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UNBELIEVABLE: Margate - Caught on Camera

Southern Water fined £7m after dumping illegal sewage off Kent coast

The company was fined £90 million for nearly 7,000 incidents across Hampshire, Kent and Sussex

The Independent UK

Southern Water fined £7m over sewage pollution in Kent

The company pleaded guilty to 13 offences last April over sewage discharges at Margate and Broadstairs wastewater pumping stations.

Evening Standard

The promising seaside hotspots for wannabe London commuters

Longing to be a beach bum but still need to commute? There’s a coastal dream for every Londoner, from artsy hipsters to bargaining first-time buyers

Evening Standard

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Armed police officer hitches lift with van driver to chase down suspect

A Kent van driver gave an impromptu lift to armed officers chasing a suspect in Margate.

The Independent UK

Why this perfectly pink hotel in Margate has me inspired and ready to plan my next room makeover

The joyful ideas I'm taking home, from bold colour drenching to wavy beds

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This stylish townhouse is Margate’s best-value boutique hotel

HOTELS: As Margate House in Cliftonville gets a new look, Hayley Spencer makes herself at home and samples its comforting restaurant

The Independent UK

Willy’s, Margate, Kent: ‘It chortles in the face of small plates’ – restaurant review

This cute and jovial eatery is reason enough to make a break for the coast

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Artist Margo in Margate: We need women to show that we can take up space

The former teacher said she wants to use her work to advocate for women and their experiences.

Evening Standard

The Wellington, Margate, Kent: ‘Worth risking a werewolf attack to get to’ – restaurant review

The ever-changing menu is a paean to things that make me happy

The Guardian - UK

Hospital trust ‘missed earlier opportunity to raise alarm about meningitis case’

It is reported a patient first presented to a hospital in Margate on the evening of Wednesday March 11.

Evening Standard

Artist Dame Tracey Emin ‘proud to be British’

Speaking ahead of her new exhibition at London’s Tate Modern, Dame Tracey said art had improved her home town of Margate.

Evening Standard

Tracey Emin, Britain’s greatest female artist: ‘Against death, illness or pain, art wins’

INTERVIEW: Raped at 13, written off by critics, in remission from cancer – Tracey Emin is art’s great survivor, and her new major Tate retrospective, set to be one of the year’s blockbuster shows, is the ultimate accolade. She talks to Geordie Greig about painting, pain and showing Madonna around…

The Independent UK

‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform

She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever

The Guardian - UK

Tracey Emin facing £160,000 bill to fix cladding problems on Margate’s tallest building

Artist says leaseholders are being made to pay for ‘years and years of neglect’

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Madonna says Margate is ‘her idea of heaven’ – here’s what won her over

The Independent’s Luke Reevey visits Margate to find out why the seaside town has become so popular with the international superstar

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‘A place of two halves’: how Margate’s art-led renewal has divided opinion

Madonna labelled it ‘heaven’ on a recent visit, but the cost of living in the seaside resort is hitting many residents hard

Evening Standard

Madonna says Margate feels like a 'dream' as she visits Tracey Emin in seaside town

The pop icon shared a series of posts on Instagram documenting her visit, including photographs of herself with Tracey Emin inside the artist’s studio

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‘I was watching an art show in a seaside town - then Madonna walked in’

It was just an ordinary day in Margate when a superstar paid a visit to the seaside town, leaving locals and tourists alike stunned.

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‘My idea of heaven’: Madonna sings praises of artists’ paradise Margate

Star says seaside town ‘inhabited by creativity’ and shares love for a local restaurant after dropping in Tracey Emin

The Independent UK

‘Madonna is my idol – now she’s a regular at my Margate restaurant’

Bottega Caruso in the Kent seaside town has been named by the singer as her ‘favourite Italian restaurant’

The Independent UK

Madonna hails Margate as ‘my idea of heaven’ – as she reveals love for mysterious Italian restaurant

The Queen of Pop says visiting the seaside town ‘is like a dream’

Evening Standard

Madonna surprises locals as she's spotted at art show in Margate

The Queen of Pop, 67, ‘stunned’ onlookers in Kent as she joined the public during the grassroots Off Season event

The Independent UK

From Suffolk to Margate: Exploring the lands of Turner’s fire and Constable’s rain

INSPIRING TRAVEL: With a new exhibition celebrating the rival artists at the Tate Britain this winter, Michael Hodges explores the parts of England that inspired some of their greatest works

The Independent UK

Man arrested and streets evacuated after suspicious items reported in Margate

Four roads have been evacuated in Margate over reports of suspicious items

The Independent UK

Reform councillor charged with threatening to kill his wife

The councillor is accused of threatening to kill his wife on June 1

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