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As Lib Dems, we have a long and proud tradition of ensuring all members have a vote and a say in who the party leader will be and it has been great to hear that across the country hustings meetings for the leadership contest have been very well attended. A clear sign that our members are keen to press on with the fight-back
Sandgate Parish Councillor Tim Prater has reported potholes and subsidence around a drain gulley cover on Wilberforce Road, Sandgate to Kent Highways for repair.
Today I needed to renew my annual Shepway Residents Car Park permit (£52 a year - excellent value and a good idea, as I said in Council when they were introduced!).
All members should have either received their ballot paper for the Liberal Democrat Leadership Election or should do so in the next 2 days.
Last week saw the "turf-cutting" ceremony and blessing for the new Gurkha Statue and memorial that will be erected in the Garden of Remembrance (by Christchurch Tower) in Sandgate Road, Folkestone.
There will be a Charity Quiz on 18th July at Sandgate Men's Club on behalf of Sandgate Sea Cadets.
The Canada Day Service commemorates the 296 Canadian soldiers who died during WWI and are buried in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. It is marked each year by a service and the attendance of local school children laying their own floral tributes on the graves of soldiers.
Generally I don't worry about businesses putting signs outside their shops and businesses, but you've got to be sure they are not blocking the way.
A few weeks ago, I raised the poor state of repair of the small kerbside bench on Wilberforce Road just off Sandgate High Street at Sandgate Parish Council. I'm pleased to say that the Council have agreed that it should either refurbished or replaced and we're making progress on getting quotes and agreeing the works.
The 2015-16 Shepway District Council Community Chest is now open for applications. The scheme will follow the same principles and processes of previous years.
I don't really feel qualified to write about the NHS for so many reasons. Primary amongst these is the fact that our local surgery is very good; I have never had a problem getting an appointment, and they look after me very well. And they do it in 5½ days a week.
Kent County Council Trading Standards have received a number of reports of a scam involving residents in Kent receiving mail claiming that the resident has won £825,000 in the Peoples Post Code lottery.
