News & Updates
Our blog containing all our news, updates, media and events.
Opening of Medway University Technical College (UTC) by HRH The Duke of York, Tuesday 1st March, 2016
Unveiling of WWI Centenary VC Paving Slab for Corporal William Cotter VC (1882-1916), 6th March 2016
Lord-Lieutenant’s Civic Service celebrates The Queen’s great service to the nation,15th March, 2016
HRH The Princess Royal visits Agri-Expo (South East), 2nd March 2016
Unveiling of WWI Centenary VC Paving Slab for Corporal William Cotter VC (1882-1916), 6th March 2016
Exactly a century after Corporal Cotter’s act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross, a Service of Commemoration organised by Sandgate Parish Council (Chairman Robert Bliss) was held at St Paul’s Church Sandgate, followed by the unveiling of the slab set into the pavement adjacent to the Sandgate War Memorial. Members […]
Opening of Medway University Technical College (UTC) by HRH The Duke of York, Tuesday 1st March, 2016
HRH the Duke of York visited Medway on 1st March 2016 to open the new Medway UTC. The brand new building was completed in less than one year and the first students arrived in September 2015. The Baker-Dearing Trust set up the model of UTCs of which there are now 40 across England and Wales. […]
HRH The Princess Royal visits Agri-Expo (South East), 2nd March 2016
It was a cold, wet and blustery day when HRH The Princess Royal arrived at the Kent County Agricultural Showground, Detling, on 2nd March, to visit Agri-Expo, 2016. The reception party made a swift walk past the outside exhibits and thence into the shelter of the Kent Pavilion to visit the stands and talk to […]
Kent welcomes its youngest Magistrate, aged 19, to the Bench.
Joining the ancient office of Justice of the Peace carries a huge responsibility as well as an exciting chance to administer the law within the local community, and this is not any less true for Kent’s youngest Magistrate, Alex Hyne. Having been appointed at the age of 18 (the minimum age for appointment), Alex has […]
New Deputy Lieutenants Announced,12th January 2016
Four new Deputy Lieutenants of Kent have been appointed, each of them honoured for their positive contributions to the County and the Nation. They are Mr Desmond Crampton (Canterbury), Mr Bill Ferris (Headcorn), The Lord King of Lothbury KG, GBE, FBA (Canterbury) and Her Honour Judge Adèle Williams (Ashford). Mr Crampton left his native South […]
