Absentee Conservative Loses Seat
Conservative Shepway District Councillor Toby Clifton-Holt has lost his Council seat after it emerged there was no record of him having attended a single Shepway Council meeting for SIX months!
15 Feb 2011
Streetlights out at J12 of the M20
A number of streetlights round the East side of M20 J12 roundabout, including the slip road off the motorway from Dover and the lights around the corner onto Cheriton High St to the BP garage, are currently not working.
15 Feb 2011
Streetlights on The Undercliffe, Sandgate
The streetlights not working (which is all of them!) on The Undercliffe, Sandgate, have been reported to Kent Highways by Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater. The lights went out on 4th February and reported soon after. Kent Highways sent an engineer to the road on Tuesday 8th February and diagnosed a cable fault.
15 Feb 2011
Lib Dem Duo Chase Action on Coolinge Lane Potholes
Lib Dem Campaigners Gary Fuller and Tim Prater are chasing action on two long standing potholes in Coolinge Lane, Sandgate, right outside Sandgate Primary School.
15 Feb 2011
Shepway's Potty Parking
Shepway Council are planning yet another raid on the pockets of local motorists. The Conservative budget for next year adds ANOTHER 10p per hour to parking charges, raising them to an eyewatering £1.20 an hour.
14 Feb 2011
Lib Dem Duo Chase Action on Coolinge Lane Potholes
Lib Dem Campaigners Gary Fuller and Tim Prater are chasing action on two long standing potholes in Coolinge Lane, Sandgate, right outside Sandgate Primary School.
14 Feb 2011
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