Sandgate Parish Council are inviting local residents to come along and join the Wild Life and Open Spaces group on a part-rural / part-urban Litter Pick. We will start at the top end of the Golden Valley (Ferne Way) at 6pm on Friday 1st August, and finish in Sandgate High Street (just behind Chichester Hall) around 7pm or just after.
A new group has been set up and has conducted a feasibility study to recommence mail and postal services in AB's Minimarket, Enbrook Valley, Sandgate. The initial study has shown that, with a little help from local residents and businesses, introducing these services will be possible, replacing some of the services lost when the Post Office closed earlier this year.
The BBC reports that Eurostar is to resume a daily direct service between Ashford International, in Kent, and Brussels from December. Ashford lost all of its services to Brussels, and some to Paris, when Ebbsfleet International station opened last November.
Folkestone Lib Dem Councillors Peter Carroll and Tim Prater have expressed their delight at the outcome of a recent public meeting in Cheriton called to address speeding and parking in Royal Military Avenue.
Kent Highways are carrying out around £11,000 of road repairs in Church Road, Cheriton this week, at various locations between Risborough Lane and Horn Street.
British Gas owner Centrica has announced it is to raise gas prices by 35% and electricity prices by 9% with immediate effect.
Following a request from Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater, the Shepway Public Rights of Way Officer has agreed to arrange a site meeting with a contractor to mark out the correct line of the path running from Valebrook Close to Pond Hill Road in Cheriton.
A Labrador-cross has been found abandoned in a dog exercise area in Radnor Park, Folkestone. He was caught by daybreak and taken to kennels from where he will be either re-united with his owners or found a new home.
Controversial plans to build an anaeobic digestion plant and materials recycling recycling facility at Otterpool Quarry in Sellindge will be discussed by Shepway District Council's Development Control Committee this week.
For members who would like to go to federal party conference in Bournemouth but have not yet registered, the next price increase is fast approaching! Sign up before 31st July for the advance booker rate of £89. The late booker and on site registration rate will be £117, so make sure you catch this last-chance discount.
With the start of the summer school holidays, Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) is urging parents to warn children of the dangers of fire and the potentially life-threatening consequences of deliberate fire setting.
Neil Matthews recently spent a day at the Folkestone Police headquarters, including a morning briefing with Chief Inspector Ivan Pickering, a tour of the headquarters and visit to the Community Safety Unit where a multi-agency approach is taken dealing with all kinds of community problems, from dog fouling to ASBOs.
