Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
Today the Council's cabinet had a big agenda. There were the financial and other performance data for last year, there were decisions on whether or not to authorise additional expenditure of £6 million this year (see http://rugby.lib.dm/a6ZlM ) and the vexed question of whether or not to finally publish the allowances and expenses claimed by councillors last year (see http://rugby.lib.dm/a5Zll ) .
Today I needed to renew my annual Shepway Residents Car Park permit (£52 a year - excellent value and a good idea, as I said in Council when they were introduced!).
All members should have either received their ballot paper for the Liberal Democrat Leadership Election or should do so in the next 2 days.
Last week saw the "turf-cutting" ceremony and blessing for the new Gurkha Statue and memorial that will be erected in the Garden of Remembrance (by Christchurch Tower) in Sandgate Road, Folkestone.
There will be a Charity Quiz on 18th July at Sandgate Men's Club on behalf of Sandgate Sea Cadets.
The Canada Day Service commemorates the 296 Canadian soldiers who died during WWI and are buried in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. It is marked each year by a service and the attendance of local school children laying their own floral tributes on the graves of soldiers.