The White Cliffs of Dover are all chalk, piled hundreds of feet high. In 1853, when the transatlantic cable was being laid, engineers would occasionally yank thick loops of wire up 10,000 feet ...

The White Cliffs of Dover now have a philosopher-in-residence to ponder why they are so important to the British. But what and who helped the chalk cliffs become such a symbol of the nation?

A large area of chalk grassland in east Kent is to be restored to create habitats for key species. The project will cover 20 acres (8 hectares) of land around Dover Castle and the Western Heights ...

Developers have been ordered to remove what has been described as a “scar” on the the landscape - behind a Dover housing estate. Piles of white chalk dumped during building works have been ...

The Dover Coastguard has said that the collapsed chalk extends about 150 yards (137m) from the base of the cliff and is 20 feet (6m) high in places. Ramblers, who frequent the path that runs along ...

But walkers have been warned to take care when walking along a stretch of the famous White Cliffs of Dover after tonnes of chalk crashed into the English Channel when part of the cliff-face ...

TONNES of chalk from the White Cliffs of Dover have collapsed into the English Channel.A mound of chalk was left on the shore after part of the cliff-face sheared off near St Margaret’s Bay ...

The White Cliffs of Dover now have a philosopher-in-residence to ponder why they are so important to the British. But what and who helped the chalk cliffs become such a symbol of the nation?