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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 [...]

Kent Councils Sell 1,300 Council Homes Making £120 million

March 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Seven local authorities in Kent have sold more than 1,300 council homes under right to buy (RTB) and made in excess of a £120 million, according to the latest figures [...]

Being Optimistic In These Unprecedented Times.

March 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

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 [...]

How 79 People Infected With Coronavirus Could Infect The Whole Country If We Do Nothing

March 23, 2020 // 3 Comments

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

March 21, 2020 // 3 Comments

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

March 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

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.

March 18, 2020 // 10 Comments

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”

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 [...]

Animal Carcasses, Clinical Waste & Green Waste Amongst the 3.3% Fly Tipping Increase in Kent.

March 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

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

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

March 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

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!

March 8, 2020 // 6 Comments

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

March 6, 2020 // 4 Comments

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.

March 4, 2020 // 3 Comments

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…

March 3, 2020 // 5 Comments

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

March 1, 2020 // 5 Comments

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

February 29, 2020 // 2 Comments

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

February 27, 2020 // 4 Comments

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

February 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Is Airbnb A Problem in Kent?

February 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

The Stainer Mortgage Crisis

February 16, 2020 // 8 Comments

Every so often, Xmas comes early for those who believe in casting light into dark places. One such dark place is how Michael Stainer (pictured) has financed his activities [...]

The Stainer Scandal — Drowning in Debt part 2

February 10, 2020 // 5 Comments

Documents evidencing the extent of the financial mismanagement which led to the liquidation of eight companies under the directorship of Mr Stainer (pictured left) and [...]

Drowning in Debt

February 5, 2020 // 6 Comments

Behind all the legal shenanigans that make up a typical week at the Grand (pictured below), there is one inescapable fact. Debt……. “Creditors to right of them, [...]

54 Kent County Councillors fail to disclose their election expenses.

February 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

54 out of 81 Kent County Councillors are currently committing a criminal offence. This is equivalent to two-thirds of the KCC chamber (66.66%). This has been the case since [...]

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