The Co-operative is recalling two batch codes of its own-brand Scottish salmon due to high levels of Listeria found in a small number of retail packs. As a precaution they are recalling stock of the product with use by dates of 21st and 24th of December.
Co-operative Scottish Smoked Salmon 160g - "Use By" 21st and 24th Dec
By Tim Prater, Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Finance on Kent County Council
The draft Kent County Council budget for 2012/13 has been released. With the headlines reading a zero rise in Council Tax, many millions cut from the budget and more, there will be lots of detailed reading to do over the Christmas and New Year period in the run up to the Council agreeing the budget in February.
By David Cowell, Director, Sandgate Community Trust
Following the Sandgate Community Trust's successful application for a £50,000 grant from Kent County Council I am delighted to tell you that communityUk has been chosen by the Steering Group to provide Sandgate with its WiFi broadband service. The monthly costs for this service will be:
At the Full Kent County Council meeting on 15th December, the Conservative run County Council voted to remove the post of Managing Director. In the debate on the proposal, which was voted against by the liberal Democrat and Labour groups, this is what I said:
"Thank you Chairman, and Happy Christmas to you and all Councillors.
By Tim Prater, Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Finance on Kent County Council
There has (rightly) been a lot of press coverage of the departure of Kent County Council Managing Director Katherine Kerswell, including a few articles where I seem to have been quoted. Some links include:
The Met Office predict gusts to severe gale force across Southern England late on Monday evening into the early hours of Tuesday, easing from the West thereafter. The wind will be accompanied by heavy rainfall. They say rain and gales will spread to all parts by midnight with gusts of 70mph along Channel coasts. The rain will give way to some heavy and blustery showers by Tuesday morning.
