Folkestone and Hythe
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Wax on Wax off: young people from Catch22 volunteer their time to restore unique local Old Fire Station

8 young people from Catch22 Folkestone will spend 2 days restoring the architecturally unique wooden panelled Public Reading Room in The Old Fire Station, Sandgate. The panelled walls and roof within the listed building, which is set in a Conservation area, has not been polished since the 1980s. The young people will be restoring the room on the 28th and 29th of March 2013 to ensure it looks spick and span for an exhibition over the Easter weekend.

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by Andy Rist, Catch22 Folkestone
27 Mar 2013
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Have Your Say on Shepway Ward Boundary Review

The Local Government Boundary Commissioin for England is carrying out an electoral review of Shepway District Council area, having already decided it intends to reduce the number of Councillors from 47 to 30.

25 Mar 2013
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A £700 tax cut: delivering the 2010 Lib Dem Manifesto graphic

Promise Kept: Delivering a £700 Tax Cut for Shepway

Wednesday's Budget announced that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will be raised to £10,000 in April 2014 - one year sooner than had been expected. This means 37,600 ordinary working people in Shepway will get a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total tax cut to £700 a year since Liberal Democrats joined the Coalition Government.

21 Mar 2013
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Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Red Arrows to return to Folkestone in June

STAR performer at last year's Folkestone Airshow, the RAF Red Arrows aerobatics team is to return for the 2013 event, organiser Folkestone Town Centre Management Ltd (FTCM) has announced. On Saturday, June 8, it will be the first major display of the year for the team whose high-speed manoeuvres in 'diamond nine' formation have thrilled air show audiences all over the world.

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19 Mar 2013
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Vannessa Reay

Introducing New Sandgate Parish Councillor Vannessa Reay

Following the resignation of Conservative Councillor Nigel Griffith from Sandgate Parish Council, a vacancy was declared and nominations opened. At the close of nominations, the only nominated candidate was Sandgate Village resident and Lib Dem candidate Vannessa Reay. As such, Vannessa was declared a new Councillor for Sandgate Village on Sandgate Parish Council as of 18th March, joining the existing Lib Dem group of Tim Prater and Gary Fuller.

18 Mar 2013
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Sandgate - A Walk Down Memory Lane

The Sandgate Society are holding an exhibition entitled "Sandgate - A Walk Down Memory Lane" on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st March from noon onwards in the Reading Room above the Old Fire Station on Sandgate High Street.

18 Mar 2013
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Don't Panic: It's a Not Really a Bomb

On Thursday, Kudos Television (as part of their new drama "The Tunnel") are staging a bomb disposal sequence in folkestone involving emergency vehicles including police cars and a bomb squad running flashing lights as well as actors in uniforms.

18 Feb 2013
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