Risborough Lane Grass Cutting Call
Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater is pressing Shepway Council to cut grassy areas of Risborough Lane, Folkestone, where the grass is nearly 1m tall!
24 Jul 2008
Folkestone and Hythe News
Fury at Swastika Graffiti by Children's Play Area
Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater has demanded that Shepway Council take urgent action to remove a swastika and other racist graffiti from a wall that directly overlooks a children's playground in Cheriton.
24 Jul 2008
Cheriton Events Calendar web site launched
A new web site designed to act as a single resource to find events happening in and near the Cheriton and Morehall areas of Folkestone has been launched by local Councillor Tim Prater. The site - www.cheritonevents.org.uk - offers FREE listings of events open to Cheriton and Morehall residents, including for those under 18.
23 Jul 2008
Valebrook Close overgrown path reported
Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater has written to the East Kent Public Rights of Way Office to request that they take action to clear an overgrown footpath. The path which runs from Valebrook Close in Cheriton, Folkestone is now entirely blocked due to being overgrown with plants and weeds.
23 Jul 2008
Public Meeting on Royal Military Avenue Speeding
In response to concerns raised by residents of Royal Military Avenue about dangerous driving and dangerous speeding in their road, the Cheriton Liberal Democrat team have convened a meeting for interested residents on Wednesday 30th July 2008 from 7.00pm at the Gurkha Community Centre, MacKenzie Drive, Cheriton.
22 Jul 2008
Gary works for action on pot holes across Central Folkestone
Folkestone Harvey Central Liberal Democrat Councillor Gary Fuller has this week reported a whole variety of highways issues affecting Central Folkestone to Kent Highways. As a follow up to reporting various pathway potholes to County Councillor Roland Tolputt last week, Gary has reported an extensive list of defects affecting local streets to Kent Highways.
22 Jul 2008
The Jazz Caverners featuring guest singer Norman Baker MP
A very special event is planned for 21st September this year as a joint fundraiser for the Liberal Democrats South East Region European campaign and Lewes local party. Norman Baker MP will take to the mic alongside The Jazz Caverners for an afternoon of rock and roll classics in the atmospheric All Saints Centre, Lewes.
22 Jul 2008
Footpath improvements for Church Road, Cheriton
Planned works to improve footpaths near Cheriton Primary School in Church Road Cheriton have been welcomed by Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater.
21 Jul 2008
Fullers Fights for Folkestone Campus
Liberal Democrat Town Councillor Gary Fuller has written to the corporation chairs of West Kent and Sussex Downs Colleges, seeking confirmation that South Kent College's Folkestone campus won't close if merger plans go ahead.
21 Jul 2008
Rolfe takes action on broken kerb stones
Folkestone Park Ward Lib Dem Councillor, Bev Rolfe has been pushing Kent County Council Highways for action on the dreadful state of the pathways and kerb stones in Fairway Avenue, Southmead Close and Pentvale Close in Folkestone
20 Jul 2008
New bilingual travelling information launched by Kent Police
UK families visiting France in the school holidays are among the thousands of people set to benefit from a revolutionary tool designed to reduce accidents and make it easier to report crime.
20 Jul 2008
Leas Coastal Park Wins Green Flag for second year running
At a ceremony in London on Thursday it was announced that Folkestone's Lower Leas Coastal Park has again been awarded a Green Flag - national recognition that it is one of the top open spaces in the country and is welcoming, safe, well maintained and involves the local community
19 Jul 2008