The terrorist attack in Westminster on Wednesday last week murdered the lives of innocent people in the name of an undefined cause. Once again, people’s response to those tragic events as they unfolded showed Britain at its best. At 2.40pm that afternoon I was walking, along with a group of around 20 MPs to […]
Once again Folkestone has been listed by The Times newspaper as one of the top ten coolest places to live in Britain. This is good timing as the venues and attractions on the Folkestone harbour arm prepare to re-open at the end of this month. The harbour arm has not only become a popular attraction […]
Folkestone and Hythe MP Damian Collins has questioned whether newspaper editors can also be MPs in the wake of the news that George Osborne has taken the job of editor of the Evening Standard. Mr Collins, the chairman of the culture media and sport committee, said: "I don't think newspaper editors should also be MPs […]
On Wednesday last week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, presented his first budget to the House of Commons. One of the most important measures in the Budget, was the additional £2billion to support social care services; something that will help patients and their families, right across the country. I have written before in […]
Scrutiny of the “medical package” sent by courier to France for Sir Bradley Wiggins has intensified after Team Sky admitted that the same drug said to be in the Jiffy bag had been bought three months before in a pharmacy just three hours’ drive away. Team Sky said that they had previously bought Fluimucil from […]
Two Kent towns have been hailed as among the coolest places to live in Britain. According to new rankings published in The Times, Margate and Folkestone are both achingly cool. Margate was ranked third in the chart. The write-up said: "Dreamland — the revamped retro amusement park where Damon Albarn is curating a one-day music […]
The Folkestone Youth Project, better known to its friends and users as The Shed, has been a feature of life in the harbour area of the town since it first opened its doors over ten years ago. The initial idea, which was brought forward by Go Folkestone, was to create a skateboard park in the […]
The doctor at the centre of controversial therapeutic use exemptions for Sir Bradley Wiggins will face a fresh summons to appear before a parliamentary select committee, but Britain’s most decorated Olympian looks set to escape a potentially uncomfortable session in front of MPs. Richard Freeman missed last week’s culture, media and sport committee, saying that […]
I thank the Secretary of State for her letter to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Friday setting out the case she made to the House today. Can she confirm that the fit and proper person test is rightly a matter for Ofcom and that Ofcom can initiate a fit and proper person test […]
At the end of last week, the Folkestone Churches Winter Shelter closed for the season, after three months working to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Every night, from the beginning of December through to the end of February it has opened in different church halls across the town providing a […]