Dungeness B Power Output Reduction to Resolve Valve Fault
A message this afternoon from Martin Pearson, Station Director at Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station:
14 Sep 2012
News from Tim Prater
Tim has lived and worked in Sandgate (on Sandgate High Street) since 2004.
A trustee of the Sandgate Heritage Trust, Secretary of the Sandgate Members Club, Treasurer and Trustee of the Chichester Memorial Hall, former Trustee of the Gurkha Memorial Fund and former Governor of St Martin's School, and current Sandgate Speedwatch volunteer, Tim knows and works for the area!
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
- Folkestone and Hythe District Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Sandgate & West Folkestone;
- Sandgate Parish Councillor (Independent) for Sandgate Village;
- Folkestone Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Folkestone Harvey West;
- Hythe Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Hythe East.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011, was the Vice Chair of Sandgate Parish Council from 2018-2020 and Chair from 2020 to date.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm (and has each month since election in 2019). No appointment needed: just turn up.
Qualified Gas Engineers: Cheaper than Funerals
With winter on its way and as part of Gas Safety Week (10 - 16 September) Kent Trading Standards are advising consumers on the importance of using a qualified Gas Safe registered engineer to carry out any work relating to boiler repairs, servicing or fitting.
14 Sep 2012
Lib Dem win as Kent County Council changes policy to allow locally supported 20mph zones
To the Conservatives at Kent County Council who failed to understand what the Lib Dems were doing proposing a motion which sought to allow Councillors (if they wished) to back local 20mph schemes with Members Highways Fund money in this year, contrast and compare:
13 Sep 2012
Early September events in Sandgate
Forthcoming events at in Sandgate
7 Sep 2012
Trading Standards warning on Fraud MOT certificates
Kent Trading Standards are warning consumers NOT to rely on the printed version of the new-style MoT certificates when buying cars after a 38 year old man was arrested by Cleveland Police on suspicion of forging MoT test certificates with intent to deceive.
7 Sep 2012
Cheriton and Morehall: Road & Access Schemes
Following on from improvements in Cheriton and Morehall over recent years funded by Local County Councillor Tim Prater's "Member Highways Fund" (MHF), more works are hopefully planned this year. The Members Highway Fund is an amount of money delegated to County Councillors each year to spend on works in their division - currently £25,000 per year.
4 Sep 2012