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The Royal and Ancient has confirmed Royal St George's in Sandwich, Kent as the venue for the 2011 Open Championship - one of Golf's most prestigious competitions. The last time the Open was held at Royal St George's in 2003, when the tournament was won by American Ben Curtis, proved to be a major boost to local tourism and hotels across Kent including Folkestone & Hythe.
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In his leader's speech Menzies Campbell has attacked the cosy consensus between Labour and the Conservatives and committed the Liberal Democrats to rattling the cage of British politics.
Shepway Council's Development Control committee has granted planning permission to build six houses on a part of Cheriton Recreation Ground bordering Weymouth Road in Folkestone. The decision ignores huge local opposition and local residents and local Liberal Democrat Councillors have pledged to continue to fight to save the park.
Two public exhibitions have been organised by Shepway Council after revised plans and further information were submitted for the development of the Nickolls Quarry site at Hythe.
Shepway Liberal Democrat Executive member Chani Sanger has been elected co-Secretary of the Shepway Youth Forum at their annual election on Thursday last week.
Tesco has announced plans to extend it's store in Cheriton, Folkestone, and will will be launching an exhibition of the proposals in the store next month. The proposed expansion of the store would increase the current floor area from around 6,500 sq. metres with 401 car parking spaces to 10,200 sq. metres with 633 parking spaces.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for Britain to become entirely carbon neutral by 2050 in an "ambitious" attempt to reclaim the green agenda.
This year's Liberal Democrats Party Conference returns to Brighton from 15th -20th September. The final agenda for the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton has now been published it can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu7voy
The South East England Liberal Democrats Regional Directory is the key contact list for Local Party Officers, Conference representatives, Councillors and others across the region. The directory is now available for download by Liberal Democrat South East Region members in a new, more user friendly format.
The Liberal Democrat South East Regional Conference is to be held on 27th October at Oakmeeds Community College, Burgess Hill. At conference will be the South East Region AGM where we elect officers, executive members and committee members - are you interested in standing?
Shepway District Council is in the process of carrying out a review of polling districts and polling places. It has undertaken a process of public consultation and will shortly consider the representations it has received.
Kent Highways have announced they are planning to improve the existing pedestrian facilities in Horn Street, Cheriton at the junction of Queens Avenue (private MOD road). The aim of the scheme is to improve the existing footways, enabling pedestrians and pupils from St Martins Primary School to cross Horn Street at a safer location.
