Historic Folkestone a Feature Says Poll
The Government should invest more to preserve what is good about coastal resorts, a survey from English Heritage found.
14 Oct 2007
Dover ID Interrogation Centre Opens on Monday
How do you fingerprint and number 60 million people? To begin with you need to get them to come to you. The government's solution to that problem is to make people report themselves when they get a passport.
14 Oct 2007
Social landlord sells site for private housing development
The largest Registered Social Landlord in Spelthorne - A2 - has sold a prime site in lower Sunbury for private housing. The site known as Church Villas at the South end of Green Street is only 200 yards from the River and until a couple of years ago was flats for elderly people.
14 Oct 2007
Local Development Framework (LDF) review delayed by two months
The Spelthorne LDF review, scheduled to start on 4th December has now been delayed by the Inspector for two months. The Inspector has suggested to Spelthorne Council that the hearings should now start on the 5th of February.
14 Oct 2007
Shepway Schools Will Suffer under Government Cash Clawback Plan
The Liberal Democrats have called for new Government plans to take £225 million out of the cash reserves of up to 20,000 English schools to be scrapped. Figures suggest that 90% of Secondary and Primary schools across Shepway will have money 'clawed back' under the rule.
13 Oct 2007
Councillor Ashworth angry at post office closures
Councillor Jean Ashworth has hit out at the government's intention to close thousands of post offices saying: "I feel there is far too much government interference in local issues and the removal of local services, the Borough of Rochdale has already lost more than enough vital services".
13 Oct 2007