The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking people across Shepway district to comment on its draft proposals for new council ward boundaries.
If you have a difficult policy, give it a name you can't disagree with. That seems to be the Kent County Council approach to streetlighting. Faced by trying to make savings (and reduce the number of lights they have to maintain) they have come up with a two stage policy of first turning off a lot of streetlights, and then secondly switching many more to part-time working so they would be turned off at midnight (or thereabouts) until pretty much dawn.
We're campaigning earlier and stronger than ever in the run up to the European elections in 2014. With the rise of UKIP and the lack of clarity from the other major Parties on the 'Europe question' we need to be leading the debate and the campaigning.
On Saturday 11th May 2013 PCSO Mark Ball hosted a Residents Meeting at All Souls Church Hall. Residents as well as local Councillors attended in order to discuss the issue of Anti-social behaviour surrounding Cheriton Park. Several key action points were established.
Kent Police and the local PCSO team have arranged a Cheriton Residents Meeting to held this coming Saturday (15 June) at Cheriton Library on Cheriton High Street which will start at 11am.
NO2ID have welcomed the news that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has vetoed the snooper's charter resulting in it being dropped from the Queen's speech. The coalition government promised to "end the storage of internet and email records without good reason" and the Communications Data Bill was opposed from many members of parliament from all political parties.
Kent Trading Standards are warning mobile phone users about cheap but potentially dangerous phone chargers on sale in the county.
Lynne Beaumont has joined the campaign to open up the Reserves to retired Gurkhas, so they can lead the way in making the future Reserve forces more skilled and stronger than ever.
Lib Dem Campaigner and Chair of Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee Gary Fuller has reacted with anger at delays in getting Conservative Shepway's new planning arrangements working.
An update from Sandgate Parish Council on events, meetings and other general information.
After a busy Bank Holiday weekend, Shepway holiday, leisure and hospitality businesses are now looking for a big boost from the district's summer-to-autumn festivals and events season, which starts this weekend. The calendar includes exciting new events as well as traditional crowd-pulling pageants, carnivals, concerts and family-fun events.
This was a week that put things in perspective. I know I speak for all Liberal Democrats when I say that our thoughts are with the family and friends of Drummer Lee Rigby - the British soldier attacked and killed in Woolwich on Wednesday. And I've made it clear, on the party's behalf, that we are immensely grateful to our police, security services and armed forces, who do an extraordinarily important job.
