A report proposing the merger of Harcourt and Morehall Primary Schools and closure of Selsted CE Primary School has been presented to the School Organisation Advisory Board (SOAB) by the Area…
The White Lion Hotel in Cheriton, Folkestone was been cordoned off by armed police after an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg on Friday evening.
The Folkestone Herald reports that mobile speed cameras will be operating in Shepway next week. The vehicles will be in the district on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday week commencing…
The Local Education Authority is planning to put a proposal to Conservative Kent Council Council to "merge" Harcourt and Morehall Primary Schools in Folkestone onto the Morehall School site…
Figures obtained under the Freedom of information Act by the Campaign Against the Arms trade (CAAT) showed Kent's local authority pension funds invested almost £9 million in arms manufacturers in…
Many people will have seen TV reports about our spring and autumn conferences, but too many of our members are unaware that they can also attend, either for the whole conference, or just for a day.
Councillor Neil Matthews has become the new Mayor of Hythe. Neil was unanimously elected at the Annual Council Meeting on Thursday, 4th May 2006. Congratulations to Neil from all at Shepway Liberal…
Liberal Democrats have achieved a higher vote share than in the General Election a year ago - coming ahead of the Labour Party for only the second time. The BBC projected national share of the vote:
If you were going to come up with a good working definition of a "bad news week", a diary from the Labour Party over the past few days would probable do it. A Labour Health Secretary being mauled by…
The latest Government figure show crime in South Kent (covering Shepway district) increasing, with reported robberies up a huge 30% and violent crime up 6.4% in the last year. Overall, crime figures…