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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 27th Aug 2010
This weekend is the annual Sandgate Sea and Food Festival. The festival is launched on Saturday night (28th August) with live music and fireworks on the sea front. The evening kicks off at 7:30pm and the fireworks display will go off at dusk (around 9 pm).
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Read "Sandgate Sea and Food Festival 2010" in full.
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Fri 27th Aug 2010
Over 25% of residents in Royal Military Avenue, Cheriton have returned surveys giving their views on the recent works by Kent Highways in the road and their view of the impact of the work. The huge majority of results so far say the scheme has made no difference or worsened speeding in the road, and also that parking in the road is worse than before the works took place.
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Read "Royal Military Avenue Review Survey" in full.
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Wed 25th Aug 2010
After repeated requests to Kent Highways from local Councillor Tim Prater for a number of street light columns in Risborough Lane, Cheriton, to be repainted, Kent Highways have surveyed the lights and found the columns failed their structural tests. The lights are now being replaced with new columns - most have already been replaced, with the remaining 2 to be completed shortly.
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Read "Risborough Way Street Light Replacement" in full.
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Mon 23rd Aug 2010
Folkestone West Lib Dem County Councillor Tim Prater has released his first Annual Report as a County Councillor since being elected in 2009. The report gives details of his work on behalf of Folkestone West (Cheriton, Morehall and Sandgate wards) over the past year, from casework to meetings, grants given to contact details and more.
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Read "Reporting Back: Folkestone West County Councillor Annual Report 2010" in full.
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Mon 9th Aug 2010
NatWest are running a community fund to support local charities and community projects. Applications close on 20 August, with £5,000 available for each local area. The charity/project that receives the most votes will be awarded £3,000 with the two runners up each receiving £1,000. The voting period will open in October.
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Read "NatWest Community Fund - Nominations for Shepway Charities Open" in full.
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Sun 1st Aug 2010
Search Engine Optimisation is part of my day-job: making websites perform as well as possible in search engines for sites I'm working on is a key part of the job. There is little point helping some build the perfect shop that no-one comes into, right?
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Read "Search Engine Optimisation - by an expert" in full.
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Wed 14th Jul 2010
The Liberal Democrats on Kent County Council have tabled a motion for next weeks full Council meeting calling for an urgent review into large severance payments from the Council. The motion comes after reports of another huge pay-off for a Council Officer hit the national and local press.
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Read "Kent Lib Dems call for Officer Pay-Off Review" in full.
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Tue 13th Jul 2010
On 24th August from 12.30-1.30pm, children can discover the solar system with Mark Brake and 'NASA' science rapper, Jon Chase, star of CBBC's Space Hoppers at Cheriton Library, Cheriton High Street. Mark and Jon will take children on an exciting journey to find out what's needed to take a holiday in outer space.
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Read "Space Hoppers Live! at Cheriton Library" in full.
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Wed 23rd Jun 2010
Commented on national news reports that of Kent County Council's explanation of why it paid £365,000 to a director who left after a year in his job, Lib Dem Kent County Council Finance Spokesman Tim Prater said:
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Read "County Hall Officer Pay-off Slammed" in full.
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