If you have a real Christmas tree Shepway District Council will collect it for recycling (composting) after Christmas, free of charge, from the boundary of your property between Monday 13th January and Friday 7th February 2014. To receive a collection:
Shepway Liberal Democrats have selected well known Councillor Lynne Beaumont to fight the Folkestone & Hythe seat at the next general election which is scheduled to take place in May 2015. Local Lib Dem members selected Lynne emphatically over fellow contender George Cunningham following a hard fought 3 week selection campaign.
It's Sandgate Craft Club in Sandgate Library tomorrow (Saturday 14th December). This is for 2 to 11 year olds, accompanied by an adult. Times: 10am - 12noon; free hot and cold drinks available.
With planned changes to the Kent Freedom Pass to be discussed by KCC on 13-12-13, there are a number of questions that need to be answered. The changes, which would be reviewed after a period of six months, would result in the introduction of a smartcard scheme for students between the ages of 11 and 19, with 11-16 year olds receiving £350 worth of bus travel for £100 and 16-19 year olds receiving £250 worth of bus travel for £100. The current scheme offers free unlimited travel to 11-16 year olds for £100 and a recent campaign has called for this to be extended to 16-19 year olds.
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Visit Kent are working on a project called Liberation Route Europe, which looks at developing a remembrance trail and a website / database of stories and places of interest related to the liberated sites of Europe in WW2.
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month 10am - 12.30pm at the Chichester Memorial Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate CT20 3AR
Saturday 14th December sees the return of the popular Sandgate Arts & Crafts Fair to the Chichester Hall, Sandgate High Street.
Normal collection day
TOMORROW 10am - 12.30: Sandgate Farmers' Market at Chichester Hall, Sandgate. A great turnout of stallholders including a new fish stall selling locally caught fish. Details are in the attached newsletter.
An email arrives from Southeastern following the Autumn Statement:
As widely leaked overnight (what is the point in big statements if all of the headlines come out in advance?) the Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement 2013 that car tax discs will be abolished from October 2014.
The Environment Agency have issued one flood warning and two flood alerts for the Shepway area for the next 24 hours.