Students from Pent Valley Technology College in Folkestone, were part of the historic visit last Thursday by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, to the First World War military cemetery at Tyne Cot, near Passchendaele in Belgium. This was the first occasion that the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and […]
This week, the village of Densole was the first in the county to benefit from the ‘Making Kent Quicker’ project, which is delivering new fibre optic, high speed broadband to communities that have up until now had a slow internet service. 416 properties that previously had a poor connection will now be able to place […]
We’ve now had several months of positive economic news, showing that Britain’s recovery is being driven by business and trade. Locally, we seen unemployment falling faster than the national trend, supported by the Government’s £40million regional growth fund for East Kent, the high speed rail link and the expanded apprenticeships programmes. Nationally there are more […]
Kent County Council confirmed last week that all of the children’s centres in Shepway are to remain open, following their consultation on the future of this service. This is excellent news for the three centres which had been threatened with closure; Folkestone Early Years, The Village in Folkestone and New Romney. I believe that this […]