Like most residents I was extremely concerned to be told on Tuesday afternoon that 130 people currently being held in the asylum system were on their way to Folkestone and would be staying at the Grand Burstin hotel. Along with the chief executive of Shepway District Council I have sought information from the Home Office […]
Last Sunday was Battle of Britain Sunday and I attended the service of remembrance at St Stephen’s church at Lympne organised by the Royal Air Forces Association. The church is just a stones throw from the former Lympne aerodrome, which would have been a buzz with furious activity in that summer 74 years ago. In […]
Prince Harry’s visit to Folkestone to open the Step Short, First World War centenary memorial arch, was a day that the whole town and district could be proud of. It was highly appropriate as well that the parade of soldiers on that day from our local infantry regiment, the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, was […]
The scenes of thousands of migrants camping in Calais and trying to gain illegal access to the port and a passage into the UK are truly disturbing. It is a humanitarian tragedy as well as a considerable policing and security challenge. First and foremost, our responsibility is to ensure that we protect our borders. Under […]
The Folkestone Triennial is here again and at the launch last week it was confirmed that Yoko Ono, one of the exhibiting artists, will be visiting the town in a few weeks’ time, and that she is particularly keen to see the Step Short memorial arch on The Leas, which was opened by Prince Harry […]