On Saturday June 18, Folkestone/Shepway Cycle Forum and The Hub Cycle and Coffee Shop are holding a cycle events day to celebrate the start of National 'Bike Week' and the one year anniversary of "The Hub Cycle and Coffee Shop" in Sandgate. All welcome!
Kishor Gurung performs the works of Spanish, South American & the European composers at the Tower Theatre, North Road, Folkestone on June 23rd 2011 from 6.30pm.
Regular water quality tests on Sandgate beach, Kent, carried out by the Environment Agency to check compliance with standards set in the Bathing Water Directive showed that on both 4th and 18th May that the water had 'Two thumbs up' - water quality in the sample met the Directive's most stringent Guideline standards.
Kent County Council's new household waste recycling centre based at Mountfield Road, New Romney opens its doors to local residents on 23 May 2011. The site will replace the weekend freighter facility operating in New Romney and Lydd.
If you have visited a Kent hospital in the last few months, then the Kent LINk (Kent Local Involvement Network) would like to hear about your experiences, good and bad. Please take a few minutes to complete their online questionnaire, which can be accessed from the home page of their website www.thekentlink.co.uk or by going directly to http://www.thekentlink.co.uk/hospital-feedback.html
There is not much point pretending that the election results in Shepway for the Lib Dems - in common with much of the rest of the country - were other than awful.
The Liberal Democrats in Shepway lost all their seats on Shepway District Council in the 5th May local elections, with the Conservatives now holding 45 of 47 seats on Shepway District Council. On Folkestone Town Council, Lee Walker was elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Harbour Ward. On Sandgate Parish Council, Gary Fuller was elected to Sandgate Valley ward, and Tim Prater was elected to Sandgate Village ward.
The Liberal Democrats in Shepway are fielding more candidates than any party other than the ruling Conservatives at the 2011 local elections. As the official opposition to the Conservatives over the past four years, it is the Liberal Democrats who have held the Conservatives to account on the issues that matter locally - from the closure of the Leas Lift, to the expansion of Lydd Airport, and opposing a massive 6.5% rise in Council house rents this year.
Since joining the coalition Government in 2010, the Liberal Democrats have been working to help sort the financial mess left by Labour. In a coalition government, no party can deliver everything in its manifesto, but the Lib Dems have made big steps in delivering fairness for Britain.
The right to a trial by jury has been a cornerstone of our democracy for over 800 years. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new plan to tackle court backlogs without scrapping juries.
Learning to drive is a vital life skill. Liberal Democrat members passed a new plan to clear the backlogs, end the rip-offs, and get the next generation moving.
Big tech companies should not be allowed to profit at the expense of children’s wellbeing.
Ed Davey is a husband, a father and a carer. He is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
It is Ed’s experience of caring that drives much of his politics, and motivates his tireless campaigning for a fair deal.
Meet our representatives and candidates.
