Shepway anti-ID Card campaigners have welcomed the support of Labour rebels as the Government majority for ID cards fell to a new low in yesterdays vote in Parliament. The latest vote on ID Cards Bill saw the Government majority cut from 67 to 31.
Summer smog is forecast for tomorrow across the South East, according to the Department for the Environment, Food And Rural Affairs. Smog can have impacts on human health, particularly for those with heart and lung disease. The pollutants which cause smog come from a range of sources, but transport is a major contributor.
The 'Nite Rider' bus service which offers a cheap ride home to Folkestone clubbers could be scrapped - despite police evidence showing reductions in criminal damage and assaults. New Harbour Town Councillor Emily Sanger has supported the service, and wants to see it continued.
Local Lib Dems Sam Matthews and Darren Briddock are opposing Labour plans for ID cards. A report by the influential London School of Economics prices the ID card system as costing up to £18 billion - £300 for every person in the country.
Hythe computer expert and businessman Darren Briddock has spoken out against plans to fly nearly 100 head teachers from Kent to America for a fact-finding trip in term time to study "the application of the computer age in transforming the ways teachers teach and children learn".
Criminal assets worth a record £84 million have been recovered during the last year. As a result of this, Kent Police receive a share of just £293,697 towards reducing crime locally.
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