Dover District Council Sets Out New Rules for Affordable Housing on Developments

The day in Kent · Folkestone & Hythe District Council has purchased eight two-bedroom flats in central Folkestone as part of a £5 million programme to house homeless families in proper temporary accommodation rather than costly bed-and-breakfasts. The move signals a shift toward councils owning housing stock directly to manage the growing homelessness crisis across Kent.

Weather

Today: Mostly clear morning, high 25°C, low 18°C.

Tomorrow: Clear morning, becoming mostly clear in the afternoon, clearing in the evening, high 23°C, low 13°C.

Warning: Amber warning of extreme heat affecting London & South East England

Travel

Roads (2 incidents): M25 — M1 Southbound Jct 6A to M25 Jct 21 link road closure.

Rail: All Kent services running to schedule.

As of 05:00 from National Highways + National Rail.

Coastal tides

Dover: Low 05:43 (1.64m) · High 11:10 (5.90m) · Low 18:10 (1.57m) · High 23:32 (5.93m)

Margate: Low 05:42 (1.04m) · High 11:58 (4.25m) · Low 18:21 (0.93m) · High 00:22 (4.32m)

Tides via tidetimes.co.uk.

“Kent’s Folkestone Harbour was once so busy it handled more cross-Channel passengers than any other UK port outside London.”

Kent fact of the day