Dartford

Dartford toll increase to start

BBC News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

Toll charges are to increase by up to 50% for the Dartford crossing over the Thames between Kent and Essex.

Glaxo steps up job cuts with factory closure

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline , the world's second biggest drugmaker, said on Tuesday it planned to close its Dartford manufacturing site in south-east England by 2013 with the loss of 620 jobs.

• GlaxoSmithKline plans UK plant closure, job cuts - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Glaxo To Close UK Plant That Employs 620 Workers - Pharmalot
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Ben Beddoes Big Band @ Acacia Ballroom, Dartford

Folkestone Gerald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008

High St, Dartford, Kent, Ben Beddoes Big Band Sun 16 Nov 2008

BRITAIN TODAY: Patient Dies ; HEALTH

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008

A PATIENT has died after an outbreak of Clostridium difficile at a community hospital, it was disclosed yesterday. Seven cases of the deadly infection were confirmed among patients at the Livingstone Hospital in Dartford, Kent, within the last two months.

10CC One Of The Biggest Groups Ever @ Mick jagger centre, Dartford

Folkestone Gerald (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008

Shepherds Lane, Dartford, , Kent, Da1 2jz 10CC One Of The Biggest Groups Ever Thu 2 Oct 2008

10CC One Of The Biggest Groups Ever SOLD OUT @ Mick jagger centre, Dartford

Folkestone Gerald (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008

Shepherds Lane, Dartford, , Kent, Da1 2jz 10CC One Of The Biggest Groups Ever SOLD OUT Fri 3 Oct 2008

In Zodiac Light, By Robert Edric

The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008

After service in the First World War, the poet and composer Ivor Gurney led a strange, wandering existence marked by periods of intense creative work and mental breakdown. In 1922, he was committed to the City of London Mental Hospital at Dartford, Kent. He continued to write until 1926, then fell silent. A visitor described him as a "tall, gaunt, dishevelled figure" living in a "bare and drab" cell....

Ugly, intrusive and useless sign

James Cleverly (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

I've just got back from a tour of Joyden's Wood by the Woodland Trust, we were talking about ways to support Boris' greening London agenda. The wood straddles London and Kent. Or Kentish London and Kent, being part in the Borough of Bexley and part in the Borough of Dartford, this also means that it straddles the Low Emissions Zone (LEZ). I am not a big fan of the LEZ! I particularly dislike

Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra @ Acacia Ballroom, Dartford

Folkestone Gerald (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

High St, Dartford, Kent, Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra Sun 21 Sep 2008

Toll Increases At The Dartford River Crossing

the Courier Shop blog (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008

One of the most beautiful bridges in the UK, the Queen Elizabeth II bridge at the Dartford Crossing. You drive over into Kent and return via the Dartford tunnel into Essex. The Department for Transport recently concluded it’s low key survey about the Dartford River Crossing. The survey was so low key, they only received 67 [...]

Temza

Light reading (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008

At the Times, extracts from a Philip Howard's alluring-sounding The British Library: A Treasure House of Knowledge . On the map reproduced above: This 1977 map looks unusual but strangely familiar. It shows parts of Essex and Kent linked across the River Thames by the Dartford Tunnel, but it is in Russian. It was not realised outside the Eastern Bloc that the Soviet military were secretly mapping the...

When I'm 65

UNCoRRELATED (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008

Happy Birthday tomorrow to an old age pensioner. He and I were both born in Dartford, Kent. Many more, Mick. Here's an attractive Charlie Rose interview:

More new school photos tags

My Home Town Schools Reunions Blog (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008

we have just added some more new old school photo tags Kent London Merseyside Yorkshire Liverpool Salop Norfolk Girls Southport Dartford Wrexham Worcester Worcestershire Avon Somerset Shropshire Telford Wellington

Enthusiasm for law keeps me working

East Grinstead Courier (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008

Alan Williams joined Buss Murton - the Kent-based law firm, which has offices in Tunbridge Wells, Cranbrook and Dartford and a history which dates back to 1713 - as senior partner eight months ago and is thoroughly enjoying his new role.

Where’s the evidence Kent Police?

Police Community Support Officer (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008

Anyone can boast tons of anecdotal evidence to support pretty much any cause, but where are the facts Kent Police ? I’ve found a few facts myself... Crime Stats in Gravesham Crime Stats in Dartford Crime Stats in North Kent Crime Stats In All Districts That seems to show crime is actually down , for pretty much all recordable crimes'? Did I miss something? It’s also worth mentioning that from the powers...