Animal Park Camp Site Experience Approved
Port Lympne zoo near Hythe has had plans for a campsite to allow 20 visitors to sleep among the animals approved by Shepway District Council on Tuesday.
2 Aug 2006
Cut-back Threat to Flood Defence Funding
The Government has been challenged to protect spending on flood defences and environmental policing after leaked emails from senior officials show sharp planned cuts for the rest of the financial year.
2 Aug 2006
Update: They STILL don't care!
In late June, the Lib Dem Team reported a spot check on a Folkestone Town Centre car park which confirmed the decline in Folkestone - and over one month on, the SAME problems - and in many places the SAME LITTER - are still there!
1 Aug 2006
Gotcha! Shepway Parking Attendants Parking Illegally
Traffic wardens responsible for ensuring legal parking in Shepway have been caught on camera parked on a double yellow line in Sandgate! At around midday on Tuesday 1 August, the team were snapped parked the lines outside Riviera Court in Sandgate High Street - an offence normally awarded a fine, but seemingly overlooked this time, by themselves...
1 Aug 2006
Can you help Cats Protection Help a Kent Kitten this Summer?
Cats Protection is urgently appealing for funds to help cope with the vast numbers of kittens that the charity expects to take in during the rest of the summer and early autumn. With up to 7,000 cats in care at any time, this means many cats in Kent will be in care this autumn.
1 Aug 2006
South East Region Lib Dem Conference Details
All Shepway Lib Dem members are welcome to the South East Region Liberal Democrats Autumn Conference and AGM in Leatherhead on 4 November. A wide range of speakers are confirmed, including Lembit Opik MP, Chris Huhne MP, Baroness Joan Walmsley, Sharon Bowles MEP, Baroness Angela Harris, and Ben Abbotts and Shaun Roberts on Lessons from Bromley.
31 Jul 2006
Welcome to Folkestone: Cheriton High Street Left to Rot by Kent Highways
Cheriton Town Councillor Tim Prater has slammed Kent Highways for refusing to take urgent action to re-instate broken verging and repair the Cheriton Road layby by junction 12 of the M20.
28 Jul 2006
Safety Victory for Firs Lane Play Ground
Following pressure from local councillors, Shepway Council have removed an unsafe climbing frame from the Firs Lane play area in Cheriton. Councillor Peter Gane called the council to find why the gates were locked in July, to be told the equipment had failed County safety tests in APRIL.
28 Jul 2006
Shepway Council fail in duty to play equipment
Three months ago, on 21 April, Kent County Council inspected and declared the play area between Firs Lane and Shaftesbury Avenue in Cheriton unsafe, due to broken protective flooring and an old and worn climbing frame. This information was then passed to Shepway Council, who have taken almost no action. Shepway are quick enough to publicise internal staff problems, but on an important safety issue, they've remained pretty much silent to press and local residents.
CCPGTPLS
28 Jul 2006
National News
Children & Families
A digital world fit for the next generation
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.
VC
15 Mar 2026
Defence
Britain’s nuclear deterrent depends on Trump. It’s time to change that
If the answer to “Is our nuclear deterrent working?” depends on what Donald Trump had for breakfast, then the answer is no, it’s not. And our deterrent is not truly independent.
ED
14 Mar 2026
Mental Health
Whole-Person Mental Health: Care, Choice, Community, and Combatting Populism
The UK is facing a mental health emergency. Liberal Democrats have a proud record of pushing Britain’s mental health services forward. Now we are offering the bold solutions we need to fight the crisis unfolding in our communities.
DC
14 Mar 2026
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