Kent's Hop Farm Festival is called off due to poor ticket sales

04 May 2013 The Hop Farm Music Festival in Kent, which was to have featured acts such as My Bloody Valentine, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Promoter Vince Power, who has featured performers such as...

White Cliffs Of Dover Safe For The Nation

An appeal to safeguard one of England's most treasured natural landmarks has reached its target almost two months earlier than expected. The purchase of the 0.8 miles of land between Dover and South Foreland ...

Hornby Shares Derail After Olympic Sales Flop

Toymaker Hornby's shares plummet more than 30% after the company reveals sales of its London 2012 products disappointed. Shares in Hornby have fallen more than 30% after the toymaker issued a profit warning...

Mary Portas and Margate: Facing reality, not reality TV

The moment of truth was when the ceiling at John O’Neil’s boxing club fell down. Perched at the top floor of the old Masonic Building at the end of Margate’s High Street, John’s boxing gym is a local gem:...

MAN PUNCHES 10-YEAR-OLD IN THE FACE DURING MOVIE

When I heard about this story out of Washington state, I was reminded of the time I almost beat up some kids...read more: http://www.insaneasylumblog.com/2012/05/man-punches-10-year-old-in-face-during.html#axzz1vi84tgvE

Leonard Cohen to play one-off UK concert

Veteran music star Leonard Cohen is to play a one-off outdoor show in the UK this summer - with a mammoth set lasting more than three hours. The 77-year-old Canadian, famed for songs such as Hallelujah, I'm...

Released Psychiatric Patient threatens to shoot NP Contributor

KENT, England: A middle aged male patient released from a Kent Psychiatric hospital in Dartford wreaked havoc in a small hotel at the weekend. The patient appeared to have checked himself in at 4am by a nightporter. Unknowingly the member of staff was unaware that he had been...

Sneak peak at Dickens House

Sneak peak at Dickens House If you are not in line already, it is too late to see inside. " “Charles Dickens house in Rochester opens hidden nooks Eastgate House is the subject of a £1m Heritage Lottery Fund...

Review of the CNN GOP debate from across the Big Pond

Last evenings CNN Republican Candidate debate was moderated by Wolf Blitzer, regular host of the Situation room.  Thisdebate, co-hosted in Washington, D.C., by the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute, focussed on four main issues — national defense,...

UK University Clearing: 185,000 students chase 29,000 places

It should be a time of great excitement but tens of thousands of students are left feeling angry and frustrated as the government Ucas website crashes under four times the load of last year, whilst users who have...

Persecuted Photographers are spied upon.

Today I was accused of taking covert pictures of students at a local university. I did not, would not, but my protestations were seen as be being defensive because it was believed that I clearly had something to hide. My actual crime? I had a large DSLR on show. It was...

Ambam: Gorilla Walks Like a Human

Ambam, The Upright-Walking Gorilla Becomes an Internet Star Ambam, a gorilla who resides at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in England, has become the latest animal internet superstar. His claim to fame is walking...

And people say it doesn't snow in England...

When weather forecasters warned us about snow danger, mostly have just laughed. But last night strong winds brought more than a laugh - in the morning mostly couldn't get out of their homes and even motorways been...

Kent: Abandoned pets now rescued by the RSPCA

Update:  The Police, Dog Wardens & RSPCA came and have taken the two dogs and cat expecting kittens. The dogs will go to a boarding house. The owner has made no contact with the RSPCA and the police are...

Kent traffic congestion now at a serious level

Kent is becoming an extremely horrible place to live in, as lorries thunder through our villages, country lanes and streets with impunity. They have done so for years.  People living near busy village roads cannot get to sleep or lorries drive into their houses. ...

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