Shepway District Council are working with evengreener.com to offer residents home composting bins and water butts at low prices - compost bins start at £14, and water butts from £28. Find out more and order online at www.shepway.getcomposting.com
A Kent County Council scheme is offering individuals and organisations up to 25 native trees each, free of charge. All you have to do is collect them, plant them and care for them as they grow.
The Transportation Team for Dover & Shepway is currently working on the Shepway District Cycling Plan. On the 5 July 2010 the Shepway Joint Transportation Board (JTB) agreed for the document to go out to full public consultation.
Rediscover the magic of cinema as Freedayz screens family classic movies in unique Folkestone settings. All main screenings are FREE and open to everyone! Bring a blanket, a picnic and your friends and family for a magical evening of entertainment.
Residents in Folkestone, Dover & Deal have reported being called upon this week by person who claims he needs access to their property because he is working on the house next door or he has previously done work on their home. He claims that he needs to do remedial drainage work and / or install dehumidifiers in their home to remedy the problems the neighbours are having.
A Dutch company has been fined £10,370 for transporting live sheep through Dover on standard passenger ferries, and declaring the load as meat.
Commenting on the Coalition Government's announcement that it has introduced a Bill to compensate Equitable Life policyholders, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Policy Committee, Stephen Williams said:
Research by Shepway Liberal Democrats has shown that Liberal Democrat Councillors claim less expenses from the Council than any other group.
My feet are becoming used to the additional standing to watch important events and my leg muscles are getting stronger to cope with the extra walking and standing. This event however, required endurance of feet, legs and back! Perhaps because the military are so used to standing and walking, they have forgotten that some of the rest of us are pretty unfit!
Commenting on Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg's statement that Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, where children are detained awaiting deportation, will be closed, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake said:
Over the summer, Folkestone Film Factory is running a series of five-day film workshops for 8 to 15 year olds, in which they will get the chance to make their own film. Last summer saw the making of an apocalyptic disaster film, a zombie dance-off and a surrealist comic art film. Each workshop is limited to 10 places to ensure participants have the chance to try every aspect of film-making.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports of men selling shrink wrapped flat screen TV's from the back of a truck in the Folkestone and surrounding areas. Their information suggests that the sellers have no fixed address.
