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Britons going to France warned: You'll be fingerprinted, photographed and face border queues due to Brexit

Ministers said there could be delays at Dover, the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras in London, and Eurotunnel at Folkestone in Kent

Evening Standard

The London & Paris, Folkestone, Kent: ‘Numerous devil-may-care twists’ – restaurant review

There’s effort in every turn to pack in extra interest, flavour or pizzazz

The Guardian - UK

‘God help us’: mixed feelings as nine seats in Kent go Labour

Some disenfranchised voters submitted a protest vote for Reform fearing immigration wouldn’t be slowed

The Guardian - UK

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“It’s going to be killer to play some smaller sweatier places again.” Enter Shikari announce Dancing On The Frontline UK tour

Excellent news for Enter Shikari fans in Torquay, Boston, Stockton, Folkestone...

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Body found in search for woman who vanished near Kent coast

Leah Daley was last seen on The Warren coastal walk in Folkestone on May 5

Evening Standard

Leah Daley missing: Body found in search for 24 year-old woman who vanished over bank holiday

Kent Police said they found a body in undergrowth at The Warren, Folkestone after young woman vanished two weeks ago

The Independent UK

Leah Daley: Family make emotional appeal for missing woman, 24, last seen near Kent coast

Leah Daley was last seen on the evening of Sunday May 5 in Folkestone

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Parents of boy killed in hit and run plea to Church of England to let him be buried in graveyard he played in

William Brown was wearing his favourite Cristiano Ronaldo football kit when he was hit by a car in Folkestone

The Independent UK

Police hunt driver after boy, 7, killed in Folkestone hit-and-run

A seven-year-old boy has been killed in a hit and run in Folkestone, Kent

The Independent UK

Whistling houses, angry locals and one of the UK’s richest men: How Folkestone’s plan to be Shoreditch-on-Sea turned sour

Locals who spoke to Joe Middleton are concerned with rising rents, the ‘gentrification’ of the town and that Roger De Haan is trying to turn it into ‘a new Dubai’

The Independent UK

Seafront lift to be restored thanks to £4.8m National Lottery grant

The Leas Lift in Folkestone, Kent, is one of only three remaining, Victorian, water balance cliff lifts left in the country.

The Independent UK

The exodus to Kent! Why the chicest Londoners are decamping to the south east coast

The Garden of England has never been more chic — no wonder that people are moving there in their droves, says Ruth Bloomfield

Evening Standard

Man detained after bomb squad called to vehicle at Folkestone Channel tunnel terminal

Kent police say vehicle not public safety risk and incident not linked to search for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife

The Guardian - UK

‘Like something out of The Flintstones’: the luxury flats causing fury in Folkestone

They’ve been compared to termite mounds, doner kebabs, even piles of poo. We report on the outrage that has greeted plans for seaside towers in the once faded town – with one-bedroom flats costing almost half a million pounds

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Sharp rise in Asian hornet sightings in UK causes alarm

Wildlife experts fear spread could devastate native bees, which the hornets dismember and eat

The Guardian - UK

Mystery totem pole appears on coastal path in south-east England

Historians and local people ponder presence of 8ft pole after appeal to find artist unsuccessful

Daily Mirror

UK town comes with loud 4am wake up call for anyone who wants to move there

Folkestone, Kent, was recently named one of the best places to live in the UK by The Sunday Times and has become a magnet for people fleeing the capital to live by the seaside

Daily Mirror

Burger King slammed for ‘refusing to give dehydrated boy tap water’ during heatwave

Michael Casey, 66, says staff at the Burger King in Folkestone, Kent should “hang their heads in shame” after he felt duty bound to buy the teenager a £2 bottle of water in the branch

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Flat owners told to pay £11,000 for £1.2million repairs despite service charges

Residents in Marine Crescent, Folkestone, have been ordered to pay £11,000 for repairs described as essential - despite already paying a service charge they say should be enough

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'It’s a beach hut with a difference’ - space-saving touches gave the owners a new seafront hangout

Set on the Folkestone seafront, this fun beach hut transformation has packed plenty into a small space

The Independent UK

Orient Express to abandon London: what does this mean for travellers?

Operator is ‘worried that the enhanced checks of all passports will introduce risks to our guest’s journey’

Daily Mirror

Orient Express set to scrap plans for UK line because of Brexit delays

The Orient Express has dropped the London-to-Folkestone leg of the route because it has become too difficult to cross the Channel after the UK's departure from the European Union

The Independent UK

My exhausting, anxious and liberating quest to make new friends

In 2022, The Independent’s travel editor Helen Coffey moved to Folkestone in Kent after years spent pining for the sea while living in London. There was one problem – she didn’t know a soul

Daily Mirror

Reality of seaside town named one of UK's best places to live as residents can't afford rent

Folkestone in Kent has become a desirable destination for house-hunters thanks to multi-million pound regeneration project, but the reality for locals is different

Evening Standard

Leaving London: why swapping Dulwich for the seaside was not the ‘giant leap’ this family had feared

Sofia and her family moved to Folkestone in 2016, where they initially bought a six-bedroom house for £315,000.

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