100,000 additional Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets to go on sale
There is another opportunity to buy Rugby World Cup 2015 match tickets on Thursday, with around 100,000 additional tickets set to go on sale at 10.00am BST on May 28.
25 May 2015
News from Tim Prater
Tim has lived and worked in Sandgate (on Sandgate High Street) since 2004.
A trustee of the Sandgate Heritage Trust, Secretary of the Sandgate Members Club, Treasurer and Trustee of the Chichester Memorial Hall, former Trustee of the Gurkha Memorial Fund and former Governor of St Martin's School, and current Sandgate Speedwatch volunteer, Tim knows and works for the area!
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
- Folkestone and Hythe District Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Sandgate & West Folkestone;
- Sandgate Parish Councillor (Independent) for Sandgate Village;
- Folkestone Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Folkestone Harvey West;
- Hythe Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Hythe East.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011, was the Vice Chair of Sandgate Parish Council from 2018-2020 and Chair from 2020 to date.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm (and has each month since election in 2019). No appointment needed: just turn up.
A Finishing Touch for the Sandgate War Memorial
Three decommissioned power cupboard doors in the wall of Enbrook Park on Sandgate High Street near the War Memorial have been refurbished by Saga who own the wall.
23 May 2015
Bank Holiday Southeastern Rail Service - "Significant Changes"
From Southeastern:
22 May 2015
Don't Be Shaken by Rogue Traders...
Following the earthquake this morning, KCC Trading Standards is warning Kent residents to be aware of rogue traders who might try to exploit the situation by cold calling at your door and offering to do unnecessary repair work.
22 May 2015
Military Road in Sandgate closed after hole opens up as Kent Police attend to control traffic
From the Folkestone & Hythe Express: A hole has opened up in the middle of a road in Sandgate. Police were called shortly after 3pm to a report "a void in the road" on Military Road about a foot deep near the Military Road Recreation Ground.
21 May 2015
Path from Chichester Hall to Sandgate Recreation Ground - Can YOU help "claim" it?
A local resident, Rosemary Sanders, is hoping to 'claim' a path in Sandgate as a designated Public Right of Way for all Sandgate residents and other members of the public. She has the support of Sandgate Parish Council but she needs help from other local residents to complete statements that they have used this path.
21 May 2015