Month: January 2024

By Ryan Fahey Snow maps have revealed a snow bomb is set to split in two and shower the UK with snowflakes. The weather is about to take a dramatic turn, swapping a mild Christmas for a frosty New Year. Temperatures are expected to drop from single dig…

A man drowned his sorrows after finding out his girlfriend had been cheating on him – and then got behind the wheel and crashed his car. Daniel Jones, from Ramsgate, lost control of his VW Golf, crossed a roundabout, hit a lamppost, swerved down a bank…

Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence comes up against one of his old Tottenham teammates today. Clemence will be in the opposite dugout as he looks to get the better of fellow Spurs old boy Matthew Etherington’s Colchester United in the New Year’s Da…

There’s just a few days left to get your nominations in for the first Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards. If you nominate your hospitality heroes before the deadline at 5pm on Wednesday, January 10, you’ll also be entered into our prize draw to win £100…

There’s just a few days left to get your nominations in for the first Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards. If you nominate your hospitality heroes before the deadline at 5pm on Wednesday, January 10, you’ll also be entered into our prize draw to win £100…

I have been known to visit the odd pub on occasions and, unsurprisingly, the festive season is no exception. Christmas Eve was a reasonable session, but I managed to creep back in before midnight struck. On the big day I was much more restrained and it…

Additional reporting by KMTV’s Gabriel Morris Vegetable farmers in Kent have revealed how they are adapting to survive – with some saying you have to be “half mad” to do it. The Garden of England is home to a quarter of a million hectares of arable far…

It’s time to start making plans for the next 12 months with our list of unmissable events in Kent in 2024. From national holidays to music festivals and family days out, you’ll want to start filling our diary now so you don’t miss a thing… January 1: N…

Happy New Year – seeking a feel good factor? Come and try InCantata Community Choir at one of its Taster mornings on Wednesday 10 and 17 January. Singing is known to lift spirits, the feel good factor. Please see www.incantata.co.uk and FB for further …

Foliage may steal the limelight in the garden in spring and summer, but come winter, the bark of bare trees can be truly stunning – if you choose wisely when landscaping. “Bright bark colours from yellow to orange to red come into play with the purple …