A massive campaign by parents, local residents and children to save Harcourt and Selsted Schools from closure sensationally won today as Kent County Council withdrew the threat from the schools. Kent had proposed the "merger" of Harcourt with Morehall Primary School onto the Morehall site, and the complete closure of Selsted Primary.
Commenting on reports today that Gordon Brown has blocked plans to devolve more powers to town halls, Liberal Democrat Shadow Local Government Secretary, Andrew Stunell MP said:
A BBC report says more than 200 children left without a school after it was destroyed by fire are to be given temporary accommodation in Port Lympne wildlife park.
Serious concerns have been raised about the decision to allow the hard shoulders of a section of motorway such as the M20 to be used during busy periods following statistics showing the number of deaths on hard shoulders.
Nigel Farage is to take over as leader of the UK Independence Party. Mr Farage, a former commodities broker who lives in west Kent, is already a MEP for the South East region.
The Local Party Executive of Shepway Lib Dems invites applications for selection as Prospective Candidate for the constituency of Folkestone & Hythe.
The Kent School Organisation Advisory Board has voted unanimously against the merger of Harcourt and Morehall Primary Schools in a meeting at Sessions House in Maidstone today. The meeting received the report on the public consultation on the proposals, which received almost 1,000 responses, of which just three were in favour of the merger.
Selsted School's future is now in the balance after the Kent School Organisation Advisory Board narrowly voted to recommend the closure of the school. The final decision will be made in the next week by the Kent County Council Education Leader John Simmonds.
Shepway Council are considering selling Council owned land on Weymouth Road in front of the Bowls Club for a "residential development" of up to FIVE houses.
Thank you Radio 1 - by playing "Things can only get Better" this morning, it decided what this months column was going to be about.
The key Kent School Organisation Advisory Board (SOAB) meets this Thursday 7 September in Maidstone to consider the future of Harcourt and Morehall Primary Schools in Folkestone. Kent had proposed the "merger" of the two schools onto the Morehall school site, closing Harcourt Primary School, and have been strongly opposed by local parents, residents and the Shepway Lib Dem team amongst others.
You can now buy train tickets on-line via the Shepway Lib Dems on-line shop. Buying train tickets on-line is not only a fast and simple way of buying tickets anywhere in the country, but also earns the Shepway Lib Dems a small commission (at no additional cost to you) for every ticket bought.
