Folkestone & Hythe News
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Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council asks for clothing donations after Grand Burstin Hotel fire
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is asking for clothing for people who cannot return to their homes while structural investigations into…
23 September 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe residents locked out of Pavilion Court homes after Grand Burstin Hotel fire
Around 90 residents of Pavilion Court on Marine Terrace, Folkestone, cannot return home while structural specialists assess whether the…
23 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Tuesday, 22 September 2026 8 stories · 4-minute read 1914: A German submarine sank three British cruisers in just 70…
22 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Two arrested after fire at Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone
A man and a woman from the local area have been arrested and released as Kent Police investigate an early-hours blaze at the seafront hotel…
21 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Monday, 21 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Monday, 21 September 2026 5 stories · 3-minute read 1809: British Cabinet rivals Lord Castlereagh and George Canning…
21 September 2026 - Crime & Justice
Grand Burstin Hotel fire treated as suspicious as police appeal for footage
Kent Police say the fire that forced around 280 people out of the Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone may have been started deliberately, and…
20 September 2026 -
Council Updates Folkestone & Hythe Council moves 90 residents out of homes near fire-damaged Grand Burstin Hotel
Around 90 people from Pavilion Court on Marine Terrace have been temporarily rehoused after safety inspectors warned that a major basement…
20 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Weekend Briefing — Sunday, 20 September 2026
Kent Weekend Briefing Sunday, 20 September 2026 14 stories · 5-minute read 1988: Margaret Thatcher delivered her landmark Bruges speech…
20 September 2026 -
Kent Football Dover Athletic 4-2 Folkestone Invicta: FA Cup match report
Dover Athletic won 4-2 at home to Folkestone Invicta in the FA Cup.
19 September 2026 -
Council Updates Grand Burstin Hotel fire brings 26 engines to Folkestone seafront
Grand Burstin Hotel fire brings 26 engines to Folkestone seafront Firefighters tackled a basement blaze at the Grand Burstin Hotel in…
19 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Ashford woman charged with four thefts across Kent villages
Shantel Brooker, 37, of Falcon Way, Ashford, appeared before Folkestone magistrates on 12 September 2026 charged with four theft offences…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Dover man jailed after cannabis farm fills five rooms across three floors
Florjan Prengezaj, 40, was sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty at Folkestone magistrates to producing 141 cannabis…
16 September 2026