Canterbury City Council’s waste contractor Canenco has today (Thursday 10 August) put a new offer to the GMB union to pay drivers £15 an hour and loaders £12 an hour from January 2024, paid for from changes to working operations at Canenco.
A special meeting of Canterbury City Council’s Scrutiny Sub-Committee will take place on Thursday 17 August, after a Cabinet decision to reopen the Sturry Road park and ride service from 1 April 2024 was ‘called in’ for further scrutiny.
A multi-million pound investment in the district’s leisure facilities by Active Life, supported by Canterbury City Council, has taken a major step forward with the second of two projects scheduled for 2023 getting underway.
Three Iron Age gold staters have found a new home at Whitstable Museum with the help of Canterbury City Council’s Canterbury Museums and Galleries team following two successful funding bids.
An attack on a toilet cleaning contractor and a large number of arson attempts are forcing Canterbury City Council to close three public toilets in Herne Bay early in the middle of the summer holidays.
The Environment Agency has issued a Pollution Risk Forecast (PRF) this morning (Thursday 3 August), which means there might be some short-term pollution in the bathing water today at Herne Bay beach – the stretch between the small launch ramp at Neptune and Bishopstone Lane, Reculver.
Earlier today (Tuesday 1 August) we received the very sad news that former Council Leader and Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Alderman Harry Cragg, has died.
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.