From Sandgate Mens Club to Sandgate Members Club
I've been a member of the Sandgate Mens Cub for a few years, and was elected to the management committee last year. It's been fun...
28 Mar 2018
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
National News
Cost of living
Our plan to halve energy bills by 2035
Sky-high energy bills are a massive problem for families, pensioners and businesses across the UK.
LD
25 Jul 2025
International Affairs
Ending the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank
We can’t turn a blind eye to the devastation across the Occupied Territories if we want to achieve a permanent peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
LD
24 Jul 2025
Economy & Business
My liberal vision for a thriving economy
I’m proud that once again it is the Liberal Democrats leading the way, with our vision for an economy that is growing strongly, where everyone feels the benefits.
ED
16 Jul 2025
Education
Our five principles for SEND reform
Ed Davey Munira Wilson have written to Keir Starmer setting out five principles for SEND reform, and offering to work on a cross-party basis with the government to ensure the reforms deliver for children with SEND and their families.
LD
9 Jul 2025
Benefits & Pensions
Standing up for the most vulnerable in society
Why we opposed the Government’s welfare bill
SD
3 Jul 2025
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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