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Event: Sandgate's Open Gardens
This Sunday (1st July) noon to 6pm, private gardens across Sandgate will be open for you and your family to explore and enjoy. This is Sandgate's second Open Garden Day: gardeners have been working…
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Kent Lane Rental Scheme – Consultation
Kent has one of the most extensive highway networks in the country and Kent County Council (KCC) as a local transport authority maintains over 5,000 miles of roads and 4,000 miles of pavements, as…
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TV Retuning in Folkestone West
Folkestone and Sandgate have recently switched to a digital TV signal. Those with digital equipment needed to retune on the 13th and 27th June. For those using an analogue TV, a ʻdigiboxʼ is now…
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Veolia Water bought by Prudential and Morgan Stanley
An email from Veolia Water arrives today, with news that Veolia Water has just been sold:
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Streamlining the NHS in Kent: Interim Shadow Local Healthwatch Board
An invitiation from Roger Gough, Kent County Council's Cabinet Member for Business Strategy, Performance & Health Reform:
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Dartford Crossing "Safer" in what way exactly?
A press release from the Highways Agency issued today about "improved safety measures" at the Datford Crossing reaches me. It starts:
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Southeastern Olympic Timetable starts in a month
The Olympic train timetable on SouthEastern trains starts on Friday 27th July, and will disrupt services to London from Folkestone. HS1 will terminate at Ashford, and then require a change to…
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Traffic Delays Possible: Canterbury Road, Folkestone
Kent Highways are making carriageway repairs in Canterbury Road, Folkestone today and tomorrow near the Salvation Army hall.
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Granville Parade, Sandgate: Pumping
Over the last few days, Granville Parade in Sandgate has had an endless procession of tankers arriving to "pump out" what I understand to be sewage tanks underneath the promenade.