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The Kentish Express was founded in 1855 as the Ashford and Alfred News by Henry Igglesden. The first edition was published on 14 July 1855. [2] [3] The paper was Kent's first penny paper after the abolition of stamp duty on newspapers in 1854. [4] Three years later, the paper was renamed the Kentish Express & Ashford News. [5]
In 2017, KM Media Group launched KMTV in partnership with the University of Kent. [9] KMTV is Kent's only dedicated TV channel, broadcasting a range of current affairs and news programming, including its week-nightly news show, Kent Tonight [10]. It is part of the Local Television Network and regulated by Ofcom. [11]
Turner Free School is a co-educational secondary school located in the Cheriton area of Folkestone in the English county of Kent. [ 1 ] The school is located at the former site of Pent Valley Technology College .
Newington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Kent located 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Folkestone.It gives its name to Newington Parish Council, which has five councillors, [2] and includes the hamlets of Arpinge and Beachborough.
Kent County Council provided a £3.5 million grant for the Quarterhouse. The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) provided a further £500,000. In December 2005, Creative Folkestone selected a design by Alison Brooks Architects (ABA) for a building to serve as Folkestone’s “living room”. This was the culmination of a two-stage ...
The East Kent Mercury was founded in 1865. [2] The KM Group bought the Mercury in 1980 [3] from Kent County Newspapers. The East Kent Mercury was originally designed to serve the entire district of Dover, however in 1998 the Dover Mercury broke away from the East Kent Mercury as a paper in its own right. Both papers still feature the same ...
The school is situated on Cheriton Road on the A2034 (once the A20) at the junction of the B2064 and near the Folkestone West railway station, Folkestone Cricket Club, Folkestone Optimists Hockey Club at the Three Hills Sports Park and Folkestone Invicta F.C. It is easily accessed from the last junction of the M20 motorway.
The building was acquired by Folkestone Town Council in June 2011. Following a programme of restoration works, which were undertaken to a design by Godden Allen Lawn, financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund and aimed at refurbishing the council chamber and creating space for the Folkestone Museum, the building re-opened in spring 2017. [14]