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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.

The Independent UK

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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

Evening Standard

Man detained after bomb squad called to vehicle at Folkestone Channel tunnel terminal

Kent police say vehicle not public safety risk and incident not linked to search for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife

The Guardian - UK

‘Like something out of The Flintstones’: the luxury flats causing fury in Folkestone

They’ve been compared to termite mounds, doner kebabs, even piles of poo. We report on the outrage that has greeted plans for seaside towers in the once faded town – with one-bedroom flats costing almost half a million pounds

The Guardian - UK

Sharp rise in Asian hornet sightings in UK causes alarm

Wildlife experts fear spread could devastate native bees, which the hornets dismember and eat

The Guardian - UK

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Mystery totem pole appears on coastal path in south-east England

Historians and local people ponder presence of 8ft pole after appeal to find artist unsuccessful

The Guardian - UK

UK town comes with loud 4am wake up call for anyone who wants to move there

Folkestone, Kent, was recently named one of the best places to live in the UK by The Sunday Times and has become a magnet for people fleeing the capital to live by the seaside

Daily Mirror

Burger King slammed for ‘refusing to give dehydrated boy tap water’ during heatwave

Michael Casey, 66, says staff at the Burger King in Folkestone, Kent should “hang their heads in shame” after he felt duty bound to buy the teenager a £2 bottle of water in the branch

Daily Mirror

Flat owners told to pay £11,000 for £1.2million repairs despite service charges

Residents in Marine Crescent, Folkestone, have been ordered to pay £11,000 for repairs described as essential - despite already paying a service charge they say should be enough

Daily Mirror

'It’s a beach hut with a difference’ - space-saving touches gave the owners a new seafront hangout

Set on the Folkestone seafront, this fun beach hut transformation has packed plenty into a small space

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Orient Express to abandon London: what does this mean for travellers?

Operator is ‘worried that the enhanced checks of all passports will introduce risks to our guest’s journey’

The Independent UK

Orient Express set to scrap plans for UK line because of Brexit delays

The Orient Express has dropped the London-to-Folkestone leg of the route because it has become too difficult to cross the Channel after the UK's departure from the European Union

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The Independent UK

My exhausting, anxious and liberating quest to make new friends

In 2022, The Independent’s travel editor Helen Coffey moved to Folkestone in Kent after years spent pining for the sea while living in London. There was one problem – she didn’t know a soul

Daily Mirror

Reality of seaside town named one of UK's best places to live as residents can't afford rent

Folkestone in Kent has become a desirable destination for house-hunters thanks to multi-million pound regeneration project, but the reality for locals is different

Evening Standard

Leaving London: why swapping Dulwich for the seaside was not the ‘giant leap’ this family had feared

Sofia and her family moved to Folkestone in 2016, where they initially bought a six-bedroom house for £315,000.

Daily Mirror

Asda store banned from selling lottery tickets after boy, 7, buys a scratchcard

Seven-year-old Ronnie Retallick was allowed to purchase the ticket while visiting a branch of Asda in Folkestone. The shop is banned from selling tickets for three months

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Daily Mirror

EuroTunnel says its services won't be impacted by strikes over Christmas

Le Shuttle services - which run from Folkestone, Kent to Calais - continue to run as normal, unaffected by strikes, over a Christmas period otherwise filled with industrial action

Daily Mirror

Mum explains why she's already told her four-year-old the truth about Father Christmas

Charlie Hayes, 22, from Folkestone decided to confess to four-year-old son Jasper when he began having doubts about the existence of Father Christmas

The Guardian - UK

Uniformed soldiers to cover for striking UK Border Force staff

Servicemen and women to wear combat attire when standing in for union members taking industrial action

Daily Mirror

New EU fingerprint checks could make leaving the UK ‘four times longer’ for Brits

The European Union's new Entry Exit System could see much longer queues at UK ports including Dover and St Pancras International, Folkestone and Dover when it comes into force next year

The Guardian - UK

Cold comfort Kent: where small-boat arrivals receive a fraying welcome

From Dover harbour to Marston and Napier barracks, the UK is offering asylum seekers who cross the Channel a very mixed reception

The Guardian - UK

One-year-old boy accidentally drowned in hot tub, inquest finds

Jetson Maffia-Kerbey fell into family friend’s hot tub in Folkestone, Kent in June 2022

Daily Mirror

Ex-prison officer helped convicted murderer escape after starting relationship with him

Former prison officer Jane Archer, from Maltby, near Rotherham, claims she felt "felt manipulated and emotionally blackmailed" to help a convicted murderer Stephen Archer - who was jailed for life - flee his confinement after starting a relationship with him

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