Local Lib Dem campaigners Darren Briddock & Tom McNeice have asked if a litter bin can be provided outside the library on Cheriton High Street. There is regularly plenty of litter in the gardens of the library, a problem aggravated by the lack of litter bins nearby.
Are you a member of the Lib Dems and going to the Autumn Federal Conference in Brighton in 2006 or 2007? Have you thought of joining the Stewards' Team? The Party can always use more stewards and people with local knowledge are especially valuable in enhancing the value of the service which the team can offer to representatives and visitors to Conference.
The campaign to Save Harcourt School has launched a special campaign song to coincide with the end of the consultation period on the merger of the school. "We Will Stop U" is sung by Harcourt School children, and can be bought online at www.indiestore.com/harcourtprimary/
The campaign to Save Harcourt School has launched a special campaign song to coincide with the end of the consultation period on the merger of the school. "We Will Stop U" is sung by Harcourt School children, and can be bought on line at www.indiestore.com/harcourtprimary/
Folkestone Town Council last night backed a motion against the proposed closure of Harcourt School. The motion was proposed and seconded by Cheriton Lib Dem Councillors Tim Prater and Peter Gane, and means the Town Council will also be adding its backing to those opposing the closure in the Kent County Council consultation which closes today.
Following the Conservatives selection meeting last night, the next Conservative candidate for Folkestone and Hythe will be Damian Collins. Mr Collins stood and lost in Northampton North in the East Midlands in the 2005. As widely predicted, the Conservatives chose to overlook the two female candidates.
Today, the Liberal Democrats won an unprecedented victory against the Government in a debate on the lop-sided Extradition Treaty with the United States.
Sharon Bowles, South East Liberal Democrat MEP and long term member of anti-slavery international, today backed the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) global "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign, on the World Day against Child Labour. Through partnership with FIFA, the campaign has reached millions of people around the world, since its launch in 2002.
The June 2006 edition of the Kent & Medway Networks (KMN) Newsletter for Patient and Public Involvement in Health Forum Members in Kent and Surrey has been released. This publication gives an update on some of the work of the PPI Forums supported by KMN, and is available to download from this web site.
Darren Briddock and Tom McNeice have reported the "leaning" sign for Broomfield Road Car Park in Morehall / Cheriton to Shepway Council for repair.
Campaigners Tom McNeice and Darren Briddock are pleased the phone junction box in St Georges Road, Morehall has been cleaned of graffiti.
A recent spot check on a Folkestone Town Centre car park confirms the decline in our area. Shellons Street car park near Guildhall Street was selected at random, but the check revealed at least seven major issues with the state of the car park, from litter to graffiti, uncut verges to damaged kerbs.
