A smoke alarm proved its weight in gold for a Folkestone family when a fire broke out at their home in Darby Road on Monday 30th June. A mother and her five children escaped unharmed thanks to a working smoke alarm alerting them to blaze in their three-storey terraced house just after 6pm.
Councils should be set free from depending on Whitehall funding by raising three-quarters of their money locally, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said today in a speech to the Local Government Association Conference in Bournemouth.
The Lib Dems have slammed a US Court ruling that Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube.
Commenting on reports that rail fares are to increase at above-inflation levels again in January, Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Secretary, Norman Baker said:
Hundreds of hauliers are travelling to London today to demonstrate against the rising cost of fuel, with Shepway Councillor Peter Carroll one of the organisers of the demonstration.
Folkestone and Sandgate councillors Tim and Season Prater today had a meeting with Stephen Gasche of Shepway Council and Jeremy Cooper of Stagecoach about the loss of the 77/78A service connecting Sandgate's Enbrook Valley and Cheriton High Street.
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