Canterbury, Kent
- Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over Church abuse scandalwww.bbc.co.uk Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over Church abuse scandal - live updates
He says he takes "personal and institutional responsibility" after a report found the Church of England covered up "abhorrent" abuse.
- Everything you need to know about Canterbury Christmas celebrations 2024www.kentlive.news Everything you need to know about Canterbury Christmas celebrations 2024
It’s set to be a fabulous festive season in the city
- 'I've tried so hard to reopen this pub but owners won’t sell up'www.kentonline.co.uk 'I've tried so hard to reopen this pub but owners won’t sell up'
A landlady wanting to take over a closed-down pub believes reopening it is still viable - as plans to redevelop it were rejected for the third time.
- Canterbury Christ Church University axes literature degreeswww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury Christ Church University axes literature degrees
The course will continue for students currently in their first or second year, the university says.
- Unauthorised buildings in ancient Kent woodland must be torn downwww.kentonline.co.uk Unauthorised buildings in ancient Kent woodland must be torn down
Owners of buildings in five areas of ancient woodland in Kent have been ordered to tear them down.
- Rape investigation launched after woman 'assaulted' in playgroundwww.kentlive.news Rape investigation launched after woman 'assaulted' in playground
Police have been carrying out forensic analysis at the scene
- Four arrested in murder probe after man stabbed to death in high streetwww.kentonline.co.uk Four arrested in murder probe after man stabbed to death in high street
A high street has been cordoned off by police and four arrests have been made after a man was stabbed to death.
- World’s oldest school reveals plans for 400-year-old pubwww.kentonline.co.uk World’s oldest school reveals plans for 400-year-old pub
The world’s oldest school has finally announced what it plans to do with a 400-year-old pub it bought five years ago.
- Kent KFC branch one of the most unhygienic in countrywww.kentonline.co.uk Kent KFC branch one of the most unhygienic in country
A KFC in Kent has been rated one of the most unhygienic in the country after an inspector blasted its “poor” level of cleaning.
- Canterbury Cathedral hosts immersive art depicting Royal Familywww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury Cathedral hosts immersive art depicting Royal Family
The Crown And Coronation artwork is a light and sound show on display at Canterbury Cathedral.
- Flats developer says promised payments to council now ‘unaffordable’www.kentonline.co.uk Flats developer says promised payments to council now ‘unaffordable’
A developer says stumping up £60k it pledged to a council - which approved its plans to build a block of flats - is now “unaffordable”.
- ‘Absolutely daft’ slip road faces more delayswww.kentonline.co.uk ‘Absolutely daft’ slip road faces more delays
A long-awaited slip-road off the A2 branded “absolutely daft” by critics faces more delays – six years after it was first approved.
- UK’s first ever bison bridges under construction in Kent woodlandwww.theguardian.com UK’s first ever bison bridges under construction in Kent woodland
Four bridges will allow herds to pass beneath public footpaths while visitors may catch glimpse of bison from above
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17660677
> When Europe’s heaviest land mammals were introduced into a woodland on the edge of Canterbury, it was hoped they would flourish and make space for other wildlife. > > But the European bison have been so successful in West Blean and Thornden Woods that more space must be made for them – in the form of Britain’s first ever bison bridges. > > Four bridges costing a total of £1m are being built in to allow introduced bison, which are classified as dangerous wild animals in UK law, to cross the maze of public footpaths in the ancient woods without interacting with people.
- £1 million bridges will allow wild bison to cross footpathswww.kentonline.co.uk £1 million bridges will allow wild bison to cross footpaths
Footbridges together costing a million pounds are being built so bison can cross public footpaths to roam further afield in Kent.
- Canterbury's Cooking - A Festival of Food & Drinkwww.facebook.com Canterbury's Cooking - A Festival of Food & Drink
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- Stunning light show unlike any other coming to Kent cathedralwww.kentlive.news Stunning light show unlike any other coming to Kent cathedral
The beautiful display will celebrate more than 1,000 years of history
- Canterbury sculptor replaces damaged underwater statuewww.bbc.com Canterbury sculptor replaces damaged underwater statue
Kent-born sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor is gifting the new statue in the River Stour to the city.
- Canterbury: Kent firm recycles coffee grounds into plant foodwww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury: Kent firm recycles coffee grounds into plant food
Countrystyle Recycling is recycling coffee grounds from Canterbury businesses into plant food.
- Finish date for major city centre project pushed back to 2026www.kentonline.co.uk Finish date for major city centre project pushed back to 2026
A scheme that includes reopening a castle and creating a public square will now be complete by the start of 2026, a council expects.
- River festival set to return as dates for celebration confirmedwww.kentonline.co.uk River festival set to return as dates for celebration confirmed
A free festival celebrating a major river running through the county is set to be in full swing for six days this month.
- Canterbury: Appeal launched to repair Grade II listed churchwww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury: Appeal launched to repair Grade II listed church
Areas of All Saints in Canterbury are closed due to leaks and falling plaster.
- Man’s body found near children’s play parkwww.kentonline.co.uk Man’s body found near children’s play park
Police were called after the body of a man was found near a children’s play park.
