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Canterbury City Market will return to St George’s Street today (9 April) after taking a short break over the winter months to allow for the city’s Christmas market.

Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed we have been out and about putting stickers on black household bins, encouraging residents not to put their food waste in them but instead to recycle it using a food bin/caddy.

Tides will be higher than usual over the next few days, in particular the 2pm tide this afternoon (Sunday 30 March) and the 2am tide tomorrow (Monday 31 March).

Families can spend the Easter holiday immersed in the world of Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea at The Beaney’s latest exhibition. 

Work to transform the Dane John Gardens will get underway on Monday (31 March), with contractors beginning to close off all the lawned areas of the park which will remain out of bounds until December.

We would like to say sorry to residents for the confusion about garden waste collections this week and set out how we are putting it right.

Elections for Kent County Council (KCC) take place on Thursday 1 May and as usual it is our job to manage this election in the Canterbury district.

Castle Row car park in Canterbury will be closed for around 10 months from next Monday (24 March).

District councils across Kent, including Canterbury City Council, have worked with Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council to today (Friday 21 March) to submit interim proposals to the government on how they should be organised in the future.