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Folkestone, Kent: now's the time to visit this south east coast gem — before it becomes too Margate

With its cool creative quarter, buzzy restaurants, destination hotels and Tattinger vineyard, this corner of Kent has plenty worth leaving London for, says Kate Wills

Evening Standard

Coasts with the most: top seaside destinations vying for the London-on-sea crown

These seaside property hotspots are edgier and more affordable than their better-known, chichi rivals

Evening Standard

Folkestone isn’t the prettiest – but the food might just win you over

Lilly Subbotin finds stormy skies, strong cocktails and surprisingly good pizza in Folkestone, the Channel Tunnel’s forgotten neighbour – and wonders if it’s time we all took a second look

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Home Office axes asylum hotel contract and hands it to Bibby Stockholm firm

Stay Belvedere Hotels, which manages 51 hotels and Napier barracks, is removed amid performance concerns

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Quarter of England’s strategic A-roads have electric car charging ‘cold spots’

Affected roads include vital routes for holidaymakers, including A2 towards Folkestone and parts of A303 and A30

The Guardian - UK

Baby girl bitten by XL bully in serious condition as two people arrested

Officers were called to Siskin Close in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, at 2.23pm on Wednesday after a report the eight-month-old had been bitten by a dog.

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Baby girl airlifted to hospital after being bitten by XL bully

Officers were called to Siskin Close in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, at 2.23pm on Wednesday after a report the eight-month-old had been bitten by a dog.

Evening Standard

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Tommy Robinson charged under Terrorism Act before far-right march in London

Met says it expects ‘busy day’ on Saturday as Stand Up to Racism and Chris Kaba rallies also planned

The Guardian - UK

Tommy Robinson charged under Terrorism Act over mobile phone pin

Tommy Robinson has been charged under the Terrorism Act after turning himself in at Folkestone police station on Friday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Tommy Robinson charged with terror offence after failing to provide phone password

The right-wing figure attended Folkestone Police Station where he was charged under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, Kent Police said

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Tommy Robinson says he's been ordered to surrender to police ahead of planned London protest

Far-right activist says he is going to attend Folkestone police station at 3pm on Friday, but the reasons why he has been told to surrender himself are unclear

Evening Standard

Tommy Robinson charged with phone offence under Terrorism Act – as it happened

Far-right activist has been charged with failing to provide the pin to his mobile phone over an incident earlier this year in Folkestone

The Guardian - UK

London Leaver: 'People run everywhere in London, no-one walks like in Folkestone'

Bianca Claessens and family had a long drawn out move away from Wanstead to the coast, but it was worth the wait

Evening Standard

Britons going to France warned: You'll be fingerprinted, photographed and face border queues due to Brexit

Ministers said there could be delays at Dover, the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras in London, and Eurotunnel at Folkestone in Kent

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The London & Paris, Folkestone, Kent: ‘Numerous devil-may-care twists’ – restaurant review

There’s effort in every turn to pack in extra interest, flavour or pizzazz

The Guardian - UK

‘God help us’: mixed feelings as nine seats in Kent go Labour

Some disenfranchised voters submitted a protest vote for Reform fearing immigration wouldn’t be slowed

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“It’s going to be killer to play some smaller sweatier places again.” Enter Shikari announce Dancing On The Frontline UK tour

Excellent news for Enter Shikari fans in Torquay, Boston, Stockton, Folkestone...

Evening Standard

Body found in search for woman who vanished near Kent coast

Leah Daley was last seen on The Warren coastal walk in Folkestone on May 5

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Leah Daley missing: Body found in search for 24 year-old woman who vanished over bank holiday

Kent Police said they found a body in undergrowth at The Warren, Folkestone after young woman vanished two weeks ago

Evening Standard

Leah Daley: Family make emotional appeal for missing woman, 24, last seen near Kent coast

Leah Daley was last seen on the evening of Sunday May 5 in Folkestone

The Independent UK

Parents of boy killed in hit and run plea to Church of England to let him be buried in graveyard he played in

William Brown was wearing his favourite Cristiano Ronaldo football kit when he was hit by a car in Folkestone

The Independent UK

Police hunt driver after boy, 7, killed in Folkestone hit-and-run

A seven-year-old boy has been killed in a hit and run in Folkestone, Kent

The Independent UK

Whistling houses, angry locals and one of the UK’s richest men: How Folkestone’s plan to be Shoreditch-on-Sea turned sour

Locals who spoke to Joe Middleton are concerned with rising rents, the ‘gentrification’ of the town and that Roger De Haan is trying to turn it into ‘a new Dubai’

The Independent UK

Seafront lift to be restored thanks to £4.8m National Lottery grant

The Leas Lift in Folkestone, Kent, is one of only three remaining, Victorian, water balance cliff lifts left in the country.

Evening Standard

The exodus to Kent! Why the chicest Londoners are decamping to the south east coast

The Garden of England has never been more chic — no wonder that people are moving there in their droves, says Ruth Bloomfield

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