Kent Trading Standards call for information on home working and money lending scams
Trading Standards are concerned that some locally advertised 'home working schemes' are fronts for scams or illegal money lending (also known as 'loan sharking').
Trading Standards are concerned that some locally advertised 'home working schemes' are fronts for scams or illegal money lending (also known as 'loan sharking').
Shepway Civic Centre and their housing offices in Shorncliffe Road will close at 4pm on Friday 24 December and re-open at 8.30am on Tuesday 4 January.
In the Lords at 9.49 pm on Monday 21st December, Royal Assent was notified to the Identity Documents Act. All existing ID cards...
I was over in the House of Commons yesterday and bumped into three Labour MPs I have known for many years. Two of them were former Ministers -although not in the Cabinet - and all 3 have been around a long time. They had a laugh with me about the DCLG Select Committee which had taken place that day. I had, apparently, "been mauled by a kitten": their words not mine. Shapps - the thin half of the hilarious Laurel and Hardy duo at DCLG - is continuing with his anal obsession about other people's income by enquiring about the costs of the "Kemp operation!".
BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson has written about the bugging and reporting of comments by Vince Cable by two Telegraph undercover reporters. Nick dismisses the revelations that some Lib Dems are not happy with all government policy, saying "the idea that Lib Dems are worried about child benefit and housing cuts would not come as a surprise to anyone who follows politics". Quite.
Kent County Council have reported that they have refilled salt bins across Shepway following the recent snow and ice.
From the 4 January 2011, cash will no longer be accepted at Shepway Civic Centre - although any customer with a council payment card, or invoice with a barcode, can make cash payments at more than 30 outlets across Shepway displaying the Pay Point or the Post Office sign.
Shepway District Council's Culture & Communities Service is inviting arts and cultural events organisers to submit expressions of interest in providing a summer family events programme for the amphitheatre and coastal park in 2011.
East Kent businesses are being asked to complete the survey: High Speed Trains - are they having an impact on the economy of East Kent?
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
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