A council has spent £5m on homes to rent out to homeless families. Thanet District Council (TDC) agreed the purchase of 42 homes in Ramsgate to help deal with increasing demand for social housing.

What the McDonald's drive-thru in Ramsgate could have looked like. Picture: McDonald's But a planning officer at Thanet District Council has refused the bid, citing loss of housing land and its ...

UKIP has lost control of its only local authority after Thanet District Council voted for a new Conservative leader. Last week Chris Wells resigned as council leader when 12 of UKIP's 25 ...

Ukip leader Nigel Farage may have lost his bid for South Thanet in the election - but he's in good company. "Joke vote" Al Murray - a comedy character representing the party FKUP - also lost his ...