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Take Care This Christmas: Twelve Seasonal Fire Safety Tips
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to be fire safe during the festive season and protect their loved ones young and old.
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Bowles Takes Shepway Lib Dems Into Europe
Liberal Democrat South East Region MEP Sharon Bowles is playing host to more than 30 Liberal Democrats from the Shepway area this Monday. The trip from Folkestone will be visiting Brussels and will…
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Give Our Folkestone Museum Back
Folkestone Town Council has backed a motion proposed by Lib Dem Councillor and Deputy Mayor Emily Sanger calling on Kent County Council (KCC) to work with all interested parties to see the…
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Cool 2B Winners: Folkestone Sports Centre Scoops Lottery Cash
Folkestone Sports Centre Trust won an £57,403 slice of good cause cash from the Big Lottery Fund's regional People's Millions contest. ITV Meridian South East viewers voted for the project to win the…
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Folkestone Town Council Slam Fire Service Cuts
Folkestone Town Council last night strongly backed a call to oppose cuts at Folkestone Fire station, raise awareness of those proposed cuts and encourage as many people as possible to take part in…
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Local Residents Question Traffic Issues Around Nickolls Quarry Development
In a meeting of the Kent County Council (KCC) local board on Tuesday, Hythe resident Darren Briddock was invited to join the KCC transport team in answer to his question about traffic levels around…
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Flood Defences Will Need Improving to Secure Dungeness C
A British Energy report into the suitability of its eight UK sites as possible locations for next-generation nuclear plants has said that for Dungeness to be a suitable location there would have to…
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Folkestone Projects Head to Head for People's Millions
Today two Folkestone projects have gone head-to-head for a "People's Millions" award on ITV regional news. The voting numbers have now been announced for the two projects, with voting closing at…
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Bouverie Square Opens its Doors to Folkestone Shoppers
Bouverie Square - Folkestone's new £30m shopping centre - was opened this morning at 10am. The opening party included Centre Manager Paul Stone, Michael Howard MP, Shepway Council Chairman George…
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Lib Dems ICM Poll Surge Against Both Labour and Tories
An ICM poll in the Guardian newspaper today has shown the Liberal Democrats surging in the polls and both Labour and Conservatives slipping back. The Lib Dems also seized Council seats from the…