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Local schools can receive a special visit from Canterbury Laureate Patricia Debney as part of this year's Laureate programme.

Budding young artists could win tickets to see Jacqueline Wilson's 'Secrets' at the Marlowe Theatre if they enter a city council art competition.

The city council's Contact Centre has picked up a top honour in recognition of its excellent homeworking policy.

Canterbury City Council's popular half term sports courses return this month offering expert coaching and plenty of fun.

Volunteers are required to help check grazing ponies and install conservation fencing at Wraik Hill and Foxes Cross in Whitstable.

Members of the public concerned about the conduct of city councillors and Canterbury district parish councillors can now make complaints directly to Canterbury City Council.

The city council's benefits team has speeded up the service to local residents who need help with paying their rent and council tax.

Visitors to Whitstable Harbour will be able to find out more about the port and the things that happen there from a series of interpretation panels being unveiled on Saturday 17 May.

Famous Victorian engineer Robert Stephenson will be at the Museum of Canterbury this Saturday (10 May) to chat to visitors and enlist their help in a series of fun experiments.

This year's Whitstable Oyster Festival is attracting more attention than ever before thanks to a huge interest from television.

A new organisation to provide information, support and advice to voluntary and community groups across the district has been launched.

The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Reverend Robert Willis, will receive the Freedom of the City of Canterbury next Wednesday (7 May).

Herne Bay's gardeners should head for William Street car park on Saturday 10 May for a special event focussing on all things green.

Canterbury is now the safest district in the country for car parking, with 58 car parks receiving a safety award from the British Parking Association.

Canterbury City Council has appointed a new officer to promote, organise and deliver major conferences and supporting events in the district.

With the success of Kent's first animation festival in November last year still fresh in the minds, the Canterbury Anifest team has been given the green light for a sequel.

The details of a public consultation meeting about the new Marlowe Theatre for Canterbury have now been confirmed.

Students at Canterbury Christ Church University are being encouraged to make early preparations for dealing with their waste when they leave at the end of the year.

Three unsung heroes from the district will be presented with a Lord Mayor's Award this week in recognition of their efforts to help other people.

The planning application to build a new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has been submitted and public consultation is now underway.

Almost £600,000 in previously unclaimed benefits is now helping around 600 pensioners and families in the Canterbury district live better lives.

A mammal survey at Prospect Field in Whitstable has revealed the presence of bank voles and woodmice.

The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Reverend Robert Willis, is to receive the Freedom of the City of Canterbury.

Work by the city council to refurbish the war memorial in Canterbury's Buttermarket has now started.

Charities and voluntary groups in the district can now apply for financial support for 2009/10 from the city council's Single Grants Gateway.

Films made by cameras mounted onto kites, flown by artist Neville Gabie above three different aspects of the Western Australian landscape, are the central feature of a new exhibition at Canterbury Royal Museum and Art Gallery from next week.

Preparations for the summer season in Herne Bay and Whitstable continue this Friday (4 April) when city council officers carry out a full foreshore inspection.

Canterbury City Council is pleased to announce that Kent Top Travel has been selected to provide the council's Park and Ride bus services from October 2008.

People who are having trouble getting on the property ladder should head down to the Westgate Hall in Canterbury on Sunday 30 March for a special HomeBuy open day.

Canterbury City Council's neighbourhood centres at Spring Lane in Canterbury and Lucerne Drive in Seasalter are developing a new directory of community facilities.