Folkestone and Hythe News

Lower Leas Coastal Park Sign

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.

5 Aug 2019
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Bin bag with waste scattered by street bin

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!).

25 Jul 2019
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Broken Park Bench and Table

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.

12 Jul 2019
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Sandgate Street Waste Bin with Dog Waste Sticker

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.

9 Jul 2019
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Lib Dem Leadership Ballot

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.

2 Jul 2019
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Doug Wade and Tim Prater

Canada Day 2019: 100 Years of Giving Thanks

Always an honour to attend the Canada Day parade to Shorncliffe Cemetery and watch the children place flowers on the graves. This year, on the 100th anniversary of the start of the event, it felt even more special to lay the wreath on behalf of Sandgate Parish Council.

1 Jul 2019
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