Feb 25, 2010 at 15:00 A busy road bridge has been described as a "death trap" by a Beltinge walking group. Blacksole Bridge, which links Altira Business Park and Beltinge, has no footpath, but is the only pedestrian access across the railway line.
Feb 25, 2010 at 12:21 Herne Bay's museum and Kings Hall should be sold off to pay for the redevelopment of town's pier, a new report has suggested. The document, which was written for the city council by consultants Humberts Leisure at a cost of £10,000, reveals few developers are interested in working on the pier and suggests local firms may be the only hope.
Feb 11, 2010 at 22:25 
These people volunteer to save lives. They now have to buy themselves a new home because Canterbury City Council sold the ground from under them. This riles me.
Herne Bay | Keywords: Coastwatch Feb 4, 2010 at 23:56 As KCC unveiled its vision for the next 20 years Canterbury City Council has been doing the same. It has begun a six-week public consultation on its Local Development Framework, which should take the district to 2030. Bosses at the city council say the district is at a crossroads and a “window of opportunity” exists to shape it for the next 30 years. Officers have spent the past two years working on the first draft of the 120-page Local Development Framework.
CCC | Keywords: Development, KCC, LDF Feb 4, 2010 at 23:50 It looks like we need to revise the acronym for the world's emerging super-economies. From now on, it will be B.R.I.C.K. - Brazil, Russia, India, China, Kent. Grandiose visions, but is this what anyone asked for?
Development, KCC, Paul Carter, Terry Farrell Feb 4, 2010 at 23:45 The council taxpayers of Herne Bay have just received a reassuring message from the city council. Apparently the town’s museum is not being closed after all - it just will not be open to members of the public! Talk about semantic gibberish!
CCC, Democracy, Herne Bay | Keywords: Anne Taylor, Colin Carmichael, John Fishpool, John Gilbey, Museum, Peter Vickery-Jones Feb 4, 2010 at 22:55 Centuries of Herne Bay heritage will continue when the Ship Inn opens its doors once more. The seafront pub has been closed since last summer but has a new man at the helm is Kings Caterers boss Tony Farrow. The dad-of-two, 46, has taken the keys to the 14th century building and is eagerly awaiting its grand reopening next Thursday, 11th February. With no TVs, no sport and only background music, he says he wants the place to befit the motto: The way pubs were, not the way they are.
Herne Bay | Keywords: Eat & Drink, Ship Inn, Simon Wildon, Tony Farrow, Trevor Knight Feb 4, 2010 at 12:00 The Ship lnn is afloat again. After months of being boarded up, she’s ready to take on passengers. The man behind the transformation is 48-year-old businessman Tony Farrow, who has sunk thousands into the venture. He said: “I’d rather not think about the cost. It’s an awful lot. But Herne Bay needs a venue like this.” 
Herne Bay | Keywords: Chris West, Eat & Drink, Ship Inn, Simon Wildon, Tony Farrow, Trevor Knight Feb 2, 2010 at 0:00 "It's really disgraceful. It's absolutely disgraceful that they can't see what this council is doing. But we will fight that. We will fight it tooth and nail to show them what we are doing. No question."
CCC, Herne Bay | Keywords: Gabrielle Davis, John Gilbey, Linda O'Carroll, Museum 
