Lib Dems Bearder, Wallace and Brake set out alternative ask of EU
David Cameron has announced his list of proposed EU reforms today in a letter to EU council president Donald Tusk.
10 Nov 2015
Folkestone and Hythe News
An end to puppy farming
Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson, Baroness Parminter, will today challenge the government to end puppy farming in the UK through an Oral Question in the House of Lords.
9 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Armistice Day at the Machine Gun Corp Memorial
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Two Minute Silence is observed on Armistice Day. The time which marks the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918.
9 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Remembrance Sunday
The Folkestone Remembrance Sunday ceremony, held at the Folkestone War Memorial, at the top of The Road of Remembrance, is attended by the Town Mayor, civic dignitaries, Councillors, Veterans Associations, youth organisations and cadet forces.
5 Nov 2015
Government Expects Parliament to Swallow an Iceberg
The new draft surveillance bill is like an iceberg, with a vast bulk of technical change obscured beneath the surface, according to civil liberties organisation NO2ID, the national campaign against the database state.
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4 Nov 2015
New Restrictions on Overnight Lorry Parking Welcomed
Former Folkestone & Sandgate County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed news that lorry drivers have been banned from parking on a number of roads across the district overnight and at weekends.
2 Nov 2015
Lib Dems to Oppose Ministers Signing-off Own Warrants in Investigatory Powers Bill
Commenting on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill due to be published this week, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael said:
1 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Dedication of the Garden of Remembrance
The dedication of the 200 Remembrance Crosses placed in the Garden of Remembrance at the Christchurch Tower, Sandgate Road.
28 Oct 2015
Hole in Sunnyside Road: We've Looked Into It...
A resident from Sunnyside Road has been in touch about a serious problem with a hole in Sunnyside Road off Sandgate Esplanade. The hole appeared some weeks ago, and Kent Highways had investigated but said it is a Southern Water responsibility and it had effectively coned off and left.
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22 Oct 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Trafalgar Day
The Service starts at 10:30am, St Peters Church.
22 Oct 2015
More Grammar Schools not the way to boost Kent School Standards
Commenting on plans for a new Grammar School site in Sevenoaks, Kent - England's first grammar school in 50 years - Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson John Pugh said:
15 Oct 2015
SALT - Sea and the Environment Festival is coming to Folkestone 21 - 24 October!
This October sees the launch SALT, a new festival for Folkestone celebrating the sea and the environment!
13 Oct 2015