‘Major incident’ prompts Dreamland licence review

Dreamland Margate faces a licensing review after a 17-year-old girl died and 21 teenagers were hospitalised from suspected drug overdoses at a drum & bass event held last month. Kent Police declared a major incident at Worried About Henry event, which took place at the open air concert venue on 29 June.

Advertised as an over-16s event, it was attended by around 7,000 people.

Five interim measures have now been imposed on Dreamland, which has already cancelled an event “of a similar…

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