For the second time in two years, there has been an earth tremor in the Folkestone area, with the quake felt by residents across Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe, Hawkinge and Densole.
Folkestone Town Councillors Bev Rolfe, Richard Theobold, Tim Prater, Gary Fuller, Lynne Beaumont were amongst the trainees on Saturday in using Folkestone Town Council's new "Speed Watch" equipment. The Speed Watch display uses radar to check the speed of approaching vehicles and display that speed to the motorist along with a "Slow Down" message if the vehicle is above the speed limit.
Local Lib Dem Campaigner Gary Fuller has been assured that, after a walkaround with the local County Cllr last year and the recent article in the Folkestone Herald, action is finally being taken to fix some of the many highways faults in Central Folkestone.
Lib Dem Councillor Tim Prater has warmly welcomed the consultation by Mundella Primary School on a potential change of name to "The Walter Tull Primary School".
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller has expressed his outrage that the letter to Folkestone Town Council outlining the refusal of the Ministry of Defence to confer a posthumous Military Cross upon Lieutenant Walter Tull, the first black officer to serve in the British Army, seems to be based upon the premise that to do so might allow others to receive the award.
I agree that the numbers of potholes reported in January, more than double the normal figure, was partly a result of the big freeze (KM, Feb 27th). However the recent snow and ice simply showed up the problem of years of neglect on Kent's roads.
I come not to praise the maintenance of the roads and streetlights in Shepway, but to bury them.
Restriction of our fundamental rights and freedoms has gone too far. ID cards, more CCTV cameras per head than any country in the world, a database of children's fingerprints, a government that wants to conceal its own record on the disastrous war in Iraq - it's the stuff of fiction.
CPRE Kent are seeking to recruit a Student Project Coordinator on a 6 month (Voluntary Basis, Expenses Paid) basis. Are you passionate about safeguarding Kent's countryside?
Following concerns that Kent County Council was now asking for the return of a grant of £10,000 toward the cost of Hythe's new Sports Pavilion, Neil Matthews, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Folkestone and Hythe, contacted Chris Metherell, KCC's
Neil Matthews has paid tribute to Maurice Maisey, a former army officer and Hythe Town Councillor, who passed away suddenly last weekend.
The planning applications for Lydd Airport expansion seem now destined not to be heard until AT LEAST May 2009 - and probably later.
