Otterpool Park Update:
In early December 2018 we informed you the Folkestone & Hythe District Council purchased The Willows within the Otterpool Park Boundary, on the A20 between Barrow Hill [...]
February 2019
Wood Burning Stoves: Deadly not trendy
Graphic: Breathe Clean Air Less than a year ago (March 2018) a blanket of clean white snow lay heavy across the district, the county and the country and there was little or [...]
Cllr David Monk: Do as I say, not as I do.
The Shepwayvox Team have been contacted by a number of readers about an incident which took place aboard the High Speed train on Valentine’s day involving the leader of [...]
Data reveals the postcode lottery of ‘dying from a preventable cause’ in Kent
Where you live in Kent (not including Medway) influences your risk of dying by an avoidable cause, statistics reveal. Data released by the Office of National Statistics shows [...]
East Kent Hospital A & Es require improvement
The national target set for patients to be seen in four hours within arrival at A & E departments is 95%. Our Trust – the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust [...]
Otterpool Park to come before planning by end of February
Cllr David Monk (pictured) at this evening’s full council – 20th Feb 2019 – announced that an outline planning application for 8,500 homes to be constructed [...]
How to win friends and influence people
Numpties, numpties, numpties they are all numpties Since the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) were introduced on May 25th 2018, eight and half months ago, the vast [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District: Where has the £10 million New Homes Bonus Scheme money gone?
The New Homes Bonus Scheme (NHB) introduced by the Coalition Government provides cash for areas that allow new homes to be built in their area (a form of bribery?). [...]
Folkestone: A step too far?
Love or loathe it, the Arch in Folkestone at the town end of the Leas has caused controversy from the moment it was born. For those of you who do not remember the arch [...]
Otterpool Park Update: £1.25 million, a £90 grand contract and registering a right of way.
We revealed in our last Otterpool Park post two days ago, the overall amount of money for the Otterpool Park development will be circa £2.8 billion. It’s nice to [...]
High Court Judge Slams Stainer for “Purporting” to be a Director
In the latest twist in the tale of Michael Stainer’s legal attempts to roll back the inexorable tide of litigation, he fell foul of Mrs Justice May in the High Court. She [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Financial and health cost revealed
We can reveal today Otterpool Park expenditure and revenue will be in the region of £2.8bn with the Council reputedly making circa £800 million by selling approx 15 [...]
The Long Read: Offshores take two local NHS trusts for a ride
Two local NHS trusts are being taken for a ride. D.R.C. Locums Ltd & Maxxima Ltd are recruitment companies who provide staff to keep our local NHS services working, and [...]
GP waiting times soar across Kent
Patients in some parts of the Kent are three times more likely to have to wait at least a fortnight to see their GP, NHS Digital figures reveal. 22.97% of patients registered [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District: 25% of patients belong to failing GP Surgeries
Nearly 25% of patients registered at GP practices in Folkestone & Hythe District belong to a practice that either requires improvement or is rated inadequate according to [...]
It’s High Noon at the Grand – Folkestone
A major confrontation between the Insolvency Service and the ‘new’ management of the Grand is brewing and could result in both civil and criminal proceedings. On one side [...]
Cllr Roger Wilkins cast doubt over Romney Marsh nuclear dump
According to Cllr Roger Wilkins at a meeting of Dymchurch Parish Council on Monday 4th February, he stated that the Romney Marsh Partnership and and Dungeness Site [...]
Hythe Town Green (Kent) Village Green application to be heard 27 February
At the end of January 2019 we told you about the upcoming Hythe Village Green application to be heard at the Pavillion on South Rd at the end of Feb 2019. We can now tell [...]
Princes Parade Hythe: Business Plan comes before Overview & Scrutiny on the 12th Feb
The Princes Parade Business plan will be heard by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 12th February and then go onto Cabinet on the 13th February. There have [...]
Official Diaries Part 2: East Kent Hospital Trust says yes. Folkestone & Hythe DC says no.
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have released Susan Acott’s , the Chief Executive’s diary. It is not as open as Cllr Paul [...]
Romney Marsh nuclear dump plans alive since Sept 2017
Back in Sept 2018 we told you that Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) were actively considering a Geological Disposal Facility. Now Kentonline Romney Marsh [...]
Kent County Council Land Part 2: The most popular site in Britain
In mid Jan we brought you the post Kent County Council Land: The most popular site in Britain in which we informed you that Quinn Estates along with Atlas Partners Group [...]