“Action expresses priorities.”
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi The 14 and 16th of June 2021, were the two hottest days in Hythe, Kent, reaching 28 degrees On the night of the [...]
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Criminal Charges against Michael & Doris Stainer revealed.
Exclusive We can now reveal the full extent of the criminal charges brought against Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) as presented in Westminster Magistrates Court [...]
Local mental health trust misses deadline to stop sending people far away from home, data shows
Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership (KMPT) and the Kent & Medway CCG are still sending people more than 180 miles from their home for Mental Health [...]
THREE LIONS – and a bunch of money grabbing donkeys
Picture the scene if you will – a sun soaked venue, bursting with families – full of hope and unbridled patriotic joy! Football’s coming home! Yes – the [...]
Only the little people pay tax
So it has begun. One can now register one’s interest in purchasing a flat at the the under construction Folkestone seafront development opposite the Leas lift, owned by [...]
Yes, No, Yes, No, and that’s official.
According to a member of the public and the Cabinet Member for the Environment, Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green), Folkestone & Hythe District Council have allegedly sprayed [...]
Long term empty properties rise above 10,000 in Kent & Medway
It’s nothing short of scandalous. More than 10,000 homes in Kent & Medway remained empty and were classified as long term vacant dwellings in 2020. In the previous [...]
The Long Read: Dignity in Dying – Freedom of Choice.
This is a Guest Post In a recent poll, 84% of people agreed with our thoughts on assisted dying. Yes it is difficult to think and talk about death, but as adults we need to. [...]
Broadband slowly improving across the district
Once again the latest data released by Ofcom for Broadband connectivity and speeds across our area shows a very mixed bag. It shows that Hawkinge for instance has 38.4% [...]
Where we could create woodland in Kent
Mapping expert Tim Richards of Terra Sulis and Friends of the Earth have drawn up an “opportunity map” of areas in England that may be suitable for creating more [...]
More double faults served up at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club
Following our Long Read last month detailing a ‘turning circle’ installed by Hythe Lawn Tennis Club without planning permission, Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]
The local developer being helped along by the public purse
Over the last six years, one developer more than any other has come to epitomise the cosyiness that leads many to think/believe our planning system and committee is fixed in [...]
Michael & Doris Stainer Charged with Fraud
Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) have been charged with failing to pay income tax and national insurance contributions amounting to over £400,000 under two [...]
Use the Clean Air Act 1993 to study air pollution and child asthma link in our district
Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Air Quality Report 2020 states: Air pollution is associated [...]
Environmental time bombs hidden under the Garden of England.
Across the Garden of England hundreds of landfill sites containing dangerous, hazardous and toxic waste, are according to a remediation consultant of 35 years, “time [...]
Flytipping increases 18% after costs introduced by KCC in 2019/20
It’s official! The number of flying tipping incidences between the financial years 2018/19 and 2019/20 has risen across all twelve councils in Kent (not including [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council buy Ship Street site twice
Updated: 17/04/21 @08:42 On the 20th October 2019, Kentonline Folkestone section declared that Folkestone & Hythe District Council had bought the former Gasworks site at [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District had highest levels of loneliness in Kent during pandemic
More people in Folkestone & Hythe District reported feeling lonely, always or often, during the pandemic, than any where else in Kent, according to data released by the [...]
Princes Parade: £50,000 Planning Consultancy Support Contract
On the 24th March Folkestone & Hythe District Council placed an advert for another contract for Princes Parade. The expression of interest for this contract ends today [...]
Highest vacancy rates in nursing and care, as unemployment grows
Another 3,603 people claimed Universal Credit (UC) across Kent & Medway in Jan 2021, meaning that 17% of the working population aged between 16 – 64 is now unemployed [...]
1,400 people likely caught Covid while hospital inpatients in Kent & Medway NHS Trusts
Nearly 1,400 people have been likely infected with coronavirus while being treated in Kent Acute NHS Trust hospitals for another reason, raising concerns about the NHS’s [...]
A Rewd Development for Hythe?
Back in September 2018, we reported that Rewd Ltd had bought the Smiths Medical site in Hythe, better known to many as the former Portex factory. Tomorrow, (Tuesday 23rd) [...]
A Grand Identity Crisis
So, who has really been in charge at the Grand since Michael Stainer ‘stepped down’ after his November 2018 bankruptcy? For a brief period, until he was unceremoniously [...]
Holbrook Griffith Developments propose 54 homes on Barrack Hill site in Hythe.
From Princes Parade in the East to Martello Lakes in the west, Hythe like other towns and villages in the district, is an area where developers like to build. Otterpool Park [...]
Buyer Beware!
Any lingering doubts about the survival of Michel Stainer’s Grand empire disappeared on Saturday afternoon. For two hours, process servers acting for the administrators of [...]