by JoClark | Oct 21, 2020 | Dartford Business, Dartford Council, Dartford News, Local Comment
Dartford MP Gareth Johnson has joined with MPs from throughout Kent in writing to Southeastern to call for flexible tickets for commuters. In the letter to David Statham, the Managing Director of Southeastern, the MPs write: “Many of our constituents...
by JoClark | Apr 8, 2020 | Dartford News, Health, Local Comment, NHS, Welfare
It’s possibly the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced, but despite the daily pressures of COVID-19, staff at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) found a little time to virtually record a song to motivate colleagues and encourage the public to stay...
by JoClark | Feb 5, 2020 | Dartford Council, Dartford History, Dartford News, Local Comment
Communities and faith groups from Dartford came together on Monday 27th January to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day which also marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia. The event was organised by...
by JoClark | Jan 24, 2020 | Dartford News, Local Comment, Where to go locally
From 30 September 2019 our libraries have had new opening hours. Before visiting a library please check the opening times. This link will lead you to all the information you need to know with regards to your local library:...
by JoClark | Jan 13, 2020 | Dartford Council, Dartford News, Health, Local Comment, NHS, Welfare
Local health chiefs will decide on the future location of urgent care services for patients in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday 16 January 2020. This follows a 12 week long public consultation between August and November 2019...
by JoClark | Nov 13, 2019 | Children, Dartford Charities, Dartford History, Dartford News, Dartford Schools, Local Comment
On 11 November, three WWII veterans were escorted by the Taxi Charity to The Leigh UTC in Dartford, to join students and teachers for Remembrance Day assemblies. The veterans, Frank Pendergast, Bill Gladden and Alec Borrie, who have a combined age of 284 years...