A teacher will become only the second woman in the world to attempt a daunting challenge off the Kent coast this summer. Jess Laurent, 34, will need all the courage and stamina she can muster when she ...

A state school has become the first in Britain to get its own skate park. Folkestone Academy's new $198,000 facility is available to students during school days and to the wider community at weekends.

A "first of its kind" school skatepark has officially opened. Top riders presented the new facility at Folkestone Academy, Kent, to the local community during an event on Saturday that drew in ...

A unique skatepark at a Kent school is now officially open following months of construction and earlier opposition from neighbours. New pictures reveal how the facility at Folkestone Academy is ...