Police bid to save traditional event

Kent Police aim to help out

POLICE officers from Sheppey have stepped in with an offer to save this year's World Walking the Plank Championships in Queenborough.

Organisers have pulled the plug on the event after a series of anti-social behaviour occurred in the past three years of the 13 year event.

Teenage duo go homeless for charity

Geared up for action

MY close friends Jamie Wyatt, 18, and Nathan Parody, 18, have set upon going homeless for charity.

The pair have raised nearly £1000 each to go homeless for three nights in central London.

UKC follow expensive fee trend

UKC campus in Canterbury

THE University of Kent will charge £9,000 a year to study in 2012.

A degree from UKC will be one of the most expensive in the country with any English university being able to charge the maximum due to new government plans.

Gillingham F.C record massive loss

Chairman Paul Scally

THE man at the centre of it all again is chairman Paul Scally as Gillingham F.C. report a loss of nearly £500,000.

The account for the year ending May 31 2010 recorded a loss of £463,000.

IOS Academy gets £54m boost

The current main campus at IOS Academy

ON the back of a dismal Ofsted inspection, the Isle of Sheppey Academy is now set to land £54m.

The huge sum of money will go towards two new buildings in the east and west side of the island.

Are you a sufferer of Facebook anxiety?

Facebook: a new form of anxiety

A RECENT study by Edinburgh Napier University shows that a significant number of Facebook users from the UK, including Kent, are finding the site to cause stress. 

Research conducted by psychologists found that while the majority of those surveyed said Facebook is great for keeping in touch and general networking, for others, they are starting to feel the pressures.

Ofsted: IOS Academy is a 'serious concern'

Academy teacher and pupils

ONE year after opening, the Isle of Sheppey Academy has been reported by Ofsted as a "serious concern".

Top of the main issues raised was that the number of pupils with special educational needs is double the national average.

Sex pervert caught with over 3,000 'obscene' images

Canterbury crown court

A CONVICTED sex pervert has walked free after being found with over 3,000 child abuse photos.

Sheerness resident, Benjamin West, who I happened to work with at Tesco in Sheerness, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court having admitted 28 charges of indecent images.

Gaga sets sights on stardom

Everyone is set to go Gaga again in 2011

LADY Gaga's new song 'Born this way' makes a turning point for the Diva in her search for her place in music history.

The first song of her new album, also entitled 'Born this way', has already turned a few heads for various reasons.

Fuel keeps on rising and rising

Record highs in the fuel market have hit pockets hard

BRITAIN hit a new record high for fuel prices with petrol averaging a record high of 128.86p per litre for unleaded.

Motorist Paul Miller, 20, said: "The cost of driving is becoming unfeasible, especially for the average student like myself."

Ashley 'Shoot' Cole

His recent form shows he has been firing on all cylinders 

I COULDN'T quite believe the news that broke out of Chelsea Football Club last week.

To hear that Ashley Cole had shot a work experience student with an air rifle came as a disbelief, but then again, he has done stranger things in the past years. Que.... Cheryl Cole.