Kent Trading Standards alert on Folkestone Door Callers
Kent Trading Standards have had reports of calls to home owners in the Folkestone area supposedly from telephone providers.
18 Mar 2009
Folkestone and Hythe News
Shepway Lib Dems on Twitter
Shepway Lib Dem Group Leader Lynne Beaumont has been listed in a new Councillors directory of Twitter users at www.cllrtweeps.com joining Season Prater, Tim Prater, Tom McNeice and Gary Fuller who were already listed on the site.
18 Mar 2009
Values and purpose of education and skills
One of the points I have noted from reading about educational theory, is that any model or ideology which is Instrumentalist or even Classical Humanist, which views education as a process for creating a workforce or suggests that knowledge is absolute and has a validity independent of moral or ethical considerations, is inherently undemocratic (e.g. The National Curriculum).
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18 Mar 2009
BBC: Gurkhas demand government action
Shepway Gurkha Justice campaigners Lynne Beaumont and Dhan Gurung today joined former Gurkha soldiers who are fighting for the right to settle in the UK by seeking a High Court injunction to force the government to take action.
17 Mar 2009
Losing Shepway's Heritage, one lift at a time
The agenda of Shepway Council's cabinet meeting on 18th March is now available online - but possibly the most controversial part of it is to remain secret. Item 16 on the agenda (available at http://www.shepway.gov.uk/webapp/service/query/cads/doc/cabinet/Agendas/acabt20090318.doc?download=download) lists the item as "Leas Lift Lease Termination". Apparently its supporting report (C/08/106) sets out the background of the Leas Lift lease and the proposals for its termination - but members of the public, are not allowed to see that report, or even listen to the debate at the meeting if they wish.
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15 Mar 2009
Palm House Antiques to be redecorated
Sandgate Councillor Season Prater is pleased that Palm House Antiques on Sandgate High Street will be getting a facelift in the next few weeks. The outside of the former shop on the High Street has been in need of decoration for some time, and builders are lined up to start works there soon.
13 Mar 2009
Shepway Credit Crunch Business Survey launched by Neil Matthews
Liberal Democrat Campaigner Neil Matthews wants to see the real impact of the credit crunch and recession on businesses across Shepway. Neil is calling on local businesses to give their feedback on how the current economic climate is affecting them.
13 Mar 2009
Hythe festive lights seem to be for life, not just for Christmas...
Liberal Democrat campaigner Neil Matthews has written to Hythe Town Council to ask that the Christmas decorations that are still up in Hythe High Street in MARCH are taken down.
12 Mar 2009
Shepway Council Plan to Ditch Folkestone's Leas Lift
The agenda for the 18th March Shepway Cabinet meeting shows a secret item to discuss the potential termination of the lease for the Leas Cliff Lift in Folkestone.
11 Mar 2009
Folkestone West Station: Urgent Action needed from Network Rail
Folkestone Councillors Tom McNeice and Tim Prater have taken Network Rail to task over the state of Station road by Folkestone West Station. The road, which is a private road owned by Network Rail, is rutted with huge potholes and covered in litter.
10 Mar 2009
Super Cheriton Tuesday - Action on Streetlights and Potholes at last
Teams from Kent Highways have been working on a variety of issues reported by Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater today, with some really long-standing problems receiving attention, including in Military Road and Horn Street.
10 Mar 2009
Shepway Lib Dems mourn passing of Elizabeth May
Shepway Liberal Democrats were sad to hear that Elizabeth May, a former Lydd Town and Shepway District Councillor, died last week.
9 Mar 2009