Allergy notification alerts by text from the FSA
Kent Trading Standards are advising consumers with food allergies to sign up to the Food Standard Agency's text alert service.
30 Aug 2011
Folkestone and Hythe News
Inspection Report of Youth Offending Work in Kent scored as 'Disappointing'
An inspectors report on Youth Offending work in Kent says that "substantial" improvement is required. The inspectors report gave the following scores:
24 Aug 2011
Sandgate Sea and Food Festival 2011: programme
This weekend sees the annual Sandgate Sea and Food Festival. With a wide range of stalls and activities there is something for everyone - all welcome!
24 Aug 2011
LINk into Local HealthWatch: Issue 1 now available
Issue 1 of the new monthly Kent LINk publication 'LINk into Local HealthWatch' is now available at http://www.thekentlink.co.uk/assets/files/HealthWatch_Newsletters/2011/Ed1_LINk_Into_Local_HealthWatch_Newsletter_18082011.pdf
24 Aug 2011
Shepway Local Development Framework Core Strategy Consultation
Shepway District Council is writing a Local Development Framework (LDF) to guide the planning of the district for the next 20 years.
23 Aug 2011
£13,563,811.59: The Cost of CCTV Surveillance in Kent
The total spending by Kent's District Councils on public facing CCTV in the years 2007-10 totalled £13,563,811.59 according to research by Big Brother Watch http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk. The spend by each local authority in Kent's Local authorities, in order of the size of their total spending on CCTV technology between 2007 and 2010, was:
22 Aug 2011
Jenny Cowan remembered
Shepway Lib Dems are saddened to hear that long standing local Liberal Democrat member and deliverer Jenny Cowan recently passed away.
22 Aug 2011
White Cliffs Landscape Partnership Scheme: Tell Them Your Views
The importance of the landscape around Folkestone and Dover has been recognised by the Heritage Lottery Fund with the allocation of £2.3 million for a Landscape Partnership Scheme. The White Cliffs Landscape Partnership Scheme are putting together projects for the area, based around four themes:
22 Aug 2011
Radnor Park pond and blue-green algae... [Updated]
Radnor Park pond in Folkestone has been fenced off overnight by Shepway District Council as there is a suspected case of Blue-Green Algae (also know as Cyanobacteria). . Shepway Council have confirmed that the Environment Agency have tested the water and that the results are awaited.
22 Aug 2011
NHS reforms - are they what we want? Learn the facts and have your say.
Liberal Democrats in Kent believe that the future of the NHS is one of the most crucial political issues facing this country. They have arranged a meeting for local people to hear the facts and have their opinions heard and passed on to the government.
22 Aug 2011
Enterprise Zone will boost jobs in East Kent
The Government has announced a further 11 Enterprise Zones across the country, designed to boost local growth and create more than 30,000 new jobs by 2015. These Zones will have simplified planning rules, super-fast broadband and over £100m tax breaks for new businesses over the next four years.
19 Aug 2011
Sandgate Escarpment Development - the big picture...
There will be a Folkestone Herald photoshoot to go with an article about local opposition to the Sandgate Escarprment Development this Saturday morning (13th August).
12 Aug 2011