As one door closes...Delighted to discover this weekend that bucking the trend of bars and restaurants closing, there's a new face in town, a really rather ace looking new bar...The Office is a spanking new basement bar on The Leas that we found by chance yesterday. It's... Having the time of your lifeAs predicted here a week or two ago, Kylie Minogue performed Abba's Dancing Queen at the close of the 2000 Sydney Olympics... Way to go KYLIE!What can replace the Olympics in our lives? Only MUSIC - when will there be a Music Olympics? The guestlist ... As one store closes...So, we're getting a Starbucks in Folkestone within the next two weeks, according to a small news piece in the Herald. You may think these chain coffee stores are the enemy, but they're surely a sign of regeneration, which is a good thing. AND, they d... RE: As one store closes...Having a Starbucks is not a good thing, what will happen to all those little cafes on our street corners, particularly the fabulous Chambers? Starbucks will not provide healthy competition as some people might think,they are a multinational company ... RE: As one store closes...Starbucks "Only in it for the money" - no sh*t! Folkestone need companies like this to help bring it back to life. RE: As one store closes...Getting a Starbucks is not a sign of regeneration... They are everywhere. They're just expanding their presence. They just don't have one here yet. Simple as that.A sushi bar opening up in Folkestone - that would be a sign of regeneration... and of m... Nostaliga Bar closes, reopens as EuphoriaWent to Euphoria on Saturday afternoong, which is where The Nostalgia Bar was, which is where The Front was before that. Now the '50s theme has been dropped, and it's just a nice bar again, nice to sit outside anyway, the high energy happy hardcore y... RE: As one store closes...An old property investment adage has it that a good place to invest is somewhere that has a Blockbuster, but not yet a Starbucks. So Folkestone must be on the up.Dunno what the denizens of Folkestone would make of Fresh & Wild; probably think it was ... BBC NEWS | England | Lorry fire closes Channel TunnelAnd this is why Operation Stack came into playThe operator Eurotunnel said it suspended rail services on Monday afternoon when a fire alarm went off.Lorry drivers were taken off the train in the north-running tunnel. A fire was put out about 7.5 mile... Closest pub to the channel tunnel?Just seen an ad saying the New Inn, Etchinghill is the closest pub to the channel tunnel... never thought about it that way but I suppose it is!White Hart closes this weekend.Evening News has more details...Have not been in that pub many times, once fairly recently when it was already in a serious decline.... 80s Rewind Festival 2010 in Henley-on-Thames80s Rewind Festival TicketsThe closest you will ever get to Live Aid! See the greatest popstars from the 80s live at the 80s Rewind Festival....