Sandgate Christmas Art and Craft Fair
This Saturday (11th December) there will be a Christmas Art and Craft fair at the Chichester Memorial Hall, Sandgate
6 Dec 2010
Folkestone and Hythe News
Shepway Corporate Scrutiny Meeting - 6 December
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
6 Dec 2010
Has Kent response to extreme weather been better this time? Yes or Snow...
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?
6 Dec 2010
Southeastern Travel Update: Service for Saturday 4 December
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.
3 Dec 2010
Weather Update from Kent County Council - Friday 2 December [2pm]: Watch the Ice!
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.
3 Dec 2010
Advice from Government and Kent County Council on Clearing Snow from Pavements
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/
3 Dec 2010
Sandgate Ping Pong?
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.
3 Dec 2010
Snow Update from Kent County Council - Thursday 2 December [4pm]
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.
2 Dec 2010
Roads and buses getting to / from Shepway: update from Kent County Council [2pm, 2 December]
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.
2 Dec 2010
Southeastern train service update for Kent [2 December]
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.
2 Dec 2010
Snow Update from Kent County Council - Thursday 2 December [11am]
The latest update from Kent County Council on snow and road condition updates by area - this mornings update advises that Shepway still has a "Snow Emergency in place" and that some local roads are closed and others only passable with extreme care. Update in full:
2 Dec 2010
Sandgate Farmers Market: 4th December
This Saturday 4th December at The Chichester Memorial Hall, Sandgate from 10am until 12 noon, the market will be celebrating our first year's trading with mulled wine, mince pies and a big thank you to our wonderful stallholders and loyal supporters.
2 Dec 2010