty wiring.

The...

Ramsgate cliff repairs

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:46:00 GMT

A 40 METRE section of cliff by the Pleasurama development in Ramsgate is to be repaired.

Thanet council said its investigations into...

Lorry driver rescued from sea in Ramsgate

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:04:00 GMT

A POLISH lorry driver has been rushed to hospital after he was rescued from the sea in the Port of Ramsgate.

Ramsgate RNLI's inshore...

Cat saved in Broadstairs blaze

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:29:00 GMT

A CAT suffering from inhaling smoke was given oxygen by firefighters after being rescued from a blazing...

Presents saved in Ramsgate blaze

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:16:00 GMT

FIREFIGHTERS saved a little boy's birthday and Christmas presents before fire destroyed his home in Newington.
It is believed the fire...