The Liberal Democrats have moved to a new HQ building in London after nearly 30 years (as the SDP and then Liberal Democrats) based at 4 Cowley Street, London. The 4 Cowley Street building was first taken by the SDP in 1982, and is a Grade II listed building originally constructed in 1905 as the London headquarters of the North Eastern Railway Company.
A van with scrap metal on board was stopped and vehicle seized in Folkestone as the driver had no insurance for driving for business, as Police officers in south Kent are continuing the campaign against metal theft in the area.
The draft Shepway Housing Strategy 2011-2016 is now available for final consultation on the Shepway Council website.
The Royal Military Canal, Hythe and Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone have again been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award for being great open spaces. On the back of this Green Flag also run a Peoples Choice award for the nations favourite park. You can vote for your favourite park by using the links below:
Kent Trading Standards are advising consumers with food allergies to sign up to the Food Standard Agency's text alert service.
An inspectors report on Youth Offending work in Kent says that "substantial" improvement is required. The inspectors report gave the following scores:
This weekend sees the annual Sandgate Sea and Food Festival. With a wide range of stalls and activities there is something for everyone - all welcome!
Issue 1 of the new monthly Kent LINk publication 'LINk into Local HealthWatch' is now available at http://www.thekentlink.co.uk/assets/files/HealthWatch_Newsletters/2011/Ed1_LINk_Into_Local_HealthWatch_Newsletter_18082011.pdf
Shepway District Council is writing a Local Development Framework (LDF) to guide the planning of the district for the next 20 years.
The total spending by Kent's District Councils on public facing CCTV in the years 2007-10 totalled £13,563,811.59 according to research by Big Brother Watch http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk. The spend by each local authority in Kent's Local authorities, in order of the size of their total spending on CCTV technology between 2007 and 2010, was:
Shepway Lib Dems are saddened to hear that long standing local Liberal Democrat member and deliverer Jenny Cowan recently passed away.
The importance of the landscape around Folkestone and Dover has been recognised by the Heritage Lottery Fund with the allocation of £2.3 million for a Landscape Partnership Scheme. The White Cliffs Landscape Partnership Scheme are putting together projects for the area, based around four themes: