Folkestone Sign
Bench (needing repair) Wilberforce Road, Sandgate

Are You Sitting Comfortably...?

There was once a bench in a little village called Sandgate. It was quite old, and had seen better days, and was pretty hidden up a short steep, side street in the village but, no matter, there the bench was.

16 Feb 2016
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Sandgate High Street potholes

Kent Highways' major new visitor attraction for Sandgate - Opening Soon?

The following email is one I would have sent to Kent Highways today, except that they do not give out an email address on which you can contact them, and prefer instead that you use an online form. As the below makes clear, I have used the online form before with no success in this instance. Hence, my email is below, and I'll alert Kent Highways to it via Twitter, online forms and any other route I can think of...

15 Feb 2016
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Road works in Military Road, Sandgate

Sandgate's Military Road Fails to Heal Self

3 weeks this hole in Military Road, Sandgate has been coned off but NO repairs in progress. There had been a storm drain problem during the heavy rains about a month ago - some one came, coned the area off, dug a hole and have now left it for three weeks - there have been no further works in that time.

15 Feb 2016
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National News

HMT Windrush

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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Inclusive pride flag
LGBT+

Pride Month 2025

So we will keep fighting - until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

ED
1 Jun 2025
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Larry Ngan and Lib Dem Campaigners on The Leas, Folkestone

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