Scrap university tuition fees say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today backed plans to reaffirm the party's opposition to university tuition fees, and voted to extend the policy of free tuition to part time students.
7 Mar 2009
Folkestone and Hythe News
A sad indictment of Folkestone's roads and pathways
I'd like to thank Kent Highways for suggesting on February 26th that I report the faults I'd observed. They will be pleased to know that I reported them on February 18th using their online system. Given their response to the streetlights issue, I think it's pertinent to mention that the bus stop in that report wasn't fixed by the time the Herald went to print eight days later.
GFTCFHCW
5 Mar 2009
Earth Tremor felt across Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe, Hawkinge and Densole
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.
3 Mar 2009
Rolfe delight as Folkestone Speed Watch gets up and running
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.
2 Mar 2009
Action on Central Folkestone's Highways Faults
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.
2 Mar 2009
Welcome for consultation on the potential renaming of Mundella Primary School to The Walter Tull Primary School
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".
2 Mar 2009
Outrage at MOD Response to Call for Military Cross for Walter Tull
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.
2 Mar 2009
Years of neglect on Kent's Roads
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.
TDLLDGKCC
2 Mar 2009
In Defiance of Kent Highways*
I come not to praise the maintenance of the roads and streetlights in Shepway, but to bury them.
TPSDCC
28 Feb 2009
Orwell's 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual
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.
CHLDHAS
27 Feb 2009
CPRE Kent recruiting Student Project Coordinator
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?
26 Feb 2009
Hythe Sports Pavilion can keep Kent County Grant confirms Matthews
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
23 Feb 2009