Kent Fire and Rescue Service is urging all residents to stay safe this Christmas and ensure that the celebration doesn't end in tragedy. Latest figures from the Fire Kills campaign show a rise in the number of accidental fire deaths and injuries over the festive period. In 2008 there were 33,000 accidental house fires, 10% of which occurred in the run up to Christmas Day.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports concerning a company offering free benefits advice. Although the advice is free there is a cost to this service. If consumers contact the company then they will visit the consumer in their home and fill out forms on their behalf, with regards to any benefits they may be entitled to.
Southeastern trains have announced details of their modified service over the holiday period. In order to allow Network Rail to carry out essential maintenance work, as always, Southeastern services will be affected over Christmas and the New Year.
Following a weekend of road and rail chaos, local Euro MP Catherine Bearder is demanding answers to what plans are in place to stop this now regular gridlock. This weekend's Eurostar breakdown is of great concern, not only because of what brought the service to a halt, but the lack of preparedness of the staff to care for their passengers.
Euro MP for the South East, Catherine Bearder, has expressed her huge disappointment at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. After two weeks of negotiations world leaders failed to come to an agreement on the best way to tackle climate change. Limited progress was made on the most important issues and once again we are asking, what needs to happen before governments will act to tackle the climate crisis?
I'm writing to let you know some good news about the Liberal Democrat manifesto - good news for students and for everyone who wants a fairer Britain. This week the Party's federal policy committee agreed a way to deliver one of our most important policies, the scrapping of unfair tuition fees. We've developed a plan to phase out tuition fees over the course of the next six years, to ensure this vital policy is affordable even at this time of economic crisis.
Kent County Council seem to be at it again. defending Kent TV, saying "more than 2.2 million people have sought out and watched Kent TV over the last two years is a strong indicator of public opinion." But have they? Have they really?
Folkestone's Dhan Gurung has given a talk on the history of Gurkha battalions at a fund raising dinner at Dartford Greek Taverna on Wednesday. The dinner raised over £100 towards a memorial for the 45,000 brave Gurkha's who have died fighting for the UK.
Liberal Democrat group leader Lynne Beaumont, has slammed Shepway's ruling Conservatives for their shocking performance in a recent report by the Audit Commission.
Despite a big swing from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives held onto the Hythe West seat in the Hythe Town Council by-election. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative Councillor Richard Carroll, elected in May 2007.
Shock parking plans being discussed by Conservative Shepway District Council will see parking charges at three currently free Hythe car parks. The plan is detailed in official Council documents to be discussed by the District Council Cabinet on 9th December.
Hythe Liberal Democrats will be pushing Hythe Town Council to CUT its Council tax for next year. Proposals from Conservative Hythe Council for next years tax sees Hythe's Council Tax rise yet again. Despite this increase, spending on services like Hythe in Bloom are facing a savage 50% cut.
