This is the latest of the regular electronic community newsletters from Cllr Tim Hill as the local Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor for Elstow and Stewartby Ward. If you would like more information on any of these, Tim's contact details can be found here.
"I am delighted that Dover's current MP has finally recognized that Dover must have a road tunnel" said Sarah Smith, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Dover & Deal.
Once again, UN experts have expressed serious concern about the impact of austerity measures imposed by the UK government. In its concluding remarks, the UN Committee scrutinizing the UK under the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights questioned why the government has made no attempt to carry out a "comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact" on the rights of Disabled people and other groups and called for the benefit cuts that came in through the 2012 and 2016 welfare reform acts to be reversed. The Committee also reflected Disabled people's key concerns over the repealing of the Human Rights Act, the disproportionate impact of austerity measures and the impact of changes to social security and the legal aid system as well as the need for greater investment in mental health services.
Ex-councillor Jimmy Cartwright died on Monday 25 July in East Whittering. Representing the Claygate ward he served many ...
Around 18 months after it was damaged in a traffic accident, the bus shelter on Sandgate High Street by the Village Store is being replaced today.
Folkestone Coastguard have apologised to Sandgate residents who may have been awoken this morning by the sound of... a bomb going off.