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Festering food and dirty nappies are just some of the reasons our recycling crews have seen their loads rejected at the recycling centre forcing the whole load to be incinerated.

Tides will be higher than usual over the next few days, in particular the 3am and 3pm tide tomorrow (Monday 15th January).

Local residents interested in the future of Long Rock in Swalecliffe can find out more about plans to look after the site for the next five years at a public meeting later this month.

On Saturday lunchtime (6 January) we activated our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP).

A Herne Bay man who chucked a banana skin out of the window of his van and then ignored a fine for littering has been fined nearly £500 after the city council took the case to court.

The Nailbourne is continuing to rise and is flowing its full length.

The 7.30pm tide this evening (Thursday 21 December) will be higher than the predicted astronomical tide and the wind will swing north westerly causing a wind driven surge, so we are closing some of our floodgates.

People in Canterbury district who flytip, drop litter, spray graffiti or who fail to hand their household waste over to an authorised person when disposing of it will be hit with bigger fines from the start of next year.

A flood alert for groundwater flooding in east Kent has been issued this evening (Tuesday 19 December).

Our engineering team is continuing to monitor the Nailbourne and its progress, and as of this afternoon (Monday 18 December), the river has not yet reached Bishopsbourne.