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Plan to create holiday apartments, restaurant and 50 flats in Nayland Rock Hotel and Royal Crescent redevelopment
23+ hour, 54+ min ago (470+ words) April 2, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 2 Nayland Rock owners Brede Hotels have teamed up with Arcvelop architect and developers, responsible for projects including The Albion redevelopment in Ramsgate, for the scheme. The proposals will include an external restoration of the Nationally Listed…...
Salmestone Primary children among first to see David Hockney’s Sunley Window at Turner Contemporary
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (326+ words) April 1, 2026 Kathy Bailes Events 6 Turner has unveiled its new commission, a huge window by national treasure David Hockney, with a group of isle schoolchildren being the first to see it. The window fills the double-height space of Turner's Sunley Gallery…...
Family fun in Thanet for the Easter Break
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1801+ words) March 30, 2026 Kathy Bailes Events 0 Dreamland Margate reopens to the public for the 2026 season from Friday 3 April. The 2026 Dreamland season will begin with the park open from 10:30am " 6pm every day for the Easter Holidays from Friday 3 April until Sunday 19 April (inc).The…...
Margate café and hotel owner to appear on Channel 4’s Four in a Bed series
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (420+ words) March 28, 2026 Kathy Bailes Business, News 1 Margate caf" and hotel owner Mark Ezekiel will be appearing on TV as one of the contestants of Channel 4s Four in a Bed from Monday (March 30). Mark is best known as the boss of the…...
Art collective to hold exhibition at Pie Factory gallery in Margate
6+ day, 14+ min ago (154+ words) March 28, 2026 Kathy Bailes Events 0 An art collective formed during the covid pandemic will be holding an exhibition in Margate this April. TAOI Collective presents Revival, a week-long group exhibition, at the Pie Factory gallery from April 23-28. Formed in 2020, TAOI Collective…...
Invite to join Thanet Junior Schools Netball tournament
6+ day, 22+ min ago (248+ words) March 28, 2026 Kathy Bailes Sport 0 Thanet Junior Schools Netball tournament 2026 will take place at Chatham and Clarendon Grammar in Ramsgate on May 17th. The tournament is hosted by The Thanet & District Netball League and all Thanet junior schools are invited to take…...
Things to see and do in Thanet, March 27-29
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1751+ words) March 27, 2026 Kathy Bailes Events 3 Now " 29th March, various venues The Ramsgate International Film Festival is a celebration of new works by local and international filmmakers, embracing innovative storytelling and new technologies, where diversity and inclusion are a matter of fact The…...
Council drops opposition to 68-bed HMO at Northwood Court in Broadstairs
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (767+ words) March 27, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 6 Plans for a 68-bed house of multiple occupation at the former student accommodation building in Broadstairs will go-ahead after Thanet council announced it would no longer contest the applicant's appeal. In 2024 "Jamie Copland of RW (Margate)…...
Mum determined to keep older people mobile and independent with Move It and Lose It sessions in Cliffsend
1+ week, 1+ day ago (546+ words) March 26, 2026 Kathy Bailes News 0 Fitness classes for older adults have been launched in Cliffsend by a Broadstairs mum who took action after watching her own mother Dawn, 81, struggle with loss of mobility. Kelly Hunt, 51, says she needed to find something…...
Rams slip to defeat to St Albans City
1+ week, 2+ day ago (528+ words) March 25, 2026 Kathy Bailes Sport 0 Ramsgate slipped to defeat on the road to in-form St Albans City this past Saturday as they fell by a scoreline of two goals to nil. Manager Lee Martin was forced into a change in midfield,…...