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New Mayor elected for 2025/26

Councillor Peter Whapshott has been appointed as the Mayor of Dartford for the next 12 months.

Published: 8th May 2025

  • Sobering report highlights problems facing public’s access to GP services in Greater North Kent

    Patients in North Kent are much less satisfied with their experience of accessing GP services than across England as a whole, two new reports have found.

    Published: 10th February 2023

  • Announcing the opening of Buccaneer Bay

    Dartford Borough Council's swashbuckling adventure Buccaneer Bay opens on March 11th.

    Published: 8th February 2023

  • Hometown of Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pays statue tribute to rock legends

    Statues of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards capturing the pair mid-performance are to be installed on the High Street of the Kent town where it all started for them.

    Published: 23rd January 2023

  • Dartford adds extra market day for even more festive fun

    Dartford Markets will run for three consecutive days this week to help locals get their last minute Christmas items.

    Published: 19th December 2022

  • Message from The Worshipful the Mayor of Dartford Cllr Paul Cutler

    I’d like to wish each of you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as we come to the end of 2022.

    Published: 19th December 2022

  • Dartfordian Award for Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup winner Lewis King

    Three weeks after helping the triumphant England team lift the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup in Manchester, Dartford athlete Lewis King has been presented with a Dartfordian Award by DBC.

    Published: 14th December 2022

  • Special thanks to Dartford’s volunteer Health Walk leaders as take-up doubles in 2022

    Volunteers who lead walks around the Borough to combat isolation and promote healthy living were thanked at a special lunch attended by the Mayor of Dartford last week.

    Published: 29th November 2022

  • Dartford plans to freeze Council Tax for another year

    Dartford Council has made a significant announcement on proposals for next year’s Council Tax.

    Published: 25th November 2022

  • Dartford Council launches ‘home-grown’ fund to help hard-hit working families

    Dartford Borough Council has announced new initiatives in response to the global increase in energy prices and the ‘perfect storm of problems’ that has seen bills rise for Dartford families.

    Published: 25th November 2022

  • Dartford Borough Council’s commitment to end domestic abuse earns White Ribbon accreditation

    A conference on tackling domestic abuse has heard of Dartford Borough Council’s commitment to ending violence against women and girls.

    Published: 23rd November 2022

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