New Park Car Park
A new parking area for up to 10 cars will be created this Spring at Sandgate Park on Military Road.
21 Feb 2019
Folkestone and Hythe News
Sandgate Escarpment Loan Latest
Sandgate Parish Council are still trying to return a £500,000 loan to the Government: but the Government doesn't want their money back!
20 Feb 2019
Sandgate Parish Council Elections 2019: Joint Statement by Robert Bliss and Tim Prater
We were both elected to Sandgate Parish Council in 2011, and have served as Councillors, and nominally "leaders" of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups on Sandgate Parish Council ever since.
RBTP
20 Feb 2019
19 Feb 2019
Lib Dems will work with like-minded MPs
The decision of seven MPs to leave Labour and set up a new grouping has left a number of other MPs in both Labour and the Conservative Parties considering their political future.
19 Feb 2019
District Council Plan for Esplanade Parking charges?
After the introduction of parking charges last year on Princes Parade, local residents fear that Conservative Folkestone and Hythe District Council will push ahead with previous plans to introduce parking charges on Sandgate Esplanade.
18 Feb 2019
Your chance to Own a Limited Edition Dungeness Sunset
We're delighted that we have 2 limited edition 'Dungeness Sunset' prints, kindly donated by local artist Johnny Cotter, to auction to raise funds towards our forthcoming local election campaign.
18 Feb 2019
HG Wells Short Story Competition 2019
Founded by the world-renowned BBC Aeronautics Correspondent Reg Turnill and his wife, Margaret, to celebrate the life and works of HG Wells and encourage creative writing, especially among the young.
12 Feb 2019
Liberal Democrat bills receive royal assent
Today two bills driven by Liberal Democrats will receive royal assent. Both the Bill to make upskirting a specific offence and ban letting fees both began as Liberal Democrat Private Members' Bills.
12 Feb 2019
No Credit for Failure on Foodbanks
Not before time, Conservative Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has admitted that the increased use of food banks is partly down to problems in rolling out universal credit.
12 Feb 2019
With Brexit dominating the political Agenda, what other issues need to be addressed urgently in 2019?
It's clear Brexit issue is coming to a head, one way or another. There is another, even more vital, issue that's coming to a head, however. That issue is climate change, and it affects everyone. If we don't tackle climate change now, by slashing our usage of fossil fuels and drastically cutting our consumption of meat and dairy, there is a very good chance that there will be a global catastrophe within the next quarter of a century that dwarfs all but the most virulent pandemics.
GF
31 Jan 2019