• Artist's saucy sketch of busty pier plans

  By markwaghorn

  Good to hear my old mucker Paul McMullan - Fleet Street legend and tabloid hack extraordinaire - is...

            

   

  By Herne Bay Times at 08:00 on 17/02/12

  

  BAY artist Peter Gander likes to keep abreast of the latest developments in the town. So when he spotted our front page exclusive featuring Pier Trust member David Parish's double-domed design for a new pavilion, he could not resist putting pen to paper. He sent this saucy version to us after our Baywatcher gossip column dubbed the scheme Herne Boob and suggested it looked like a pair of breasts. Peter, of Station Road, Herne Bay,...

• Council accused over cycle route

  By mattban

  Having just attended the JTB meeting mentioned at the foot of the article it should be noted that Mr...

            

   

  By Whitstable Times at 08:00 on 17/02/12

  

  THE WHITSTABLE Society has demanded the council halt its consultation into a proposed cycle route along Tankerton seafront. The group lodged an official complaint against the council on Tuesday, accusing it of ignoring its own policies and failing to enforce seasonal cycling restrictions along the promenade. Society spokesman Graham Cox accused Canterbury City Council of hiding the fact the promenade is included in 2006's Local Plan...

• Serious crash on Thanet Way at 'hometime'

  By susanhubbard

  Recovery vehicles are now at the scene.

            

   

  By susanhubbard at 17:16 on 20/02/12

  

  There's been a serious crash on the Thanet Way near Herne Bay this evening. Kent Police are saying that two lorries were involved. The London-bound carriageway near the junction with A291 Canterbury Road has been closed for the last hour, and traffic is now being diverted off at Broomfield along the old Thanet Way, to rejoin the new road at Whitstable.

• Whitstable Pizza Express lights up Albert Street

  By mitziebitz

  I do know all this, I occasionally worked there when it was Pollett & Cole, an advertising and...

            

   

  By amieoc at 15:12 on 29/01/12

  

  Pizza Express in Whitstable has now got it's sign up and lit - meaning it can't be long until it opens. Also, I see they are advertising some jobs still on their website. Bring on the offers...

• Winter weather and other Whitstable matters

  By 63 Harbour Street

  Aah - the Seasonal Nature Of the Weather strikes again. More S.N.O.W. moments...!

            

   

  By susanhubbard at 11:36 on 12/02/12

  

  Another Sunday, another snowday as Whitstable woke up this morning to the fluttering of flakes in an attempted reprise of last weekend's whiteout. This time the snow's lying in some places on top of packed ice, making for some potentially risky walking and driving. The local forecast suggests some icy rain later today and - here's the good bit - a rise in temperature to 4C, with the 'warmer' trend continuing over the next few days....

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