Captain Walter Tull: From the Folkestone Archives...
Recent articles remembering Walter Tull prompted me to have a look back almost 10 years...
26 Mar 2018
Southeastern Travel Advice: Friday 2 March and Saturday 3 March
The forecast is for heavy snowfall on Friday afternoon and overnight into Saturday, and our staff will continue to work around the clock to run as many trains as possible.
DSMDST
1 Mar 2018
Convert the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights into domestic law via the EU Withdrawal Bill
Local Lib Dem Gary Fuller has written to Damian Collins MP urging him to ensure that the EU Withdrawal Bill is amended to enshrine the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights into UK law.
22 Feb 2018
Local Lib Dems Support Alfie Dingley
Chair of Shepway Liberal Democrats and Sandgate Parish Councillor Gary Fuller has written to Damian Collins MP to urge him to intervene with the Home Secretary in the case of Alfie Dingley. Alfie suffers from an extremely rare form of epilepsy and can suffer up to 30 severe seizures per day. He has been denied a licence for medical cannabis, which is the only treatment that significantly reduces the number of seizures he suffers. Fellow local Lib Dems and parish councillors Tim Prater and Neil Matthews have also written to Damian Collins urging him to act. They wrote:
20 Feb 2018
Kernt Highways Update: Surface Treatment Road Closures 2018 – Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh Area
As part of a countywide programme of Surface Treatment works, it will be necessary to close a number of roads throughout the Shepway area.
5 Feb 2018
Annual Commemoration for Sir John Moore
The Chairman and Trustees of the Shorncliffe Trust cordially invite you to the annual commemoration for Sir John Moore taking place at his Memorial on Sandgate Esplanade on Saturday, 13th January 2018 at 09.45am.
3 Jan 2018
National News
Windrush Day 2025
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
20 Jun 2025
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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
My message to the UK’s LGBTQ+ community is clear - I support you. I stand with you.
CJ
17 May 2025
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Standing Up to Divisive Politics
In the face of divisive and destructive politics, it is more important than ever that the Liberal Democrats continue to offer a liberal alternative.
LS
14 May 2025
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