On Saturday Tim Prater and the Cheriton Lib Dem started a direct action campaign to retake Cheriton High Street slip road for local residents. You can learn more about the "Truck Off" campaign at www.truckoff.org.uk including the Truck Off campaign plan, how to get involved and watch Sunday's coverage for the campaign on Meridian News.
The London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been suspended for four weeks after being found guilty of bringing his office into disrepute by comparing a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard.
Shepway Council have bowed to Cheriton residents power and reduced proposed increases in parking charges. Having collected 100's of parking petition signatures from residents, Lib Dem Campaigner Tim Prater is pleased the Council has been forced to listen but wants the increases stopped totally.
Willie Rennie and the Liberal Democrats have won a sensational victory in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election. There was a massive swing from the Labour Party to the Liberal Democrats, just nine months after the General Election. The Liberal Democrats turned a Labour majority of 11,562 into a Lib Dem majority of 1,800. This victory was the first ever Liberal Democrat gain from the Labour Party in a Scottish by-election.
A comparison of the cost of parking in local towns by local Liberal Democrats has revealed that Shepway residents are being charged more than in surrounding towns. Comparable parking charges in Dover, Deal, Ashford, Canterbury and Maidstone are all cheaper - with some under half the price.
Police investigating the shooting of a man from Folkestone have made two further arrests. Two local men, aged 24 and 28, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
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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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