Month: June 2017
UKC Summer Ball 2017: Average, At Best
InQuire takes an extensive look at this year’s Summer Ball, as editors Sunny Singh and Jack Hsuan work their way through the festival and share their experience. Being held across the campus, rather than the usual venue of the car park, this year’s event was more scattered; artists were further apart, and it was difficult to know which artists were on when – and on what stage. The attractions filling in the gaps between the venues were, overall, quite enjoyable. A combination of rides and fairground games paved the way to the headliners and support acts dotted around the…
Shadow Foreign Secretary Visits Canterbury: Emily Thornberry on Labour’s chances in Canterbury
Former University of Kent student and Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry was in Canterbury today supporting Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Canterbury and Whitstable, Rosie Duffield. With the race for Number 10 heating up and with just 6 days to go until polling day, the Canterbury and Whitstable Labour Party were buoyed on by the chance to add some political clout to their campaign, in the name of a top shadow cabinet official. The latest polling from YouGov suggests that the usually safe Conservative seat of Canterbury and Whitstable is now a toss-up between Julian Brazier and the Conservatives, and…
Police search for evidence after alleged rape near Canterbury campus
Kent Police are currently investigating a report that that a woman had been raped near the Canterbury campus. Police presence was spotted this morning and a section of land has been cordoned off at the junction of Whitstable Road and University Road. Kent Police were called at 3.41am on Friday 2 June 2023 to a report that a woman had been raped in University Road, Canterbury. Officers are currently at the scene and enquiries are ongoing. The investigation into the incident is being carried out by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate. The area sectioned off…