Offenders work in your community

Low-level offenders have accomplished 6 successful months of working in and for the community

Canterbury districts’ Community Payback scheme has reached last week the 6 month milestone and was very inspired marked by a graffiti clean-up session in Tankerton, Whitstable.

Green Canterbury

Even if Canterbury could be described as very cosmopolitan due to its important universities that attract hundreds of overseas students each year, is at the same time the typical English town that has not lost a single drop of its uniqueness despite this international recognition that becomes year by year more significant.

South East Coast Ambulance Service launches highly-skilled hazardous response team

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SECAmb) has launched a new team of clinicians specially trained to deliver life-saving treatment in hazardous environments



SECAmb’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) began responding to calls at the beginning of the week after the official launch that took place last week. Members of the team have been specially trained to safely treat patients in the ‘hot zone’ of a major incident.

Protect yourself by the heatwave

The Met Office warns that temperatures of more than 30C by day and 15C by night are to be expected by people in the South East of England in the coming days. The heatwave can affect anyone, but some groups are under a higher risk of serious harm, including the very young, older people and those who are suffering of serious illnesses. The heat can multiply and worsen the heart and respiratory problems. In extreme cases, excess heat could lead to strokes which can be fatal.

The new coalition government in the eyes of a foreigner

After a thrilling electoral battle, Britain has got its first coalition government
since the Second World War.
And as that would not be enough, we have witnessed another premiere: the first ever TV debate opposing the three main candidates.
The great majority agrees that the winner of the “series” was the Lib-Dem candidate Nick Clegg and the question on everybody's lips was whether he can transform this advantage given by his charisma into real votes.

Student leaders views after 'Love Canterbury, Hate Debt' debate

Later edit

Aaron Porter, National Union of Students (NUS) vice president and Steven Godwin vice president of Christ Church Students'Union (CCSU) expressed their views at the meeting with prospectus candidates (conservative Julian Brazier, labour Jean Samuel and lib dem Guy Voizey) for Canterbury at this year's general elections.
Mr Porter thinks that in today's hostile environment for higher education, students are choosing the university they go to not based on their abilities and aspirations, but how much debt they are prepared to get into.





After carefully listening to all candidates, Mr Godwin risks and propose students to vote for liberal democrats, whose candidate Guy Voizey is the one that apparently stands the most for them.

The MP for Canterbury Julian Brazier regarding the rise of tuition fees: "Decisions are going to be painful"

Focus Canterbury interviewed Conservative MP  Julian Brazier minutes after Love Canterbury, Hate Debt debate that took place Saturday, 27 February at Augustine's House. We asked him what he thinks about the expected rise in tuition fees and what will he do if he were re-elected.