Broadstairs Summer Swiss

Round Four of this year?s Summer Swiss will be as follows: Paul Carfrae (3)              v      Bob Page (2½) John Couzens (2)            v     Bob Cronin (2) Paul Ruffle (2)                 v     Peter Timlett (2) Michael Jenkinson (2)     v     Reg Pidduck (2) John Cutting (1½)          v     Elliott Boyes (1½) Fiona Jenkinson (1)        v      Tom Lovegrove (1) Tony Mockett (½)          v     Catriona Jenkinson (1) David Clifford (0)             v      Michael Olley (0) 

FROM: Thanet Chess @ Wednesday, 2nd July 2008

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Grosvenor Tour Hits UK

Titan Poker has launched a weekly series of online Super Satellites, that offers players of all levels the opportunity to showcase their skills and win a prize package to attend any of four major Grosvenor Poker Tour events of their choice. The Grosvenor UK Poker tour is one of the highest profile events on the United Kingdom Poker calendar, players will compete in more than ten exhilarating stages at ten of the Grosvenor casino locations around the United Kingdom. The tournament Grand Final

FROM: @ Monday, 30th June 2008

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Local Reactions to Westwood Cross

I stated in "Local Reactions To..." that I wanted to try to summarise the feelings of "us lot in Thanet" towards some key issues. Towards that end I have selected Westwood Cross as the first topic because I am aware that there is a reasonable body of expression on the subject already. I want to give a somewhat balanced coverage offering space to each view proportionate to the number of people, papers, surveys, polls, blogs etc (sources) expressing that view. So while I gather the evidence of

FROM: The Thanet Star @ Monday, 30th June 2008

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Local Reactions to Westwood Cross

I stated in "Local Reactions To..." that I wanted to try to summarise the feelings of "us lot in Thanet" towards some key issues. Towards that end I have selected Westwood Cross as the first topic because I am aware that there is a reasonable body of expression on the subject already. I want to give a somewhat balanced coverage offering space to each view proportionate to the number of people, papers, surveys, polls, blogs etc (sources) expressing that view. So while I gather the evidence of

FROM: Thanet Star MicroBlog @ Monday, 30th June 2008

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Sunny Sunday on Ramsgate Beach

Can any one tell me why Ramsgate beach was empty today?  One could count the number of people on the sand this afternoon.  One could, but I didn?t.  I couldn?t believe how empty it was.  I went down there a few weeks ago on a similar beautiful Sunday afternoon - that time I thought perhaps the lack of people was due to the Big air Event going on in Margate.  Just a thought but does the lack of car parking have anything to do with it?

FROM: @ Sunday, 29th June 2008

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Free car parking in Margate

Thank goodness. I think I have commented myself on previous occasions that £1.30 per hour for the privilege of Parking in Margate does not make sense. Similarly the park parking charges in Northdown Road, Cliftonville and in Ramsgate town centre should be addressed. Check links to my previous blogs  - local to Thanet - in right hand collumn. For more about local car parking read the blog and comments here: http://bignewsmargate.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-start-for-margate.html

FROM: @ Sunday, 29th June 2008

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A Bit Of Politics

As regular readers will know, I rarely make any serious political comments here, except to take the proverbial out of our local Jurassic junta on occasion. It's probably because, as the only Lib Dem in the village, there never really appears to be any point. However, with Cllr Moores' 'popular but beseiged' Tory Thanet Life blog comatose, the chances of me being labelled a 'paedophile', 'welfare sponger', 'living gloating metaphor of all that's wrong with society', or a 'left wing c*nt' just for

FROM: @ Friday, 27th June 2008

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It?s not just the bloggers

Last evening I went a hilarious, but at the same time depressing, meeting entitled ?Margate United?. I think it had been called to have a pop at the current councillors but as none of them were there, it was rather unclear what it was all for, except to provide a soap box for a few ill-informed bods who needed to blame someone else for their own sad lives. The funny thing was that it was clear that genuine differences of opinion were pretty minor! There was nothing to argue about! All agreed t

FROM: @ Tuesday, 24th June 2008

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The Kent Invent

In the light of Ken Clarke?s English Pauses for English Clauses and Malcolm Rifkind?s East Lothian Answer, I thought I would reflect on some other Conservative plans that would try and answer the West Lothian Question. This time the proposal comes from Roger Gale, a Conservative MP for North Thanet in Kent. As both Ken Clarke?s and Malcolm Rifkind proposals have memorable names, I feel I should give Roger Gale?s proposal such a name too. Judging by its hitherto unfavourable reception I thi

FROM: @ Tuesday, 24th June 2008

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Margate police

I have to share this with you. It made me chuckle but also made me despair. I was in the new police reception the other day (although I?ve no idea what was wrong with the old one) and saw a sign featuring some big nob Kent plod. Next to his smiling photo was a statement which surely can?t be based upon any statistical jiggery pokery known to mankind. ?The Thanet district is a safe place - together we can keep it that way and improve the quality of life for everyone.? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha sob s

FROM: @ Monday, 23rd June 2008

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Logo- Thanet Rhinos Basketball Club

New logo identity for local basketball club, the Thanet Rhinos. The new branding will form the main promotion of the new club setup to be used on the new website, kits and merchandise to support the clubs growth and promotion.

