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Smoke alarm saves Folkestone family

A smoke alarm proved its weight in gold for a Folkestone family when a fire broke out at their home in Darby Road on Monday 30th June. A mother and her five children escaped unharmed thanks to a working smoke alarm alerting them to blaze in their three-storey terraced house just after 6pm.

4 Jul 2008
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The Lib Dem plan for Local Government: Localise business rates. Replace council tax with local income tax. Cut central income tax. Give local communities the power and freedom to raise their own resources. Allow local people the power to choose through th

Councils should be set free from depending on Whitehall funding by raising three-quarters of their money locally, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said today in a speech to the Local Government Association Conference in Bournemouth.

3 Jul 2008
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