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Thank You Folkestone for supporting the Gurkha Justice petition
I write to say thank you to the hundreds and hundreds of people who signed Joanna Lumley's Gurkha Justice Campaign petition in Folkestone last Saturday.
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Folkestone Literary Festival 2008 underway
The Folkestone Literary Festival is underway with talks by some well-known faces from the world of entertainment, including Maureen Lipman, Denis Norden, Kate Adie and Sandi Toksvig.
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Best Wishes to Peter Wignall
Shepway Council Environment Director Peter Wignall was admitted to hospital overnight with what is believed to have been a suspected heart attack. Very best wishes to Peter from all at the Shepway…
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The yacht, the billionaire and the Tory Party
The revelations that Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne spent time on a multi-million pound yacht with a Russian billionaire have led to accusations that the Conservatives have been…
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Matthews: Cracks start to widen at Hythe Town Council
Neil Matthews has questioned the lack of attendance by Councillors at the most recent Hythe Town Council meeting on Thursday, where HALF the Councillors were absent,and very limited discussion at the…
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Shepway Lib Dem Presidents Dinner with Special Guest Lembit Opik MP
Shepway Liberal Democrats are delighted to invite members and supporters to join our President, Mary Done, and her special guest, Lembit Opik MP, at Etchinghill Village Hall on Saturday 6th December…
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Tour Of Shorncliffe Redoubt, Military Cemetery And Great War Trenches
An opportunity to commemorate two significant dates in British History at the same time and same place - this tour will take place on Saturday November 8 at 12.30 hrs concluding about 15.00 hrs.
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Sandgate Community Plan and Design Statement meeting
A Community Plan and Design Statement meeting is to be held at The Chichester Memorial Hall starting at 7pm on October 30th. This public meeting is important to ALL residents who feel Sandgate is…
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Matthews calls on Hazel Blears to request public enquiry into Lydd Airport Planning Application
Neil Matthews, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Folkestone and Hythe, has written to Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, asking her to refer the current…
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£50,000 spent on Parking Consultants by Shepway up in smoke after County Council torpedoes scheme
The scheme to introduce charge Folkestone residents for street parking permits could be scrapped in an incredible feud between Conservative Kent and Shepway Councils.