Folkestone and Hythe News

Westenhanger Castle: A Response

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Lower Leas Coastal Park: Making a Great Park Better

The Lower Leas Park is one of the gems of Folkestone - stretching from Radnor Cliff in Sandgate to the Leas Lift in Folkestone, the park is multi-award winning, well loved by locals and visitors alike and a great place to spend time.

Declaring a Climate Emergency in Folkestone and Hythe

Folkestone and Hythe District Council passed a motion declaring a Climate Emergency on Wednesday night. The motion was moved by the Green Party, with support from the Lib Dems and Labour. As ever. to win the debate, we'd need to persuade a member of the administration or two to back us, but we started full of hope...

Bin it, Don't Bag It...

I've seen, and had reported, a few examples recently of bin emptying where the bin bags are left by waste bins for subsequent collection, which are then attacked and ripped open (by seagulls, mainly). Thanks for the reports (you know who you are!).

A Special Sort of Idiot

It takes a special kind of malicious idiot to vandalise a bench in a park. It stops other people using it, could see someone get hurt, and of course leads to a repair that will cost them, their neighbours, family and friends and everyone else tax money to repair it.

Lib Dems reveal extent of ‘criminal’ Tory police cuts

Only Bin and Done it...

I today requested Folkestone and Hythe District Council if they could reprint and replace the faded and mainly damaged "Dog Waste" stickers on bins across the area with new stickers.

Lib Dem Leadership Ballot

All Party members for whom the Party has an email address should have received yesterday their personalised email to vote in the Leadership Election.

Lib Dem Questions to Folkestone and Hythe District Council - 26th June

From Councillor Prater to Councillor Godfrey, Cabinet Member for Housing, Transport and special projects