Shepway Council confirmed last night that an annual £35 fee would be charged for the green garden waste recycling bins, on top of the Council tax levied by Shepway. Taken with the expected tax increase which Shepway will set in February, a household choosing to keep their brown-top bin in recycling will see their Shepway Council tax move from £203 this year to a combined Council & Garden Tax of £247 next year - a record 21.7% increase.
The Lisbon Treaty is currently going through parliament - but what does it actually do? If you are interested to learn more about it, or to have your say in a discussion, you can attend a talk by Dr Steve Ladyman, MP for Thanet South, at the Dominican Priory, Canterbury at 7.45pm on 8th February 2008.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has outlined his vision for the NHS, setting out plans to give communities genuine control over local health services, freed from Whitehall, and providing for older people with personal care needs.
This Valentine's day, why not get away for a day or two?
Kent Conservatives plan to raise the County Council portion of the Council Tax bill by an increase of 3.9%. This brings the Kent county Council (KCC) share on a Band D property to over £1000 for the first time ever, a rise of £37.62 a year.
Following the close of the public consultation on proposed cuts to Folkestone Fire Services Shepway Lib Dems are urging local residents to continue to make their view heard by lobbying members of the Fire Authority directly.
As a part of the Charlton Athletic Community Scheme, there are football training sessions for local young people led by two Charlton FC and local coaches every week at Cheriton Recreation Ground, between Weymouth Road and Stanley Road.
Conservative Hythe Town Council have voted in the last few weeks to increase their proportion of the total Council tax bill for local residents by a whopping 15%.
The next Cheriton area PACT (Police And Community Together) meeting will be held at St Andrews Church Hall on Thursday 31st January starting at 7.30pm. All local residents are welcome to attend and to raise issues on local policing, security and other issues affecting the area.
New research by the Liberal Democrats has shown up serious flaws in the information provided by Kent Fire and Rescue Service in their consultation on proposed cuts to Folkestone Fire Stations. The Liberal Democrats are saying that the information that has been provided in the consultation is misleading and not true.
Operation Stack (the closure of sections of the coast-bound M20) is again bringing chaos across Folkestone and Hythe. Phase 1 of Operation Stack (M20 closure Eastbound from J11 to J12) has been in place since yesterday as cross-channel services were disrupted by high winds. The backlog from that disruption and new delays due to a blockade of Calais by French fishermen has caused the implementation of the second stage of Operation Stack (closure Eastbound J8 Maidstone to J9 Ashford).
The Met Office have issued a severe weather warning for Kent, predicting a 60% chance of heavy and persistent rain to spread across Kent from the west during Tuesday 15th January, with up to 25mm likely in places. That rain will be accompanied by strong southerly winds with gusts to gale or severe gale force over South Eastern England.
