Digital Judas betrays us all
Mobile phones, long a tool of liberation, have now become a digital Judas, regardless who we are, or where we are from. Mobile phones have helped tens of thousands of [...]
Kent
Latest Covid-19 Map
Below is a map of the latest data for the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 of population. Kent as you know will go into a Tier 3 level when the national lockdown ends on [...]
80 Sidney Street: How Can Dissolved Companies Pay Bills?
On the 1st May 2002, a company by the name of Haags Juristen College (Cyrpus) Ltd, began paying business rates for 80 Sidney Street to the then Shepway District Council (now [...]
“Technical Issues” prevented Tontine Street Viability Assessment from being published says Council
In Feb 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a new and revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) At Para 57 of the new and revised [...]
Encore via two offshore locations take over chasing debtors for Affinity Water
They are the UK’s biggest debt collector, Cabot Credit Management. Cabot buys debts and loans in arrears from banks, utilities, telecom companies and local authorities, and [...]
Michael Stainer and The Grand, Folkestone, reach the pages of Private Eye
Aviva, Michael Stainer, Hallam Estates, the freeholder of the Grand; and the Chairman of the Association of the Residents of the Grand, Peter Cobrin, make the pages of [...]
Stainer under Restraint?
Restraint isn’t the word that comes to mind when considering the much battered and bruised Michael Stainer as he fights to retain control of the Grand. Fifteen times in the [...]
Yet another data Data Breach by the Council
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have suffered another data breach via their YouTube Channel The Cabinet member responsible for: Information technology, information [...]
Hythe Town Council staff laid low by Covid-19
Late Sunday we informed you that a member of staff from Hythe Town Council (HTC) had tested positive for Covid-19. It now transpires a further member of staff has also [...]
Claire’s story and the scandal of fuel poverty in Kent
“I worried about her especially as winter was setting in. She wasn’t here for the books but the warmth .” says Julia a librarian in Kent (not her real [...]
Free School Meals On the Rise Across Kent
The number of children in Kent receiving free schools meals between 2018 and 2019 increased by 3,452 pupils, according to the latest data published by Kent County Council. [...]
The Long Read: Save The Civic Centre
If you’re reading this, it’s likely a grey and dreary day, a stroll along the Harbour Arm doesn’t sound tempting and you’re unlikely to fancy frolicking in the [...]
Kent Safeguarding Children Multi-Agency Partnership predicted the future.
On Tuesday 29th Sept, shortly before 8pm, a homeless man was attacked on Tontine Street, Folkestone. He was taken to hospital with head and back injuries. He was attacked [...]
Message from HQ: Time to Stop Digging?
What would make a good week for Michael Stainer? How about one in which three court cases don’t go against you. Or try this: one in which the moratorium on his [...]
Napier Barracks
The refugees housed at Napier Barracks have caused a lot of concern within our community. The lack of information flowing from the council more likely than not means they no [...]
The Long Read: The Strange Tale of the Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIC
It is unlikely many readers will have missed the publicity announcing that the Leas Lift booking office has once again opened its doors, albeit as a café. The Folkestone [...]
Part 2: KCC Pension Fund is divesting from fossil fuels but still investing in countries who do not uphold LGBT rights
The KCC Pension Fund total investments were valued at £6.6bn on 31 December 2019. Just three months later, on the 31st March 2020, the pension value had shrunk to £5.7 [...]
KCC “Profiteering” from caring for migrant children under 18
On the 1st April 2019, Kent County Council (KCC) were caring for 254 under 18 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). By March 31st 2020, KCC were caring from 450 UASC, [...]
Kingston Homes want to develop The land on the north side of Station Rd, Hythe, Kent
Kingston Homes have made public a document seeking consultation with the public (As of Aug 2020) for the development of the land on the north side of Station Road, Hythe, [...]
Stainer the false prophet
Like the biblical prophet some think he resembles, Michael Stainer has frequently prophesised the imminent collapse of part of the southern elevation of the Grand. As [...]
Latest ONS Map Shows Covid-19 Deaths by Postcode
Below is the latest interactive map produced by ONS for the number of deaths involving COVID-19. The Office for National Statistics figures are based on all deaths where [...]
A year on and still no council policy or plan to deal with the declared climate & ecological emergency
A working group is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. On Wednesday 24th July 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council declared a Climate & Ecological [...]
Part 1: Are Kent County Council Finances in Safe Hands?
Zena Cooke (pictured) is probably a woman you have never heard of. There is no need for you to have ever heard of her. She is Kent County Council’s (KCC) Director of [...]
Princes Parade: Will Oaklands Surgery get that £151,200 CIL money?
Updated 23/09/20 Regardless of one’s personal position on Princes Parade, one thing should be perfectly clear and that’s the cost of the legal fees spent by [...]
Kent and Medway NHS Trust continue to send mental health patients hundreds of miles from home for hospital beds
Between the 1st April 2017 and the 4th August 2020, the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) have sent two hundred and twenty eight (228) mental [...]