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It’s official – broadband speeds on Romney Marsh, Lympne & Stanford suck!

August 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

In 2015 Williamson Road, Lydd on Sea average broadband speed was 0.54Mps, which meant it would take around 19 hours to download a two-hour HD film, and a 20-song music album [...]

There is the right way and there is the FHDC way.

July 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

We used to say there is “the right way and there is the Shepway. Of course, that has now morphed into there is right way and there is the Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Princes Parade decision deferred and some pink papers.

July 27, 2018 // 2 Comments

The application for planning permission for Princes Parade Promenade, due to be considered by Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee on [...]

Court costs and debt creation.

July 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

If you fail to pay your Council Tax – for whatever reason – within the permitted time, Folkestone & Hythe District Council will send you a reminder. If you [...]

Councillors fail to take GDPR Compliance training putting ‘residents at risk’

July 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors wear three hats when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, these are: As a [...]

Barclays, Kent County Council and the LOBO Roadshow

July 22, 2018 // 3 Comments

(Updated 23/07/18 17.00) In mid 2004, a pair of fresh faced, sharply suited bankers pulled out of the car park at Barclays Global HQ in Canary Wharf and drove south on the [...]

Princes Parade planning application to be heard on July 31st

July 20, 2018 // 1 Comment

It is understood that the Princes Parade planning application Y17/1042/SH will go before Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning Committe on July 31st 2018. For [...]

Devices Kent Police have extracted data from Jan 2017 – June 2018.

July 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

Between Jan 2017 and June 2018 Kent Police have extracted data from 4332 devices. The devices data has been extracted from are for example: memory chips, games consoles and [...]

The Marsh Academy

July 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Marsh Academy seems to be doing something right. Oversubscribed in 2017 and now in 2018, things are looking up. The last Ofsted report said of the school: Leaders use [...]

KCC’s Foreign travel: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

July 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

On July 14 last year we informed you that officers of KCC had visited the following 13 countries: New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, [...]

Otterpool Park update

July 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s always good to make things clear at the very beginning. Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) in relation to Otterpool Park are one of the developers [...]

£200 million has gone to 3 Kent County Council PFI contractors

July 12, 2018 // 1 Comment

Kent County Council (KCC) have three Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Contractors who between them receive payment for 11 schools all of which were built in the noughties. [...]

The End of the Grand Road? The Stainer empire totters toward disintegration.

July 11, 2018 // 13 Comments

“In December 1985 about 30 of the 50 tenants at the Grand issued proceedings in the High Court against Mr. Stainer(pictured) (the defendant) in his capacity as landlord.” [...]

The Long Read: Stillbirth – a silent tragedy

July 8, 2018 // 4 Comments

In East Kent, on average there will be a stillbirth or neonatal death every five days, that is 70 families every year devastated by the death of a baby, affecting whole [...]

The Stainers’ Last Stand?

July 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

Has the music finally come to an end for the Stainers (pictured)? Has the 33 years of incessant battling through numerous court cases, insolvency proceedings, an individual [...]

Meet the East Kent Housing bosses

July 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you are an East Kent Housing Tenant and had issues with P & R, there will be a meeting at Dover Discovery Centre, York St, Market Square, Dover CT16 1PH, Room 112 [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Overpayments 17/18

July 2, 2018 // 2 Comments

We want to tell you, we really do, but we can’t. It isn’t because we cannot tell you because of some legal reasons, it’s because Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Part 2: P & R Installation Company Ltd

June 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

A month ago we brought you a Long Read blog about P & R and how badly they were performing in relation to the £27 milllion pound central heating, emergency 24/7 gas and [...]

Stagecoach’s £132 million KCC funding.

June 27, 2018 // 2 Comments

Since the 1st April 2010 to the 31st March 2018, Stagecoach, the local bus company which serves much of East Kent and Folkestone & Hythe District have received £131.8 [...]

Are East Kent Housing turning a blind eye?

June 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

“It’s just not possible, really it isn’t possible”. However, East Kent Housing Ltd (EKH) – The UK’s first ‘super ALMO’, managing over [...]

Wanted – Help us help Michael Stainer.

June 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Like all law-abiding citizens, we are firm believers in the rule of law. People who commit crimes should be apprehended, charged, prosecuted and if found guilty, sentenced [...]

The Long Read: Kent Police can extract mobile phone data without your knowledge, your consent or a warrant.

June 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

How important is your mobile phone to you? How important is the data on your phone? If your phone could talk what wouldn’t you want it to say about you? What about the [...]

Second jobs held by Kent Police staff include writers, charity workers & volunteers.

June 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Teachers, Local Government Officers, Bookkeepers and Foster Carers are among second jobs and business interests registered by more than 650 staff working for Kent Police. [...]

Part 2: M & R Refurbishments Ltd.

June 21, 2018 // 2 Comments

In our first post about M& R Refurbishment Ltd (M & R), we informed you there had been allegations of overcharging and potential fraud by M & R on the external [...]

The Grand: Hidden in plain sight.

June 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

After a six month lay-off from court appearances following what he misleadingly described to High Court Registrar Raquel Angelo QC as a “serious accident”, it was good to [...]

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