President Joe Biden considers his potential opponent in the 2024 elections, Donald Trump, a fundamental threat to American democracy, according to his first campaign speech in 2024, according to BBC. “Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause i…
Elections in USA: Biden accuses Trump of attempting to steal history
President Joe Biden considers his potential opponent in the 2024 elections, Donald Trump, a fundamental threat to American democracy, according to his first campaign speech in 2024, according to BBC. “Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause i…
‘Cognitive decline’: Trump brutally mocked for baffling comment about how magnets work
Donald Trump on Friday made a confusing comment about magnets, prompting mockery around the internet. The former president said at a rally that he was largely ignorant about magnets, raising the issue in connection with so-called “magnetic elevators.” …
Weekly markets wrap: European shares dip ahead of non-farm payrolls
European shares dropped on Friday afternoon, pressurised by lacklustre economic data from major economies such as Germany and France earlier in the week. On Friday, Eurozone inflation for December came in at 2.9%, above November’s 2.4%, mainly due to s…
RES submits planning application for Chimmens Solar Farm between Horton Kirby and Fawkham
Plans for what would be one of the largest solar farms in the county have been submitted. Renewable energy firm RES wants to put thousands of panels, which could produce enough electricity to power 22,500 homes, between Horton Kirby and Fawkham, near D…
All killer, no filler: AC/DC tribute returning to Newbury
Newbury’s favourite AC/DC tribute Live/Wire: The AC/DC Show returns later this month. AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are brought to life once again by Live/Wire as they come back to Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Saturday, January 2…
Margate in the 1980s: How a piece of film reveals seaside town’s past in an era before Turner Contemporary and the lull of the 1990s
The other day, I stumbled across a video on Facebook of Margate in the mid-1980s. I was rather transfixed. There’s no commentary, no one telling us what we’re seeing, nothing particularly exciting to witness (there’s not even a glimpse of Dreamland (or…
Application for three industrial units at former Headley Brothers printing base in Lower Queens Road, Ashford
Huge new warehouses are proposed for the site of a historic printing business that closed five years ago and dated back to Victorian times. Invicta Press buildings could be demolished to make way for three units on the former Headley Brothers plot near…
Wassail 2024: The wacky Twelfth Night pagan tradition still alive and kicking in the apple orchards of New Ash Green
Don’t be spooked if you see hundreds of people marching into the woods with flame-lit torches, banging drums and chanting folk tunes this weekend. Although it might look like something from medieval England, it is nothing to fear – just village folk co…
Philharmonia Orchestra to perform Philharmonia At The Oscars concert at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury
Enjoy your favourite music from the movies in a rousing live concert. The world-famous Philharmonia Orchestra is performing a programme of scores and soundtracks from blockbuster films such as Indiana Jones and Schindler’s List. The group of talented m…