Things don’t seem to be getting any better at the troubled Broadway Practice in Broadstairs. This film shows the promises Concordia Health Ltd made when they took over the practice back in Janurary and what things are like now. Is this the face of the brave new National Health Service?
Ian Driver, independent member of Thanet Council, has announced he wants to be elected Kent’s Police Commissioner.
Here he explains why
Ian Driver makes a bid for Police Commissionerhttp://youtu.be/dCkQsA27DRM
Ian Driver, independent member of Thanet Council, has announced he wants to be elected Kent’s Police Commissioner.
Here he explains why
Councillor John Worrow accuses Thanet Council’s Standards Committee of letting “Aids Voice Mail” councillor Ken Gregory off lightly. He believes dark forces are at work behind the scenes.
On Thursday July 12 Worrow is supporting Councillor Ian Driver’s motion committing the council to use its legal powers to deal with any councillors expressing or publishing homophobic, sexist of racist views.
A public demonstation has been organised to support the motion which will meet in Margate’s Hawley Square at 5pm.
For more on this story see “Drum These People Out” in this month’s Thanet Watch magazine, on sale in newsagents across Thanet now.
A chap called Derek Harding is carrying the Olympic Torch for Thanet.
Do you know why?
See the latest issue of THANET WATCH magazine in newsagents and other shops across Thanet now.
A page on this website lists the places you can get Thanet Watch, but if you have problems getting hold of a copy, ring us on 01843 604 253.
Did you know one of the star performers in this year’s Broadstairs Folk Week, Benjamin Zephaniah, turned down an OBE and told Tony Blair “to stick it” …?
For more about Benjamin, Broadstairs Folk Week and everything else going on in Thanet this summer, get the July-August issue of Thanet Watch magazine.
You’ll find Thanet Watch in newsagents and other shops across Thanet — see page on this website WHERE TO GET THANET WATCH.
If you have problems getting hold of a copy, ring THANET WATCH on 01843 604 253.
Who were the punk bands that set Thanet alight in the 1970s?
In the second part of his series on how punk came to Thanet, Steven Todd focuses on the cutting edge performers of the time.
The Rivals, the Record Players, and, of course, the wonderful Arnold were essential home grown talent.
But outside groups made a huge impact.
Sham 69, Todd says, came with an “ocean of skins”.
Get a taste of this piece of crucial cultural history in this summer’s issue of Thanet Watch in newsagents across Thanet now.
If you have trouble getting hold of a copy, ring Thanet Watch on 01843 604 253.
You couldn’t make up …
It could only happen in Thanet …
The story of the Fake Sheikh.
Why did the leader of Thanet Council get a mate to dress up as a rich Arab?
And what was the Fake Sheikh doing in Ramsgate harbour?
And if you thought Thanet Council is behaving badly these days – in 1982 members of the Tory group were trying to punch each other’s lights out!
For the whole story of the Fake Sheikh of Ramsgate see this summer’s issue of Thanet Watch magazine, in newsagents across Thanet now.
If you have problems getting hold of a copy, ring Thanet Watch on 01843 604 253.
Retail guru Mary Portas has put Margate into uproar.
Some traders want her and her cameras at all costs.
Others don’t want anything to do with a reality TV show.
What’s the real story behind “Mary Queen of Strops”?
Is she going to make Margate — or just make fun of it?
Here’s the link to our film of the Margate Town Team meeting on June 12th with Robin Vaughan Lyons and Queen Mary:
See this summer’s special issue of Thanet Watch in newsagents now. If you can’t get hold of a copy ring us on 01843 604 253.
Councillor Ian Driver says Thanet Council is institutionally homophobic, racist and sexist.
He’s determined to drag it kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.
And he believes two councillors, Ken Gregory and Mike Harrison, should be drummed out of the chamber for their behaviour.
“Thanet really is another planet when it comes to treating people with respect,” he says, “It’s like we’re in a parallel university.”
A rally for equal rights in Thanet is planned for Thursday July 12 in Hawley Square, Margate, at 5pm, followed by a march on the council building.
For the full story see the summer issue of Thanet Watch magazine in newsagents across Thanet now. If you have problems getting a copy, ring Thanet Watch on 01843 604 253.
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