The Big Arts Give is doubling the value of donations made to the Folkestone Triennial from 6th - 10th December 2010. The scheme enables individuals and organisations who would like to support the Folkestone Triennial's wider education, learning and outreach work in the community to take part without committing large contributions.
The Department of Work and Pensions has published a public consultation on Disability Living Allowance reform, seeking views on the Government's proposals to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a new benefit - Personal Independence Payment.
This Saturday (11th December) there will be a Christmas Art and Craft fair at the Chichester Memorial Hall, Sandgate
Tonight there is a meeting of Shepway Council Corporate Scrutiny Committee, which, like most Shepway Council meetings, is open to the public. An agenda and documents for the meeting are available at http://tinyurl.com/29a9hxs
County Councillor Tim Prater is keen to hear your views on how Kent have managed with snow clearance over the past few days. Has the response been better than to the last snow falls early this year, or not?
An update from Southeastern trains reports that they will be aiming to run the planned Saturday and timetable for this weekend, including all engineering work originally scheduled to take place.
Kent Highways are warning that roads are likely to become icy across Kent this evening and into the morning. Although gritters will treat primary routes, drivers and pedestrians should watch out for ice.
Kent County Council have issued a short video advising on how to safely clear snow from pavements. This video, and more advice and links to the Government's Snow Code and Kent's own advice on their work on clearing snow can now been seen at www.prater.org.uk/snowcode/
Sandgate's Chichester Hall have purchased a table tennis table, and are keen to hear from anyone who would like to organise sessions, particularly for Sandgate's young people, to use the table - maybe setting up a club or drop-in event.
Kent Highways are reporting that as of now, all primary routes / roads in Shepway are open and passable with care. Crews are patrolling secondary routes and ploughing and salting as necessary. Snow drifting has been cleared at Court at Street, Aldington, and Shepway DC have assisted with some primary carriageway salting / gritting in Folkestone.
Operation Stack Phase 1 is still active. M20 coast bound non-commercial traffic is being diverted onto the A20 at Junction 11. M26 Coast bound closed between M25 and junction J2a, due to vehicle recovery. Road expected to re-open from 2.00pm.
Southeastern trains are advising on their website (www.southeasternrailway.co.uk) that they are operating an extremely limited number of services from a contingency timetable today, and that most mainline lines of route do NOT have any services.
