Sandgate Councillor Tim Prater has slammed the way that £100,000 of Shepway funds were promised to Step Short to pay additional costs on the Folkestone Memorial Arch project without public, cabinet or Council agreement.
If you have a real Christmas tree Shepway District Council will collect it for recycling (composting) after Christmas, free of charge, from the boundary of your property between Monday 13th January and Friday 7th February 2014. To receive a collection:
Shepway Liberal Democrats have selected well known Councillor Lynne Beaumont to fight the Folkestone & Hythe seat at the next general election which is scheduled to take place in May 2015. Local Lib Dem members selected Lynne emphatically over fellow contender George Cunningham following a hard fought 3 week selection campaign.
It's Sandgate Craft Club in Sandgate Library tomorrow (Saturday 14th December). This is for 2 to 11 year olds, accompanied by an adult. Times: 10am - 12noon; free hot and cold drinks available.
With planned changes to the Kent Freedom Pass to be discussed by KCC on 13-12-13, there are a number of questions that need to be answered. The changes, which would be reviewed after a period of six months, would result in the introduction of a smartcard scheme for students between the ages of 11 and 19, with 11-16 year olds receiving £350 worth of bus travel for £100 and 16-19 year olds receiving £250 worth of bus travel for £100. The current scheme offers free unlimited travel to 11-16 year olds for £100 and a recent campaign has called for this to be extended to 16-19 year olds.
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Visit Kent are working on a project called Liberation Route Europe, which looks at developing a remembrance trail and a website / database of stories and places of interest related to the liberated sites of Europe in WW2.
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This LGBT+ History Month we celebrate the contributions of LGBT+ people throughout history, reflect on the struggles they have faced and reaffirm our determination to make progress on equality.
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On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of others killed under Nazi persecution.
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