Lib Dems Bearder, Wallace and Brake set out alternative ask of EU
David Cameron has announced his list of proposed EU reforms today in a letter to EU council president Donald Tusk.
10 Nov 2015
He might not look it, but Tim Prater was delighted to hear Saga is returning to their Sandgate Enbrook Park HQ.
Tim Prater explains why he's standing for the most marginal County Council seat in Kent: Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East.
An end to puppy farming
Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson, Baroness Parminter, will today challenge the government to end puppy farming in the UK through an Oral Question in the House of Lords.
9 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Armistice Day at the Machine Gun Corp Memorial
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Two Minute Silence is observed on Armistice Day. The time which marks the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918.
9 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Remembrance Sunday
The Folkestone Remembrance Sunday ceremony, held at the Folkestone War Memorial, at the top of The Road of Remembrance, is attended by the Town Mayor, civic dignitaries, Councillors, Veterans Associations, youth organisations and cadet forces.
5 Nov 2015
Government Expects Parliament to Swallow an Iceberg
The new draft surveillance bill is like an iceberg, with a vast bulk of technical change obscured beneath the surface, according to civil liberties organisation NO2ID, the national campaign against the database state.
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4 Nov 2015
New Restrictions on Overnight Lorry Parking Welcomed
Former Folkestone & Sandgate County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed news that lorry drivers have been banned from parking on a number of roads across the district overnight and at weekends.
2 Nov 2015
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