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Tommy Robinson charged under Terrorism Act before far-right march in London

Met says it expects ‘busy day’ on Saturday as Stand Up to Racism and Chris Kaba rallies also planned

The Guardian - UK

Tommy Robinson charged under Terrorism Act over mobile phone pin

Tommy Robinson has been charged under the Terrorism Act after turning himself in at Folkestone police station on Friday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Tommy Robinson charged with terror offence after failing to provide phone password

The right-wing figure attended Folkestone Police Station where he was charged under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, Kent Police said

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Tommy Robinson says he's been ordered to surrender to police ahead of planned London protest

Far-right activist says he is going to attend Folkestone police station at 3pm on Friday, but the reasons why he has been told to surrender himself are unclear

Evening Standard

Tommy Robinson charged with phone offence under Terrorism Act – as it happened

Far-right activist has been charged with failing to provide the pin to his mobile phone over an incident earlier this year in Folkestone

The Guardian - UK

London Leaver: 'People run everywhere in London, no-one walks like in Folkestone'

Bianca Claessens and family had a long drawn out move away from Wanstead to the coast, but it was worth the wait

Evening Standard

Britons going to France warned: You'll be fingerprinted, photographed and face border queues due to Brexit

Ministers said there could be delays at Dover, the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras in London, and Eurotunnel at Folkestone in Kent

Evening Standard

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The London & Paris, Folkestone, Kent: ‘Numerous devil-may-care twists’ – restaurant review

There’s effort in every turn to pack in extra interest, flavour or pizzazz

The Guardian - UK

‘God help us’: mixed feelings as nine seats in Kent go Labour

Some disenfranchised voters submitted a protest vote for Reform fearing immigration wouldn’t be slowed

The Guardian - UK

“It’s going to be killer to play some smaller sweatier places again.” Enter Shikari announce Dancing On The Frontline UK tour

Excellent news for Enter Shikari fans in Torquay, Boston, Stockton, Folkestone...

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Body found in search for woman who vanished near Kent coast

Leah Daley was last seen on The Warren coastal walk in Folkestone on May 5

Evening Standard

Leah Daley missing: Body found in search for 24 year-old woman who vanished over bank holiday

Kent Police said they found a body in undergrowth at The Warren, Folkestone after young woman vanished two weeks ago

The Independent UK

Leah Daley: Family make emotional appeal for missing woman, 24, last seen near Kent coast

Leah Daley was last seen on the evening of Sunday May 5 in Folkestone

Evening Standard

Parents of boy killed in hit and run plea to Church of England to let him be buried in graveyard he played in

William Brown was wearing his favourite Cristiano Ronaldo football kit when he was hit by a car in Folkestone

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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

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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.

Evening Standard

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

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‘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

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

Daily Mirror

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

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