Being Optimistic In These Unprecedented Times.
You’ve gotta love an optimist in these unprecedented times. One such optimist is East Kent Spatial Development Company (EKSDC), – a company you’ve probably [...]
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Planning For The Future
In a post coronavirus world we need a better model to kick in when and if another pandemic strikes. The council emergency planning was devoid of any action to be taken in the [...]
More than 5,300 empty homes in Kent and they’re worth an estimated £1.9bn
The number of empty homes across Kent has risen for the third consecutive year to more than 5,300, the highest level since 2012, according to official figures. The number of [...]
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Rise to 91 in Kent & Medway
The Office of National Statistics has released a heat map showing the areas of England and Wales with the most people aged over 70 Age is one of biggest risk factors for [...]
How 79 People Infected With Coronavirus Could Infect The Whole Country If We Do Nothing
Within 21 days the known cases of Coronavirus in Kent (64) & Medway (15) has gone from one to seventy nine, as the interactive graph below shows. There are no doubt [...]
Explaining Coronavirus To A Five Year Old
I am a paramedic and a member of the Shepwayvox Team. While getting prepared for a shift on Saturday, our son – Alan (not his real name) asked me if I was going to die [...]
Library use in Kent fallen by 25% over last six years, figures show
All Kent’s 99 libraries are to close their doors today for an indefinite period as part of a range of measures Kent County Council is taking to curb the spread of [...]
Cllr Ray Field’s Betrayal Over Princes Parade Reaches Private Eye Magazine.
Cllr Ray Field’s defection to the Tories and betrayal of Princes Parade reaches this week’s edition of Rotten Boroughs in Private Eye (No 1518 20 March – [...]
“This Enemy Can Be Deadly. But It Is Also Beatable”
“This enemy can be deadly. But it is also beatable” said the Prime Minister yesterday. To beat coronavirus each of us must play our part in preventing the spread [...]
Karma Comes Around For Mark Anderson?
Before he joined East Kent Housing (EKH), Mark Anderson (pictured) former Director of Property, had according to his Linkedin page, seventeen jobs between 1985 and June 2016. [...]
Animal Carcasses, Clinical Waste & Green Waste Amongst the 3.3% Fly Tipping Increase in Kent.
More rubbish than ever is being dumped illegally across Kent. Figures published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reveal there has been [...]
Another Russian at 80 Sidney Street
Aleksej Gubarev (pictured) a Russian tech entrepreneur based in Cyprus, sued BuzzFeed News for defamation after the news outlet published the infamous “Steele [...]
New Plans for Folkestone’s Neglected Leas Pavilion
Long on words but short on detail is how one could sum up the Leas Pavilion and Proposed Residential Development public consultation, which took place yesterday in the [...]
Liquidation Looms as Stainer and Hallam Estates Humiliated in the High Court – Again!
Hallam Estates, owners of the freehold of the Grand (Folkestone, Kent), lost yet another High Court battle in the Insolvency and Companies Court on February 21st. Hallam were [...]
Damian Collins Dodgy Donation for his December 2019 General Election Campaign
Damian Collins MP for Folkestone & Hythe (pictured) received a dodgy donation for his Dec 2019 General Election Campaign, from a company which does NOT exist. And when it [...]
One in five patients waits two weeks or more to see their GP in Kent & Medway.
Phoning you Doctor’s surgery to book an appointment often leads to frustration. The line is engaged, you are on hold for what seems like forever and when you finally [...]
Oh what a tangled web Folkestone & Hythe District Council weave…
On the 24th Feb 2020 Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) made it known via her twitter feed the following: On Thursday the 27th Feb 2020 Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]
How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent
Judges have warned councils against relying on the firm’s advice and overturned decisions determined by its assessments, calling them “irrational” and “tainted” and [...]
The Chosen One Has Been Found
In a month’s time Folkestone & Hythe District Council will welcome into its ranks a new Director of Place. They will receive up to £116,000 with a relocation [...]
Congratulations – Folkestone & Hythe District Council For Setting Yet Another Record
They’ve done it and with two months to spare. We said they would, we knew they would and they didn’t let us down. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have [...]
Princes Parade Judicial Review Costs Rise by £10,500
On Valentine’s Day we informed you Folkestone & Hythe District Council had spent £24,126 on defending the Judicial Review regarding Princes Parade. Yesterday the [...]
More Issues With Landlord Gas Safety Records
It’s been just under four months since Gas Call Services took over the gas heating and hot water repairs and maintenance and once again issues with Landlord Gas Safety [...]
Is Airbnb A Problem in Kent?
There are just over 800,000 homes in Kent, housing a population of approx 1.6 million people. The number of Airbnb’s in Kent is 5,059 which is 0.63% of all the homes in [...]
Will there be a by-election in Harbour Ward?
The Closet Tory – Cllr Ray Field (Ind) elected with 359 votes for the Harbour Ward in May 2019, has in the past been a vociferous voice in calling on Cllrs who have [...]
Closet Tory Betrays Princes Parade
Updated: 11:10am 20/02/20 Last night at full Council another opportunity to stop Princes Parade presented itself. Cllr Tim Prater’s amendment (see video below) [...]