Those of you following me on Facebook and Twitter will be aware that I have been suffering from some toothache these last few days. The good news is that I have now had this taken care of. The even better news is that I have found a dentist in Thanet taking on NHS patients.

Regular readers will be aware that since 2008 we have been following the dire lack of dentistry in Thanet.

Just now it seems that Bank House Dental Practice in Westgate is currently open to those of us looking for a dentist.

Meanwhile the Keeping the Lights On social experiment has hit 20% already. So good news all round I think.

If you were about in Margate this lunch time you would have seen cameras, film crew and Doctor Who star David Tenant.



I just so happened to be in Margate where a new series is being filmed (As reported by Thanet News Network).

You might also have seen Dominic Savage hard at work directing what is reported to be a semi-improvised five part mini series.

While interviews were clearly not on the agenda for the day one lucky fellow managed to snap up an autograph.

So apparently Thanet District Council have agreed to "consider" the impact of a possible Tesco on the Scenic Railway because it is a listed building.



Two thoughts occur to me on this matter.

1. The scenic railway is currently a blackened stump and as such is not likely to object to Tesco. On the other hand Tesco might object to the sad remains spoiling the manager's view during staff meetings.

2. What does "consider" actually mean in this context anyway. Are the council just going to say: "Right, well, I think five minutes considering is quite enough lads, let's get on with rubber stumping this so then"?

Things might be different if the fun fair still existed there and indeed a certain band of developers had fulfilled their obligations to repair the listed structure. How much worse can the sight of a Tesco actually be than views of bare tarmac and an award winningly ugly tower block.

Has anyone stopped to ask what bunch of sea-side hating bureaucrats gave planning consent for Arlington House in the first place?

Actually that is a darn good question. Would one of our skilled local researchers care to let us know which party were in power when planning consent for that monster was passed?

By comparison it doesn't mater how ugly the Tesco building might actually turn out to be because it will still look right at home next to the district's tallest eye-sore.

It seems reporter Saul Leese was instrumental in helping to resolve a stand off between police and a one man protest in Margate Yesterday.



The protester was objecting to the difficulty he was experiencing as a Father over access to his children.

His actions are somewhat reminiscent of protests by group Fathers 4 Justice. Does this local act of desperation suggest a deeper and still yet to be addressed problem, I wonder. I suspect it does.

It seems that Thanet has been suffering from a sudden increase in vandalism this year. According to Thanet District Council vandals managed to cause almost £4,000 worth of damage between April and August. Compare that to a little under £700 last year (and over a longer period) and that amounts to a serious problem.

Most of the damage seems to be from fires deliberately lit in public toilets. With no word from the police one wonders if they have "nothing to go on".

But seriously, this sort of mindless destruction serves no purpose other than to make Thanet the sort of place where everything is broken and nothing works. I know the cynical among you might want to suggest that there is much that is already out of order but what little we do have I'd like to see still usable.

Cllr Clive Hart has called the plans to build 550 houses on the Eurokent site near Westwood Cross incredibly foolhardy according to Kent News.

What's your take on this? Is Westwood Cross the right place to build new houses?