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Public consultation on proposals to create a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for the Canterbury city area is underway.

Use the bin and not the beach is one of the simple but hard-hitting messages behind this summer’s anti-littering campaign along the district’s coastline.

A drop-in centre for people experiencing homelessness, services for people and families needing support with domestic abuse and initiatives in local schools are among the latest projects to receive funding totalling more than £70,000 from the city council.

Canterbury Museums and Galleries has introduced new sensory backpacks to support visitors with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Canterbury City Council’s garden waste customers are to be given an extra month’s collection in March next year.

Canterbury City Council Leader Cllr Alan Baldock took the battle to protect the Stodmarsh nature reserve while dismantling the barriers to building much-needed new homes across parts of the district to the heart of government on Monday (17 July).

As you will have seen, we have been posting daily updates on the situation with the bin strikes, but from today, these have ended because the service is stable.

Today (Wednesday 19 July) marks two weeks since members of the GMB who work on the bin service at our waste collection contractor Canenco began their strike action over pay.

Three of the district’s open spaces have once again received prestigious Green Flag Awards in yesterday’s announcement by Keep Britain Tidy.