Sandgate Councillor Tim Prater has asked Shepway District Council to look into the use of Seagull proof bags for rubbish collections in areas using bin bags. Areas with bin bag rather than wheelie bin collection are often strewn with rubbish on waste collection days as the seagulls attack bags before they are collected.
Sandgate Parish Council will be considering the planning application submitted to SDC by Taylor Wimpey for the Shorncliffe Garrison site at its Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday 17th June at 7pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend any Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting.
The Gurkha Peace Foundation is organising a charity Gurkha Walk this Sunday 15th June 2014. The distance will be 13 miles in memory of 13 Gurkha VCs.
Police Contact Points are held each day from Monday to Friday on a rolling two-week schedule. The police vans stop at mainly rural locations for an hour each visit, enabling residents to drop by and speak to a PCSO about any policing concerns or local issues.
KCC Trading Standards is warning consumers to not buy cheap chargers as they may not be made to the same EU and UK safety standards as genuine chargers.
Sunday 1st: The Leas Village Fete
A new business will be opening in Sandgate next Monday 19th May at 2pm - all are welcome to go along!
There seems to be more trouble for the Step Short Arch project. During construction works on site, BIG problems have been discovered with drains that the project was planning to use, with water from those drains not passing down the drains as expected by instead leaking out of the cliff face below the Leas.
Southeastern are running a competition for keen photographers in the Folkestone area to showcase your work to mark the end of the project to redevelop Folkestone West station.
BBC One are looking for people who live in interested homes in Kent and would be happy to try a home swap holiday for a new TV series.
There are so many ways you can help your local Lib Dems to campaign more effectively, whether you're a party member or just like what we're doing for you locally. You can deliver leaflets, have a stakeboard in your garden, put a poster in your window, and you can donate (to name but a few options). There are however some less obvious ways to help your local party, whether as a member or supporter, that can have a massive effect on their election chances. Why not consider something from the list below, especially if you prefer to keep your support for the Party a private matter:
Lynne Beaumont was delighted to welcome Lib Dem European candidate Antony Hook to Folkestone & Hythe last week.