Folkestone & Hythe District
Deaths “due to Covid” deaths across the district of Folkestone & Hythe jumped by 38.62% in one month. Between Nov and Dec 2020 the number of Covid deaths grew [...]
Latest Covid Map
Covid has affected all neighbourhoods in the Folkestone & Hythe District without exception. Between Mar and Nov 2020 there were 145 deaths due to Covid. across the [...]
Breaking News: Debenhams & Civic Centre to be used in Covid-19 Vaccination Programme rollout.
Exclusive: Updated 17:30 07/01/21 The Shepway Vox Team have learnt the Civic Centre and the former Debenhams building are to be used in the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme [...]
Roll Out of Covid-19 Vaccine across the district to begin on the 11th January
Updated 24/12/20 @08:45 The Covid-19 Vaccine program has begun in the Folkestone & Hythe District. Oaklands Surgery in Hythe began the role out last week to patients in [...]
The value of local news
This is a guest post by Journalist Susie Boniface (pictured) aka @fleetstreetfox. Whenever someone asks me what my best story is, I always say “how do you define [...]
My Busy Hobby
This is the second blog of a number we’ll be running prior to Xmas written by residents of the district. This blog post is about their hobby. Here is a little [...]
An end to money for nothing?
Updated 12/12/20 @09:15 It has been the most blatant transfer of money from the poor to rich, and it has been going on since we joined the EU. Even now having all but left, [...]
Part 1: Leaked Fire Safety Report Shows EKH Tenants & Leaseholders Lives Are At Significant Risk
The number of outstanding actions arising from Fire Risk Assessments which need remedial action to be compliant with current legislation across East Kent Housing managed [...]
Same Story Different Transport
The issue of refugees crossing the Channel and arriving on English soil is NOT new. Back in May 2002, our public face worked as a reporter for the Folkestone Herald and [...]
Raw sewage flowed into our rivers in 2019 and Shepway Green Party remain silent.
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.
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?
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
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
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
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.
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
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”
“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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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 [...]