Council office re-opens

Council Offices & telephones reopen The all- clear has now been given following a bomb scare that closed the Margate Council offices and Gateway today.

Thanet Council services have now fully resumed following the evacuation of all council staff from the main Margate offices this afternoon (Tuesday 25 August).

The evacuation affected all frontline council services for a period of just under two hours, including operation of Thanet’s Gateway Plus and the council’s main call centre.

Chief Executive of Thanet District Council, Richard Samuel said: “I’d like to apologise to any our customers who were affected by today’s events. Our services were directly impacted by this emergency evacuation, and would have meant anyone trying to contact the council by phone or call into the Gateway would have been unable to do so.

I would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during this time and would like to re-assure all our customers that they can now expect a full return to normal council services."

Ed. Picture shows some of the bombs dropped on Thanet 17th May 1915.