Folkestone & Hythe District

Raw sewage flowed into our rivers in 2019 and Shepway Green Party remain silent.

July 2, 2020 // 2 Comments

Yesterday, The Shepway Green Party announced that Cllr Rebecca Tamsin Shoob (Green Party) (pictured) has accepted a place on the Ottepool Park LLP In 2019/20 Cllr Shoob [...]

Rural Areas in Folkestone & Hythe District Still Receiving Slow Internet Speeds Nearly Two Years On.

May 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

Nearly 60% of people living on Romney Marsh do not receive broadband speeds of 10 Megabytes per second (Mbps). On Average 51% of the district receive download speeds of [...]

Taken For A Ride?

May 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

During the coronavirus crisis, buses are more vital than ever. Although many people are staying at home, getting key workers out is crucial. However, the Shepwayvox Team has [...]

ONS Map shows 23 deaths attributed to covid-19 in Folkestone & Hythe District

May 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

The latest data from Office for National Statistics has been mapped (see map below) at (MSOA) ward level and shows the Folkestone & Hythe District has suffered 23 [...]

Universal Credit Claims Pass 80,000 in Kent

April 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

The numbers of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) across all JobCentre Plus Offices in Kent (including Medway) between Feb 2019 and March 12th 2020 has risen by 37,329 [...]

Coronavirus: Let’s Not Forget The Animals in The District

April 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is animal welfare and the [...]

More than 3,000 Children Living In Poverty In Folkestone & Hythe District.

April 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

Child poverty in the Folkestone & Hythe district wards, has risen for the fifth year in a row. The number of children aged under 16 living in relative or absolute poverty [...]

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Rise to 91 in Kent & Medway

March 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

“This Enemy Can Be Deadly. But It Is Also Beatable”

March 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

“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 [...]

Food for Thought

December 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Politician’s argue sharpening their knives. (UB40: Food for Thought) In less than 48 hours polls will open allowing you to cast your vote in the General election. There [...]

Five and a half working weeks lost to patients not attending GP appointments, while registered patients per GP increase.

September 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

The average number of registered patients per GP at surgeries in the Folkestone & Hythe District currently stands at 1,705. The average for England is 2,087, NHS Digital [...]

If we say no: stories of sexual harassment in our local schools

January 21, 2019 // 9 Comments

My name is Claire and I am Alison for the purposes of this blog post. Both of us are school pupils and attend academies in the Folkestone & Hythe District. Both of us [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council lose more than £130,000 in unpaid HGV PCNs

December 17, 2018 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have failed to collect £130,643 in unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for HGVs parked unlawfully across the district in the last [...]

The dead and Hythe Bowling Club

September 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

How is it possible dead people, four dead people at that, to remain on a title deed lodged at the Land Registry? It is not the first time we have discovered dead people still [...]

GP Patients numbers set to swell even further.

August 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

According to the latest NHS Digital data, 530 patients (12%) still remain on the books of Folkestone East Family Practice; which closed its doors for the final time on Oct [...]

Yours for a Million or more – No:2

August 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

On Sept 5th 2017 we brought you a post title “Yours for a Million or more“. In brief the blog was about properties, in the Folkestone & Hythe District which [...]

Holiday Extras & The Paradise Papers

December 5, 2017 // 4 Comments

So let’s get straight to the point. The Holiday Extra Group are in the Paradise Papers. In 2005 Gerry and Carole Pack, (pictured) the founders and owners of Holiday [...]

“Finger Lickin’ Good”

March 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Caskade Caterers Ltd is owned by Msha International LTD who is owned by Msha Holdings LTD based in the Seychelles. Caskade is one of the largest sub-franchisees of the [...]

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