The website for Kent and Medway people to sign up for My Kent Big Weekend will be fully live with all free tickets available from Monday, January 24, but there is no need to rush.
Kent Highways have notified that it is necessary to close Church Road, Cheriton for urgent essential sewer repairs.
Shepway Councillors Peter Carroll and Lynne Beaumont have launched FairFuelUK - a new nationwide campaign to fight for fairer fuel prices for UK road freight companies. Peter and Lynne are asking for support from the general public, the road hauliers, road freight trade associations, truck manufacturers and from all the major groups that represent the British Economy - such as the CBI, the FSB and the Chambers of Commerce.
The revised Register of Electors is published on 1 December each year, following the annual canvass. This year's canvass in the Shepway area has had a record response in excess of 94% of all properties in the district - the most recent record was 83.5% in 2009.
During the recent snow, Kent County Council Leader Paul Carter was urging drivers to keep a set of snow wheels and tyres to cope with heavy snow in future, sayinmg that we can learn from the Scandinavians and that more investment in salting is not the answer.
Some delayed good news (which I missed at the time in something of an email flurry): the Government announced in December that they will be providing local authorities with £800 million over the next four years to fund short breaks for families with disabled children. This represents approximately £200m per year, a £22m year on year increase on 2010 funding.
Lib Dems announce plan to replace Treasury with new Department for Growth based in Birmingham
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