Euroferries confirm positive news
It’s full steam ahead for Euroferries even though the November start date has been delayed. Positive news on bookings enquiries confirms Euroferries belief that the Ramsgate Boulogne channel crossing will be a welcome addition to current services for those wanting a fast, efficient and cost effective service.

IMPROVEMENTS TO AIRPORT AIR QUALITY MONITORING
Improvements have been made to how air quality is monitored at Kent International Airport.A new system is now being used to provide consistent, reliable and verifiable data, with which to monitor air quality throughout Thanet. Benzene diffusion tubes located in both Manston and Minster are being used to monitor levels. These tubes are checked monthly, with the results published on the Air Quality in Kent and Medway website at www.kentair.org.ukThe decision to use diffusion tubes was taken, following advice from Government air quality experts, as the system previously being used was a complex

EAST KENT WASTE PROJECT GOES FORWARD
A project that would bring changes to waste and recycling collections, reduce costs and increase recycling rates in Thanet has been given the green light to proceed.The East Kent Joint Waste Project involves Canterbury, Dover, Shepway and Thanet working on a ground breaking partnership with Kent County Council, introducing common collection arrangements for waste and recycling in all four districts over the next four years. The aim is to provide improved services at a lower cost, but delivering increased recycling rates. The project predicts savings of up to £1.5 million across the four districts and the county council each year from 2013, with the recycling rate in East Kent p

LIKES AND DISLIKES IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Local people have highlighted neighbourhood policing and Operation Clean Sweep as likes in their neighbourhoods, with dog fouling, cycling on pavements and nuisance youths identified as problems.Representatives from the Thanet Community Safety Partnership spent Not In My Neighbourhood Week at the start of November (2-6 November) visiting sites across Thanet, to explain what's being done to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in their area.The Home Office led initiative aims to increase public confidence in the work being done by the police and local organisations, such as the council, to make communities safer. In Thanet, this work is coordinated by the Thanet Com

FINE OVER EARLY MORNING ALCOHOL SALES
A Birchington couple have been fined £250 each and ordered to pay £50 costs each, after pleading guilty to selling alcohol at their Ramsgate newsagents at times when they were not licensed to do so.Gurpinder Kahlon (53) and his wife Sharanjit (50), both from Wilbrough Road, Birchington pleaded guilty to allowing the unauthorised sale of alcohol from Uncle Ben's in Ramsgate High Street.The newsagents had a premises licence, issued by the council in 2005, to sell alcohol from 8a.m. from Monday to Saturday.In August 2009, a number of complaints were made to the police and the council's Licensing team about people being seen drunk in central Ramsgate early