FROM: @ Monday, 23rd June 2008

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Sandy Beach Deemed Unfit For Purpose

Nope, not another story about dirty nappies strewn across Viking Bay (eeurgh!), but the result of my latest 7 day poll asking whether people would prefer to see the back or front of our glorious council leader. A whopping 63 people cast their votes, here's the final tally: Question: Is our Sandy fit to be leader of Thanet Council? No: 87% (55 votes) Yes: 12% (8 votes) An overwhelming majority in favour of putting the former pugilist and 'f*cking tosser' utterer out to pasture, then. I expect

FROM: @ Saturday, 21st June 2008

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Policeman Killed by Train

Details are still sketchy but it seems that yesterday a 43 year old copper has managed to off himself in a fairly newsworthy manor. The as-yet-unnamed officer was not on duty when he and the 9.59am train from Ramsgate to London Victoria met at the crossing between Herne Bay and Birchington. While the train was damaged in the crash no one else is thought to have been hurt. Passengers did, however, suffer a three hour wait in the train before finally being moved to a replacement bus service. Wh

FROM: Thanet Star MicroBlog @ Friday, 20th June 2008

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Policeman Killed by Train

Policeman Killed by Train Written by Matt B · first published 20/06/2008 Details are still sketchy but it seems that yesterday a 43 year old copper has managed to off himself in a fairly newsworthy manor. The as-yet-unnamed officer was not on duty when he and the 9.59am train from Ramsgate to London Victoria met at the crossing between Herne Bay and Birchington. While the train was damaged in the crash no one else is thought to have been hurt. Passengers did, however, suffer a three hour wa

FROM: The Thanet Star @ Friday, 20th June 2008

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Fairtrade Fair Trade For Water Week?

Yet more evidence, if it were needed, of the low priority placed on the Millionaires' Playground by our Margate based Jurassic junta. My spies tell me both the council chairman and our glorious leader, Sandy Beach, have booked themselves in for a Fairtrade bunfight at the Winter Gardens on the same night they're meant to be attending a gala dinner as the culmination of Ramsgate's Water Skiing Week next month. I presume the chance to rub shoulders with my old TV chum George Alagiah, who'll be at

FROM: @ Friday, 20th June 2008

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Breeding Your Own Killer

the house flyThis is a fly. One of many types of fly that you are likely to see this summer. This summer we are likely to see a lot more of our friend the common housefly as well as his better dressed brethren - the blowfly family. Blow-flies (also frequently spelled blow flies or blowflies) are members of the family Calliphoridae of flies (Diptera). Some members of this family are known as bluebottles, clusterflies or greenbottles. Flies in this family are often metallic in appearance and be

FROM: The Thanet Star @ Friday, 20th June 2008

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Read entry: 10 Thanet Blogs

10 Thanet Blogs Another famous Thanet Star micro-blog list of ten. This is ten random blogs listed in no specific order. Maisiegrace The Thanet Eye Thanet Online Big News Margate Thanet Strife Zumi Web Nethercourt Notes Mrs Tara Plumbing Gadds' Beer Shop Ramsgate Rants Matt B@23:07:50 18/06/2008 in Thanet-Micro-Blog-Main comment

FROM: The Thanet Star @ Friday, 20th June 2008

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Thanet Earth: The biggest greenhouse in Britain unveiled

By David DerbyshireDaily Mail------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1025689/Welcome-Thanet-Earth-The-biggest-greenhouse-Britain-unveiled.html

FROM: @ Friday, 20th June 2008

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Margate car parking more expensive than Central London

Up to nine times more expensive! One of the great mysteries to me as an observer of local issues, is our local Tory Council, they seem extremely hostile to local retail business, which is particularly apparent when you look at local parking policy. Now I personally have a theory that in the same way, we read in the winter that network rail encounter the wrong sort of leaves, I reckon we have the wrong sort of Tories, having read that the borough of Westminster, controlled I believe by Tories,

FROM: @ Thursday, 19th June 2008

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Thanet District Councils planning website

I have had a response from the council about my concerns that information is being withheld from us, because they have set their planning website to restrict public access to documents and comments on it. Click here to read the correspondence

FROM: @ Thursday, 19th June 2008

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