- Canterbury: Three lime trees to be cut down over safety fearswww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury: Three lime trees to be cut down over safety fears
The council says three limes in Dane John Gardens are dangerous after being rotted by a fungus.
- Kent signal blackspot has slowest Broadband speeds in UKwww.kentonline.co.uk Kent signal blackspot has slowest Broadband speeds in UK
A Kent internet blackspot has been named the slowest place in the UK for broadband for the second consecutive year.
- Kent comedian's gag named funniest joke at Edinburgh Fringewww.kentonline.co.uk Kent comedian's gag named funniest joke at Edinburgh Fringe
A Kent comedian’s gag has been named as the funniest joke told at one of the country’s top festivals.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16367384
> > The quip by Canterbury funnyman Mark Simmons took the acclaim at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe - which finishes on Bank Holiday Monday. > > > > The performer, who appeared as a panellist on the long-running BBC satire show Mock The Week, saw two of his jokes named in the top 15 of the U&Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe Festival competition > > > >His winning gag was a simple one-liner: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it.”
- Cathedral bosses 'would consider' phone mast to solve city's signal miserywww.kentonline.co.uk Cathedral bosses 'would consider' phone mast to solve city's signal misery
Bosses at one of the UK’s most iconic landmarks say they would consider allowing a phone mast to be built on the Grade I-listed building.
- Traffic misery expected as busy commuting route to shut unexpectedlywww.kentonline.co.uk Traffic misery expected as busy commuting route to shut unexpectedly
An emergency road closure is expected to cause traffic misery along a busy commuting route.
- We went on pub crawl to unearth truth behind claim about Kent beer scenewww.kentonline.co.uk We went on pub crawl to unearth truth behind claim about Kent beer scene
When an area of the county was said to be the UK’s second best for craft beer, we decided a pub crawl was in order to put the claim to the test...
- New shipping container youth club to tackle ‘hundreds of youths engaging in deviant behaviour’www.kentonline.co.uk New shipping container youth club to tackle ‘hundreds of youths engaging in deviant behaviour’
A youth club will be rolled out inside shipping containers to help combat “hundreds of young people” engaging in “deviant behaviour”.
- Canterbury City Council targets 'garish' shopfrontswww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury City Council targets 'garish' shopfronts
The city council has issued 22 enforcement notices to shops with fronts deemed out of character.
- Thousands of cigarettes and illegal vapes seized in shop raidswww.kentonline.co.uk Thousands of cigarettes and illegal vapes seized in shop raids
More than 1,800 illegal vapes and 9,000 cigarettes were discovered in eight city centre shops.
- ‘Desperate’ rough sleepers pitch tents inches from dual carriagewaywww.kentonline.co.uk ‘Desperate’ rough sleepers pitch tents inches from dual carriageway
Worrying pictures show rough sleepers’ tents perilously pitched just inches from a busy dual carriageway.
- Food wagon boss terrorised by teens calls for parents to step inwww.kentonline.co.uk Food wagon boss terrorised by teens calls for parents to step in
A street trader left “exhausted and stressed” by unruly teenagers targeting her food van has pleaded with their parents to help stop the harassment.
- Work on 4,000-home estate costing £200m to start next yearwww.kentonline.co.uk Work on 4,000-home estate costing £200m to start next year
Work will start next year on a sprawling 4,000-home estate which could cost up to £200 million and has been in the pipeline for almost a decade.
- Canterbury: 13-week road closure to disrupt residentswww.bbc.com Canterbury: 13-week road closure to disrupt residents
Littlebourne Road on the A257 will be closed until 22 October.
- School shuts early for summer after bomb found in roofwww.kentonline.co.uk School shuts early for summer after bomb found in roof
A head teacher says her school of more than 400 pupils will not reopen until September after a bomb was found in the roof.
- Canterbury: Woman charged with murder after human remains foundwww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury: Woman charged with murder after human remains found
Kent Police discovered the remains at a property in St Martin's Road, Canterbury.
- University of Kent: Study looks at coastal community challengeswww.bbc.co.uk University of Kent: Study looks at coastal community challenges
The £2.9m Eastern Arc project, one of four in the UK, will "explore coastal community challenges".
- Canterbury: Baby beavers born in city river delight residentswww.bbc.co.uk Canterbury: Baby beavers born in city river delight residents
The babies are thought to be the first to be born in a wild urban setting in England for centuries.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/14368537
> Residents and visitors to Canterbury have been treated to the unusual sight of baby beavers swimming in the River Stour. > > The babies, called kits, are thought to be the first to be born in a wild urban setting in England for centuries. > > The semi-aquatic rodents are known as a keystone species because of the enormous impact they have on the wildlife around them. > > Sandra King, chief executive officer of the Beaver Trust, said: "It's so exciting to see them here."
- Canterbury: King, queen and saint to parade through citywww.bbc.com Canterbury: King, queen and saint to parade through city
Effigies of Thomas Becket, Henry II and Queen Eleanor will be part of Canterbury's medieval pageant.
