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Tanya Smith

Police appeal for information on missing Lydd woman

Kent Police are concerned about the welfare of a woman who did not return her home in Lydd on the evening of Tuesday 6 September. Tanya Smith was last seen leaving the life skills centre in Cobbs Mews, Christchurch Road, Folkestone at 3.30pm. Tanya is 30 years old but has a mental age of eleven.

7 Sep 2005
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Sam Matthews outside Hythe Police shop

Police to merge South East Kent and Ashford Policing Areas

Kent Police has announced the first stage of a programme of review and change designed to make sure it is a force fit for the future. Initial plans include reducing the number of policing areas in the county from nine to six, with the target of cutting the time spent on administration and get more officers on to Kent's streets.

7 Sep 2005
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Kent Police launch Speedwatch

A new initiative by Kent Police has been introduced to give rural communities the opportunity to help make their villages safer by monitoring traffic speeds on their roads. Speed Watch is designed to give parish councils around the county a chance to sign up to a scheme to record the speed of vehicles travelling through their area.

6 Sep 2005
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Shepway Council Fails to Respond to Emails within a Month

Shepway Liberal Democrats have slammed response times to email enquiries made to Shepway Council. An enquiry send by email to Shepway Council send on the 3rd of August and chased on 23rd August still has had no reply (beyond an automated receipt) by the 5th of September - over a MONTH after the initial enquiry.

5 Sep 2005
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South East councils missing energy targets

Shepway's Euro MP, Sharon Bowles, has discovered that local councils across the South East, including Shepway, are struggling to bring about energy efficiency improvements in line with government targets.

2 Sep 2005
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Runway Pond - Special Area of Conservation, Lydd Airport

Airport protesters form coalition

Campaigners protesting against the expansion of an airport in Kent have formed a new group to fight the plans. Managers at Lydd Airport on Romney Marsh want it enlarged to carry about two million passengers a year by 2011. But protesters have said it will harm the environment, quality of life for local residents and the area's tourism trade, all of which the airport denies.

29 Aug 2005
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HMT Windrush

Windrush Day 2025

77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.

20 Jun 2025
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LGBT+

Pride Month 2025

So we will keep fighting - until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

ED
1 Jun 2025
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Larry Ngan and Lib Dem Campaigners on The Leas, Folkestone

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