Due to illness, the venue for the Shepway Lib Dem Executive Meeting of 7th July has been moved to the Lib Dem office at Unit 17, Kengate Industrial Estate, Dymchurch Road, Hythe CT21 6LU - still starting at 7pm.
It is that time of year again when we are gearing up for the Sandgate Sea Festival. The Twinning Association's tombola worked so well last year we're planning to do it again.
Hosted by St Georges, Holy trinity and St Pauls Churches at Sandgate Primary School. Bring family and friends to an afternoon of fun and games - all entirely free!
Teams from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales are competing all this week at Folkestone Bowls Club in Cheriton Road for the Annual Civil Service trophy. I enjoyed meeting all the teams, but they might not have enjoyed my inept display when bowling the first bowl!
We've already scrapped ID cards. Now I'd like to ask you - which other laws do you want to scrap?
Everyone warned me that being Mayor is an open invitation to gain weight! Temptation is always there to eat too much at the wonderful buffets often available, and none more so than a Sugarcraft Exhibition.
It was to a packed field that I made an opening speech to welcome everyone and officially open the first ever Folkestone Primary Academy Fete. It was also a pleasure to congratulate Helen Tate on her recently awarded CBE in front of the parents and children who have benefited from her expertise.
Folkestone and Hythe have a huge wealth of talent in many of our schools and colleges, and today I was fortunate enough to be invited to watch a programme of entertainment by the students at Brockhill Performing Arts College.
Please see below an update for the month of June, showing what we have been up to.
Saying that the Canada Day ceremony at the Shorncliffe Cemetery was moving is an understatement: it was a privilege to acknowledge the bravery of the Canadian soldiers buried there.
Sometimes when we get depressed about the future of disaffected youngsters, our spirits are lifted by the successful schemes that are in place around the district. I was delighted to be asked to go to Little Switzerland in East Folkestone to present prizes to a group of young people who had spent several months learning how to improve the countryside in the local area.
Excellent company and food at The Gurkha Palace created a very enjoyable evening. For this particular event, the business world met with some students from the Folkestone School for Girls, so that the girls could call on the skills of the Rotary members in order to maximise charity fund raising attempts.
