St Winifred Road, Morehall One Day Road Closure
St Winifred Road, Folkestone will be closed between the junction of Cheriton Road to the junction with Geraldine Road on 11 February 2010.
27 Jan 2010
Folkestone and Hythe News
Kent and Medway Funding Fairs 2010 - Could YOUR group use grant cash?
2010 sees the resurrection of the Kent and Medway Funding Fair, with two fairs in 2010. They provide an opportunity for Kent and Medway voluntary and community groups to meet and talk to a range of local and national agencies that can offer funding, grants and advice.
27 Jan 2010
Kent and Medway Funding Fairs 2010
2010 sees the resurrection of the Kent and Medway Funding Fair, with two fairs in 2010. They provide an opportunity for Kent and Medway voluntary and community groups to meet and talk to a range of local and national agencies that can offer funding, grants and advice.
27 Jan 2010
A New Era for Europe
This is a period of great change in the European Union, but also one of great uncertainty. With the final accession of the Lisbon Treaty on 1st December much has changed to the structure and workings of the Union, but if we work carefully the threatened turmoil will be avoided. I remember Paddy Ashdown saying after the 2004 accessions (when 10 countries joined the EU) that what was needed was a period of deepening the Union rather than widening, and it seems as if the last decade has been consumed by institutional wrangling, but that time is now over. We must now walk together into a new era of European cooperation, one where the principle focus is on working to improve the life of our citizens.
CBMEP
27 Jan 2010
Eco-Tourism Summit: A Fresh Future for Romney Marsh
Lynne Beaumont has announced a first meeting for a new project to boost eco-tourism across Romney Marsh. Lynne, a local Councillor and the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, is promoting an umbrella scheme across Romney Marsh, from Rye to Hythe, under the flag of "Eco-Tourism".
22 Jan 2010
It's time for Real Change in Folkestone and Hythe
Protecting services like schools, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Fire Services and Post Offices. Fighting Lydd Airport expansion. Justice for Gurkhas. All are campaigns I've fought alongside local people in the last 4 years.
LB
22 Jan 2010
Sandgate Councillors join beach litter pick
Lib Dem Sandgate Parish Councillors Season Prater and Ann Rimmer joined a team including the Decuria Youth Group on a litter pick along Sandgate Beach today. Although the weather wasn't the best, the group had a productive time and collected 10 bags of rubbish including a variety of shoes and boots!
16 Jan 2010
Shared Services Proposals are bad for Shepway
"Shared services are fine - but not this way". That's the cross-party reaction of Shepway Councillors on the East Kent Joint Scrutiny Committee in response to a paper on shared services across Shepway, Dover, Canterbury and Thanet Councils.
14 Jan 2010
EDF: over 3 months to connect new Shorncliffe Road traffic lights
Folkestone Councillor Tim Prater has learned that it it unlikely the EDF will connect the new traffic lights in Shorncliffe Road near Folkestone West station before March, over 3 months after their installation. The new lights were designed to ease traffic congestion in the area, which was expected to increase after the introduction of the full high-speed rail service in December 2009.
14 Jan 2010
3,400 Folkestone and Hythe pensioners to miss out on cold weather payments
Shock figures from the Liberal Democrats show that almost 3,400 pensioners across Shepway could miss out on Government cold weather payments this year, despite the dreadful weather conditions.
13 Jan 2010
Snow Liability
An email from Kent County Council Environment, Highways and Waste Cabinet member Nick Chard arrived with Tim Prater today, detailing the responsibilities of Local Authorities, individuals and businesses to clear ice and snow. Tim had always hoped the view that an individual could be sued for clearing snow if then someone fell was an urban myth. Seems not. Nick says:
12 Jan 2010
Cheriton Rec Play Area Enhancement Consultation - Have Your Say
Major improvements to Cheriton Rec are on the way after years of pressure from local residents, park users and your local Lib Dem team. The park has been agreed as a priority to development after resident consultation and projects are in place to improve the play equipment, facilities and general environment at the park.
12 Jan 2010
