The city council has lost the plot

I have been following the debate, kicked off by Dylan Hampshire of Cockett’s Mattresses, about the need for a town council for Herne Bay ("Call for town council to end 'democratic deficit'", Times, June 21). I certainly believe Canterbury City Council has lost the plot and we should return to more local control of our affairs.

Canterbury is just not doing the job and causing a lot of problems.

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Jet skier airlifted to QEQM

A jet skier has been airlifted to hospital after he was involved in an accident off the Kent coast. Whitstable RNLI said the man was rescued from the water near Hampton Pier, Herne Bay

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