We Can Cut Crime Campaign Launched
The Liberal Democrats have today launched the 'We Can Cut Crime' campaign, unveiling five steps to a safer Shepway and Britain.
22 Jan 2007
Folkestone and Hythe News
High winds cause Kent travel disruption
High winds are causing disruption across Kent today, with the Port of Dover and the Sheppey Crossing shut, and delays at the Dartford Crossing. Phase 1 of Operation Stack has also been implemented on the M20, closing the motorway from Junction 11-12.
18 Jan 2007
Reduction in Kent drink drive arrests and deaths in December
Kent Police report that a nationwide campaign to combat drink driving Kent has seen arrest figures for drink driving, and deaths due to drink driving, fall during December 2006 compared to the same period in 2005.
17 Jan 2007
Missing Etchinghill girl found
The BBC report that the 12-year-old girl who disappeared from her school in Saltwood has been found "safe and well". Jasmine Thomson, from Etchinghill, failed to return home after leaving Brockhill Park School in Saltwood at 11.30 am on Tuesday.
17 Jan 2007
Shepway Lib Dems take Royal Victoria Campaign to Westminster
The campaign to save the Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone has been taken to Westminster. Local Lib Dems Peter Carroll. Tom McNeice and Darren Briddock joined a specially called lobby of Parliament on Tuesday 16th Jan at the House of Commons.
17 Jan 2007
With Regret: David Callahan leaves Lib Dems to become Independent
North Downs East Councillor David Callahan has resigned the Liberal Democrat group on Shepway District Council. Councillor Callahan has announced that he intends to sit as an independent councillor in future.
16 Jan 2007
Campaigners take fight for Folkestone Royal Victoria to Westminster
Shepway Liberal Democrats are travelling to Westminster on Tuesday 16th January to take part in a lobby of Parliament organised by the All Party Group for Local Hospitals. They will meet with the Lib Dem Shadow Health Secretary Norman Lamb MP and update him on the threat to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone.
15 Jan 2007
Official: Derry Unit "will not fit" at the Royal Victoria if main building sold
Folkestone Town Councillors heard last night that the proposed sell-off of the main Victorian building at the Royal Victoria Hospital can almost certainly ONLY go ahead if the Derry Unit is moved - most likely out of Folkestone. East Kent Hospitals Trust Facilities Manager, Howard Jones, admitted to the Folkestone Town Council meeting that to keep the Derry Unit in Folkestone without the main building would be "very difficult" in the remaining hospital space.
12 Jan 2007
Tax Victory for Folkestone: Zero Rise in Folkestone Town Council Precept for 2007-08
Following months of pressure by the Liberal Democrat team, Folkestone Town Council last night voted for a zero rise in the tax they collect from Folkestone residents for the next financial year AND backed new spending to make Folkestone cleaner.
12 Jan 2007
This Is What We Do - the Campaign to Save OUR Royal Victoria
To learn that there was a proposal to sell-off the largest part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone came as a real shock to local people just before Christmas - not least to the Lib Dems.
TPCSLD
11 Jan 2007
You Know Where I Stand: Fighting Crime and Preserving Ancient Liberties
Like all Liberal Democrats, I am appalled at the increasingly authoritarian drift of the Labour Party. Michael Howard and the Tories don't have a good track record on this issue either.
TPLDPSS
10 Jan 2007
Keep the Marsh Special Alliance steps up campaign against Lydd Airport expansion
Protesters fighting airport expansion proposals at Lydd Airport in Kent have stepped up their campaign to stop the development.
8 Jan 2007