Should councillors have to tell us if they are Masons?
Updated 31/10/21 @ 06:00am It’s often seen as a shadowy world of secret handshakes, favours for friends and strange initiation ceremonies – but should we be [...]
October 2021
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity in Folkestone & Hythe District Council.
One does not have to do anything to make Folkestone & Hythe District Council look stupid or incompetent, they are quite capable of doing that all on their own. For those [...]
Nearly One in Four Council Meetings held behind closed doors
Since the local elections of May 2019, which ushered in 13 Tory Cllrs, 6 Labour Cllrs (one later became an Independent) 6 Green Cllrs and 2 Lib Dem Cllrs, 2 UKIP Cllrs [...]
Folkestone & Hythe Lib Dems propose new location for playground, but fail to explain costs of remediation.
The Folkestone & Hythe Liberal Democrats are now proposing the disused railyway line (pictured); which runs from Warren Rd, Folkestone (alongside Tram Rd) to Rocksalt as [...]
Biggins Wood receives £1.15 Grant funding but questions remain
Dr Susan Priest said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was “contaminated“. Andy Jarrett said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was [...]
Part 1 Don’t FCUK with Ailish Erskine
Don’t fcuk with Ailish Erskine or Mrs Jane Clark (Owner of Saltwood Castle). Both of these women have been bent but never broken, which has only served to make them [...]
Problems abound for Meritum domiciliary care company
Since we last last wrote about overcharging by a domiciliary care company – Meritum Intergrated Care LLP, there have been some further developments which customers [...]
Garden Waste rebate set at a tenner and you won’t see a penny of it
The council rebate to all subscribers of the garden waste service will be £9.70, according to a report being sent to Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [...]
Let The Children Play
Public playgrounds are an iconic symbol of childhood. The first playgrounds were a German invention built to teach children how to play. 1859 saw the first British playground [...]
Development still not connected to sewage system nine years after being informed by Southern Water there was not enough capacity.
A Shepway Vox Team Investigation has discovered that as of today 05/10/21, according to Southern Water, the development known as Shoreline (Where the land meets the Sea) or [...]
Evil Spectre leader set to scupper UK Space Agency launch pad site for Jock’s Pitch, East Cliff, Folkestone.
A Shepway Vox Team investigation has uncovered plans to turn the area known locally as Jock’s Pitch on the East Cliff of Folkestone; which has tennis courts, a bowls [...]
Leo Griggs seeking to make £1.5 million on sale of part of Royal Victoria Hospital site
Leo Griggs purchased the Royal Victoria Hospital site via his company RVH Folkestone Ltd from KCC for £1.25 million on 1st Nov 2018. Just three years on he now wants to sell [...]