Applications Invited...
The Local Party Executive of Shepway Lib Dems invites applications for selection as Prospective Candidate for the constituency of Folkestone & Hythe.
8 Sep 2006
Folkestone and Hythe News
Eight-Nil: Kent School Board Reject Harcourt / Morehall Merger Plan
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.
7 Sep 2006
Selsted School Future on Knife-edge
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.
7 Sep 2006
Weymouth Road Bowls Club Development Threat
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.
6 Sep 2006
A New Day has Dawned, Has it Not?
Thank you Radio 1 - by playing "Things can only get Better" this morning, it decided what this months column was going to be about.
TPCSLD
5 Sep 2006
Key Week for Harcourt and Morehall Primary Schools
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.
3 Sep 2006
Buy your Train Tickets on-line via Shepway Lib Dems
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.
1 Sep 2006
Shepway Lib Dem Office Break-in
The Lib Dem office in Sandgate High Street was broken in to over the Bank Holiday weekend. The main entrance door of the offices had two of its glass panes smashed in and the door had been opened, but the intruder then appears to have left empty-handed.
31 Aug 2006
The Green Tax Switch
Climate chaos is the greatest threat facing our society. Nine of the hottest ten years on record have been since 1990. Just in Britain, we have suffered two floods in 2002 that were meant to occur only every 30 years. We have had the wettest six months since records began in the eighteenth century, and the hottest summer temperatures in 2003. Storm surges, flood damage and droughts are rising. The Thames Barrier has been raised 55 times in the last five years, 12 times in the previous five.
CHLDES
24 Aug 2006
Stack Stuck: Police and Highways Agency Pass the Buck on On-going Junction Closure
Communications between the Highways Agency and Police are being questioned after Junction 11 of the M20 remained closed hours after Operation Stack had ended, causing miles of queuing traffic.
22 Aug 2006
Tour of Britain Coming to Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe will welcome the penultimate stage of the cycling "Tour of Britain" on Saturday 2nd September. The Rochester to Canterbury stage heads via Tenterden to Hythe, then via Newington and Peene to Crete Road in Folkestone en route to Dover and Canterbury.
18 Aug 2006
Council Spending Comparison
The Kentish Express has reported that in June and July, Folkestone Town Council spend £31,000 of its set and advertised annual budget of around £490,000. As a comparison, Shepway District Council has a budget of £16.2 million a year, and spends on average £44,383 a DAY. Kent County Council has a budget of £1.43 billion for this year - spending around £4 million per DAY.
18 Aug 2006