More financial irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council
What is £5,553.96 + £0? The answer according to Folkestone & Hythe District Council is £5,811.96. What is £5,553.96 + £258? The answer is according to Folkestone [...]
More court cases for Michael Stainer yet to come.
July 8th, the day Michael Stainer will be sentenced for cheating the public revenue and fraud by false representation of £473,097, after a two week trial at Southwark Crown [...]
Michael Stainer guilty of ripping off staff and to be sentenced on July 8.
Michael Stainer [74] who cheated his employees and the taxman out of £473,097.07 while running The Grand is facing jail. Michael Stainer (pictured), 74, trousered the [...]
Council hiding seven years worth of credit card financial payments.
Seven years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have hidden, and failed to publish financial data for their Government Procurement Cards (read credit card), in clear [...]
Stainer Trial – Jury retires after 14 days of evidence
After 14 days of deliberations in the case of The Queen v Doris & Michael Stainer (pictured below), the jury have retired to consider the evidence. In all seven witnesses [...]
More bent council contracts? You decide.
Is it incompetence, fraud, stupidity or something else? How can contracts begin before they are even awarded? The answer of course is they can’t, as this would be a [...]
Enough long term vacant homes in Kent to house all of the statutory homeless in 2021
The number of long term vacant properties has fallen across nine out of the twelve districts in Kent according to the latest data from the Department for Levelling Up, [...]
Tory Cllr Danny Brook defects to Wimble’s Independent Party
Cllr Danny Brook (pictured) has left the Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Party and joined Cllr David Wimble’s independent party. This now makes the Tories one Cllr [...]
£2.5 million pound of financial irregularities on Council roofing contract under investigation
Anthony Wallner (pictured) is not a name you would have heard of. But regular readers won’t be surprised to learn that he is the Asset & Major Works Senior [...]
Part 2: Kent County Council’s special-education system is on its knees
Updated @ 08:35 on 10.05.22 The number of Kent Children and Young People aged between 0-25 with Education & Health Care Plans (EHCP), has risen from 15,281 in 2021 to [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Fundamental errors in updated Otterpool Park planning application
After seven years and more than £55m spent, the updated Otterpool Park Planning Application – Y19/0257/FH – has been submitted and is out to consultation now. [...]
6 out of 10 drivers prefer contactless payments at district car parks, but cash option to remain.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have 26 car park where customers have to pay. In 2019/20 all car parks brought in £1,377,657 according to Council data. In 2020/21, [...]
Day 2: Stainer Trial at Southwark Crown Court
The second day of the Southwark Crown Court Trial of Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) saw HMRC’s Prosecuting Counsel Anthony Hucklesby present the jury with the [...]
Stainer Trial begins
The trial of Michael & Doris Stainer begun today 03.05.22, at Southwark Crown Court with the swearing in of the jury, and the trial proper beginning tomorrow. The case is [...]
Council taking the menopause seriously, and good on them.
Statistics tell us that ultimately all women who reach a certain age – average 51 – will hit menopause. Of these around, 80% will get symptoms from the well-known hot [...]
See ya tomorrow Mikey
The trial of `Michael and Doris Stainer commences tomorrow, Tuesday May 3rd at Southwark Crown Court before HH Judge Perrins. The charges were first described in detail in a [...]
Stodmarsh Nutrient Update: No new Canterbury Waste Water Treatment plant until 2030.
In a stark admission made by Simon Thomas head of Canterbury City Council’s planning department, in relation to the Stodmarsh Nutrient Neutrality issue; has said: The [...]
Kent continues to lead the way in housing Ukrainian Refugees.
The people of Kent are wonderful, especially those who continue to take Ukrainian refugees. Data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Home [...]
Kent County Council’s special-education system is on its knees
Sandra’s daughter Georgina, born in 2010, began crawling late, around the time that other children were learning to walk. Pre-school staff warned that her speech was [...]
Matt Dunkley KCC Director for Children, Young People and Education to leave KCC
Updated @ 20:17 Matt Dunkley CBE Kent County Council Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, will be leaving KCC in the near future. Mr Dunkley was the [...]
Will the 7 Parish Councils who received £130,000 of CIL money allow residents to have input into how it’s spent?
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a planning charge, introduced by the Planning Act 2008, as a tool for local authorities in England and Wales to help deliver [...]
Medical ‘Golden Hour’ broken with waiting times for ambulances at record high
So Mark Quinn wants to build a new £170m hospital extension shell in Canterbury in return for 2,000 homes adjacent the site. If all goes to plan, Canterbury will become the [...]
Quinn’s donations to Tories climbs to a £150,000
Updated @19:45 The controversial developer Mark Quinn (below left) has via his company Quinn Estates Limited given £7,200 of ‘consultancy services’ to Tory MP [...]
Council’s use of potentially harmful Glyphosate falls by 80%
In Feb 2017, The Shepway Vox Team ran the story: ”Probably Carcinogenic to Humans.” The story was about the use of Glyphosate by Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]
Start Me Up
Four years ago, the former Silver Spring site sat empty. The Herald ran a story about how the derelict Silver Spring site in Folkestone will look after much needed [...]